I did not plan to buy this Nikon F2...

[kanzlr]

schnickschnak, jawohl!

🙂

 

[Alpsman]

schnickschnak, jawohl!

🙂

Ich denke im Englischen schreibt man es klein, oder?😀

 

[valdas]

Well... After all it was not as nice as looked on the picture, very far from being mint... The seller agreed to 30% partial refund, so i guess i will keep it. Bet tested with the film today - 1/2000 speed does not work properly, frames at this speed are blank... So probably it will need a CLA... Shutter curtain bounce or...?

 

[FrankS]

Shutter capping. Second curtain travels faster than first curtain and the slit between the 2 curtains closes, causing no exposure/blank frame.

 

[sevo]

Shutter capping. Second curtain travels faster than first curtain and the slit between the 2 curtains closes, causing no exposure/blank frame.

Yep. Easy fix if you have a shutter timer/tester (and a Nikon release button collar unscrewing tool). It helps to have the F service manual in addition to the F2 one, as relevant bits of the shutter timing section of the latter seem to have got lost in translation...

 

[Paulbe]

valdas--don't know where you are located--but Jim at Vermont Camera Works did a great job on an F2 for me just recently. Very reasonable charges, very fast turnaround..
If you think the F2 is worth keeping--have it CLAed by someone compentent.
Paul

 

[azzurri]

Not sure if "exercising" the curtain by firing off a few shots would help. It helped with mine. And if you intend you keep the camera for a long while, no harm sending it to Sover Wong for a good service. F2s are a joy to use

 

[valdas]

Not sure if "exercising" the curtain by firing off a few shots would help. It helped with mine. And if you intend you keep the camera for a long while, no harm sending it to Sover Wong for a good service. F2s are a joy to use

It actually helped. I gave a bit of an exercise to this speed and now I can see some light 🙂 Not sure if it is consistent, but let's see...