Can't believe I just bought another Nikon F

[shadowfox]

Coo, Vick.

I'm on F3 for now.
But if a black Nikon F came along with the right price tag, I'll take it.

Refresh my mind, can an AI lens be used at all on an F?

 

[Bill58]

Coo, Vick.

I'm on F3 for now.
But if a black Nikon F came along with the right price tag, I'll take it.

Refresh my mind, can an AI lens be used at all on an F?

SEE THIS: http://aiconversions.com/compatibilitytable.htm

 

[Paul Luscher]

Know the disease. Have only two Nikon Fs myself...but I do have three OM-2ns...

 

[cary]

You can never have too many F's. I have two and use them all the time. At the moment I put together an inexpensive system. My original black 1974 F with the least expensive Nikkors, 28mm f3.5, 50mm f2 and the 135mm f3.5. I have a total of $66 in those lenses. It is actually fun to use them.

 

[Vickko]

Yes, an F can take an AI lens

Vick

Refresh my mind, can an AI lens be used at all on an F?

 

[MC JC86]

Someone has a classic line in their sig ... "not too many cameras, just not enough shelf space!" or something like that. 😀

One day I'll get an F ... just not now!

I have it on good authority that he's a loon.

 

[Field]

Funny I think about selling my black FTN Apollo a lot. The big reasons are I want a standard prism but that is just an impossibility. Also I (before the recent $400-600 increase in price) thought I was going to get a 2.8 planar Rollieflex instead. The Apollo is better than my FE though in many respects (being a professional line and all of that) but the FE's 1/125 sync and auto with AE lock are nice.

I know Tom says that a non-workhorse F makes no sense but I am nervous about beating up my Apollo since it is in good shape.

 

[L. M. Tu]

Another F camera fan here. I've got three F's and six F2's. The F2 is, to me, just a modified and slightly improved F. More than thirty years after acquiring my first F, even its supposed flaws are reason for affection - the angular contours, for example, or the removable back. There's just nothing like the feel of an old F camera.

 

[_goodtimez]

Have 2, awaiting the 3rd with F-36 and battery pack, a real killer (litterally)
How can one even think about selling a Nikon F 🙂

 

[FrankS]

I've got an F and 2 F2's. (and 3 F3's, but not 4 F4's)

 

[dshfoto]

Where do you send all these F's to keep them working?

 

[James24]

Where do you send all these F's to keep them working?

They don't break. 😀



[ps I have 2 Fs, down from 3 recently. I bought my first, a chrome one, in 1977. It has had 2 Photomic finders in its time, and now has an eye level finder fitted. The other one I have kept is a black one, also with eye level finder. I also have a few F2s.....6, at the last count, though some might have to go soon. ]

 

[Field]

Have 2, awaiting the 3rd with F-36 and battery pack, a real killer (litterally)
How can one even think about selling a Nikon F 🙂

Easy... when you are poor and interested in other cameras!

 

[MC JC86]

Where do you send all these F's to keep them working?

As someone else said, they really don't "break" much... I think out of a hundred bought and sold I've had one that had any serious mechanical issues... The meters are a different matter all together; I've had very few that came to me working. Essex Camera in NJ did a great job fixing meters on photomic F and F2s... or just find a plain prism and you've got an even better looking purely mechanical camera. 😀

 

[RanceEric]

They're just beautiful cameras.. Best looking SLRs, n my opinion. Don't think I could bring myself to sell either of mine.. but I definitely could see myself buying another eventually.

 

[Roger Hicks]

They're just beautiful cameras.. Best looking SLRs, n my opinion. Don't think I could bring myself to sell either of mine.. but I definitely could see myself buying another eventually.

What will three do that two can't?

I stopped buyiing Fs many years ago after the following exchange with Marty Forscher:

Me: What do I do if they wear out?

Marty: How many have you got?

Me: Five.

Marty: How old are you?

Me: Forty [or whatever it was at the time].

Marty, shrugging expressively: Forget it. They'll last longer than you.

Cheers,

R.

 

[RanceEric]

What will three do that two can't?

I stopped buyiing Fs many years ago after the following exchange with Marty Forscher:

Me: What do I do if they wear out?

Marty: How many have you got?

Me: Five.

Marty: How old are you?

Me: Forty [or whatever it was at the time].

Marty, shrugging expressively: Forget it. They'll last longer than you.

Cheers,

R.

Other than look nice on the shelf? Nothing. haha I know it wold be silly to get another one, but I would probably try to get a black one that's in better condition than the one I have now.. but if I do eventually get another, it wont be for a long time.. I have lots of other camera gear before that on my wish list 😉

 

[James24]

Richard de Stoutz probabaly has more Fs than any of us. Probably more than all of us put together. 🙂

http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon-f.html


Check out this page:

http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon_f_all_bodies.html

 

[Uncle Bill]

I got an early Nikon F with an eyelevel prism and one from '67 with a Tn meter head. I would love to get my hands on a Black FTn Apollo at some point.

As for F2s, I have a chrome on with a DP-1 meter head and recently picked a black F2S with the DP-2 head, both great cameras.

 

[dbarnes]

Just bought an early chrome F2 body sans prism to go with the DE-1 that I found at an estate sale last winter. Now to find some non-AI glass, probably a 24 for starters. Then maybe an 85.