How is a old film Nikon F rig...no meter...not a "rangefinder?"

[BobBill]

Or, for that matter, Old Korelles, Pearls, Pentax67s, etc.

Answer likely someplace; just too lazy to search.

Was going to post as thread, but might the ? might hijack the thread, so...

 

[xavyr]

Waaalll, 'spose it may be said of any rig using rangefinding tech to determine focus, n'est-ce pas?

 

[Ambro51]

How many Nikon F rigs can fit inside a VW Beetle? Why is the color green so darn green? (There, weird thread hijacked)

 

[raid]

😀 The Nikon F is not a RF camera because it is an SLR Camera.
No joking here

 

[BobBill]

xav...just stirring...got a "note" for playing with old bods and idea occurred...figured it was already discussed here. I had to sneak off to digital due to skin reaction to chems...miss the old ways. Digee seems very complicated, and the auto part makes it too easy at the same time. I have maybe tweny rolls of BW to process yet and chicken...some is way old too, so one of these days. I still mis my F, though.

 

[shorelineae]

Strange you should ask because I've been looking for a Nikon F or F2 non-metered camera just today... Already have an FM3A so it must be GAS.

 

[Livesteamer]

It depends on the finder screen used. Currently my chrome F has the A screen which has a small split image spot in the center that might be called a rangefinder if you stretch the definition of rangefinder. My black 64 F has a G2 screen which has no split image spot so it is in no way a rangefinder. The G2 works well with my eyes but for critical low light focusing, nothing beats my M6 .85 Joe

 

[raid]

My “RF” F2 is used with a Nikon 21mm/4 via mirror lock-up.
Now this rig is close to being a RF unit.

 

[BobBill]

Try eBay, just to get feet wet, lot of camera brand/bods.

I figured an attendee would pick difference 'tween rangefinder and SLR, but seems they both do same thing...like a Graphlex? One useds split other melds images...some leave distance up to photog...interesting. Figured topic would have been beaten to death here.

 

[BobBill]

Sorry, have no clue what happened rendering a duplication.

 

[ptpdprinter]

Figured topic would have been beaten to death here.

No, the answer is so obvious no one asked the question before.

 

[BobBill]

Maybe; maybe not. No dumb questions. It occurred to me...so I asked. I'm dim! What the hey?

 

[charjohncarter]

My “RF” F2 is used with a Nikon 21mm/4 via mirror lock-up.
Now this rig is close to being a RF unit.

Or f5.6 with the distance set at 8-10 feet you have a box camera.

 

[raid]

Do we have today established that almost any camera can be viewed as a RF camera!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

xav...just stirring...got a "note" for playing with old bods and idea occurred...figured it was already discussed here. I had to sneak off to digital due to skin reaction to chems...miss the old ways. Digee seems very complicated, and the auto part makes it too easy at the same time. I have maybe tweny rolls of BW to process yet and chicken...some is way old too, so one of these days. I still mis my F, though.

Here is one shot BW developer.
https://filmphotographyproject.com/.../05/fpp-super-monobath-one-step-bw-developer/

My digital rangefinder camera is just like my M4-2. Same size, shape, shutter speed dial and same lenses. Instead of inserting film, I have ISO selection via direct button.
And my digital rangefinder has same rangefinder as film rangefinder, which is combining of two images, not combing of the same image split in half. Can't use this thing in SLRs. It doesn't provide same confidence with focus as rangefinder does.

 

[BobBill]

All is relative.

 

[Out to Lunch]

How is a old film Nikon F rig...no meter...not a "rangefinder?"

Ask your mother, maybe she knows.

 

[xavyr]

Or f5.6 with the distance set at 8-10 feet you have a box camera.

true dat, true dat

 

[Ambro51]

When Ernst Leitz travelled to New York Oskar Barnack gave him the UR Leica to use. Barnack s advice “use depth of field and let focus take care of itself”.

 

[raid]

Isn't this similar to a rangefinder camera?