Jake Mongey
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Hello all! I just wanted to make a thread dedicated to the absoloute cockroach that is my Nikon F2! This is a camera that was gifted to me just after my 18th birthday and I saw as a decent but boring 35mm SLR at the time - I had a hasselblad kit I had just pieced together and a rolleiflex I had repaired! How could I get excited by a 35mm SLR?
However 6 years later this camera is the one camera I will never get rid off, it is absoloutely unkillable and has never failed to impress me. Lenses have come and gone as I have always bought rough as hell copies of really nice lenses and they have never really let me down, fungus and scratches never stopped me - nor did I ever notice a difference! This camera has been with me everywhere, I definately do not look after things and the thing that this camera has garnered affection from me for is that I can bring it EVERYWHERE and not worry if itll come out the other side. When I once had a miscommunication between my landlord and myself regarding rent I owed, I was faced with the option of selling either my hassy or my nikon - the Nikon stayed simply because of the versatility and I miss the hassy - alongside regret it with how much hasselblad prices have gone up since. But I am glad this nikon came with me, its never let me down.
This camera has shot EVERYTHING. Student projects, metal gigs covered in sweat and beer, high fashion, street photography, landscapes, cars and I have honestly not treated it well, its even once defended myself against a mugger in my endless stupidity at the time. I generally dont look after things when I am shooting, I am clumsy and dont think things through and wont worry about mud, rain or anything else! Yet the nikon F2 I can rely on knowing that no matter what antics I get up to or where I take it it will always work.
Shooting gigs I once was shooting up on the sound mixing stage up on a scaffold two stories up, whilst changing rolls a sound tech blew past and knocked my Nikon F2 and FE off the ledge down onto concrete. The FE survived but the focus screen holder broke, the F2 lost its plastic nameplate I picked it up, confirmed it was working and it looks like this to this day- I have told people I will get it sorted when it breaks finally, its been 5 years...
I am waiting for sover wong to open up some bookings to finally get this propely seen to however, I did breifly own another F2AS as a second body (I much prefer the match needle for judging exposure) and it made me realise just how worn out this camera is and I likely havent helped. The AS felt smooth and precise whereas all functions on this feel mushy and worn!
However I adore the F2 alongside its modularity and I wanted to share some of my favourite photos taken on this wonderful tank of a machine, please share your F2 Porn and photos taken on it below! This camera I will never sell!
However 6 years later this camera is the one camera I will never get rid off, it is absoloutely unkillable and has never failed to impress me. Lenses have come and gone as I have always bought rough as hell copies of really nice lenses and they have never really let me down, fungus and scratches never stopped me - nor did I ever notice a difference! This camera has been with me everywhere, I definately do not look after things and the thing that this camera has garnered affection from me for is that I can bring it EVERYWHERE and not worry if itll come out the other side. When I once had a miscommunication between my landlord and myself regarding rent I owed, I was faced with the option of selling either my hassy or my nikon - the Nikon stayed simply because of the versatility and I miss the hassy - alongside regret it with how much hasselblad prices have gone up since. But I am glad this nikon came with me, its never let me down.
This camera has shot EVERYTHING. Student projects, metal gigs covered in sweat and beer, high fashion, street photography, landscapes, cars and I have honestly not treated it well, its even once defended myself against a mugger in my endless stupidity at the time. I generally dont look after things when I am shooting, I am clumsy and dont think things through and wont worry about mud, rain or anything else! Yet the nikon F2 I can rely on knowing that no matter what antics I get up to or where I take it it will always work.
Shooting gigs I once was shooting up on the sound mixing stage up on a scaffold two stories up, whilst changing rolls a sound tech blew past and knocked my Nikon F2 and FE off the ledge down onto concrete. The FE survived but the focus screen holder broke, the F2 lost its plastic nameplate I picked it up, confirmed it was working and it looks like this to this day- I have told people I will get it sorted when it breaks finally, its been 5 years...
I am waiting for sover wong to open up some bookings to finally get this propely seen to however, I did breifly own another F2AS as a second body (I much prefer the match needle for judging exposure) and it made me realise just how worn out this camera is and I likely havent helped. The AS felt smooth and precise whereas all functions on this feel mushy and worn!
However I adore the F2 alongside its modularity and I wanted to share some of my favourite photos taken on this wonderful tank of a machine, please share your F2 Porn and photos taken on it below! This camera I will never sell!
