payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
A relatively inexpensive alternative is the adapter made by Frans de Gruijter. It takes a 1.55V silver oxide and converts the output to 1.35V. I had three and they worked and fit perfectly.
yes Bob, the plan is to get more Ai-s lenses so i can use both cameras... and leave the 50mm non-ai on the f2 while i get more lenses... i probably get a wider lens for a two lens, two camera setup...
I guess nikon is the way to go... yeah... thanks!
Another thought about the F2. The metering heads on these can be problem to get repaired and they are getting long in the tooth. As someone else said they are known to develop problems. That is why I said to get an FM2n if you rely on in camera metering.
Bob
What Sover Wong can't fix is probably not worth fixing. 🙂 My F2 with a Photomic head keeps on working since the overhaul of both a few years back.
http://soverf2repair.webs.com
That is my point, last I looked Sover was in England now and how many other besides him can do it. I did not say it was impossible but just getting harder and likely more expensive too.
Bob
OM- in terms of getting a good set of lenses it turns out considerably cheaper.
As for digital bodies, any canon body can take the lenses with full metering and a cheap adaptor.
I think Nikon is great but a) it is a lot heavier b) it is much more expensive.
Five Nikons - F, FE, 2020, 501, 8008, F80
The Head Bartender also has a guy who does the work on the Photomics, for the F and F2. The argument could be the same about John Hermanson and his repairs on Olympus cameras; "there is practically nobody doing the work nowadays". It sounds a bit pessimistic.
Lets be glad there are a few souls out there who likes to repair old cameras. Here's to John, Don, Sheryl, Sover and a few I don't know about. 🙂
I have the OM system but do not find it equal to the F-3HP system. Lens for lens properly chosen the Nikon F-3HP out performs the OM-2. The only area where the OM system outperforms the Nikon is in weight. The most popular lens is the 35mm f2.0. Zeiss has come out with their ZF which outperforms the 35mm f2.0 Zuiko. The portrait lens for both are the legendary 105mm f2.5 AiS v. the 85mm f2.0. The Nikkor is much better. The Olympus probably has a better 24mm f2.8 that is a little better than the Nikkor version but how ofter do you use the 24mm. The F-3HP has motor drive and a removable prism. Granted the Nikon is more expensive & heavier.