Anyone got a pimped Nikon F2?

[James24]

Sover is certainly doing a great work on F2, but he doesn't touch any F. For any F2, I strongly recommend Sover.

Probably right on the bodies, but he explicitly told me he would service my FTn head.

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I wrote to Sover about this. His response was that he does also service the F and its finders (except the first Photomic TTL finder as he has no moving coil meters left). He doesn't advertise the fact as he already has enough F2 orders.

 

[rbsinto]

Oh, I dunno...maybe a Luigi case? The right strap? Black/brassing/DE-1 prism/motor drive/ etc. just for starters? A lady must have her dignity with the proper clothes to wear.😉

Come to think of it, I have never seen anyone with the flash on an F or F2 either.

Probably because putting the hot shoe around the rewind crank was Nikon's stupidest design decision ever. Mounting a flash there made the camera heavier to one side and of course unless one was using an MD-1 or MD-2 drive, one had to remove the flash every time the film had to be loaded or unloaded.
The only time I ever used my F2 with a flash was to shoot a wedding and I bought a flash bracket mounted to the bottom of the drive, with the flash on the end of the bracket above the camera. What a pain! I always wondered why they never made an F2P like they did with the F3.

 

[Noserider]

probably because the prism connection was too weak to handle it. The F3P is just barely strong enough.

 

[css9450]

probably because the prism connection was too weak to handle it. The F3P is just barely strong enough.

Imagine, say, an F with one of those big ol' FTN prisms with a hot-shoe flash! That would have been pretty tipsy... One bump and the prism would be on the floor, I would think.

 

[sevo]

probably because the prism connection was too weak to handle it. The F3P is just barely strong enough.

The F lock with one tiny pin on the prism front was so weak that they had to use an improvised extra lever engaging a clasp around the name plate to secure the meter finders. The F2 merely substituted another pair of pins for the name plate. By the F3 they switched to a more sleek two slider lock in place of the five previous pins, but while that simplified matters (the F/F2 lock consists of dozens of parts), it did not add much strength. It wasn't until the F4 that they went over to a (Canon F-1 like) full area locking rail with form rather than force fit, strong enough to hold a pro flash.

 

[clayne]

What is this 'flash' thing you fine gentlemen speak of? Is it some kind of secret codeword?

 

[sevo]

Flash, a.k.a. "Strobe", for the Americanically challenged. Elsewhere in the world, stroboscope (or short, strobe) only is used for a electronic flash firing in a rapid succession (usually for decorative purposes, in stage or club lighting).

 

[clayne]

Flash, a.k.a. "Strobe", for the Americanically challenged. Elsewhere in the world, stroboscope (or short, strobe) only is used for a electronic flash firing in a rapid succession (usually for decorative purposes, in stage or club lighting).

sevo, it was purely tongue in cheek. 😛