Show Off Your Classic Nikon Gear

[mynikonf2]

...some of my kit.

 

[mynikonf2]

Nikon:
F Ftn w/F2 features (Apollo) & 55/1.2 S.C.
F2SB w//85/1.8

Hope the intrusion of these non-Nikon kit will be excused.

Canon:
EF w//50/1.4 SSC
F1 w//50/1.4 (chrome nose)

Pentax:
ES w//55/1.8 SMC
ES II w//50/1.4 Super Takumar

 

[mynikonf2]

...my favorites. 🙂

 

[biomed]

I bought the F2 in the summer of 1973. I also purchased a lens a month for a while. This of course was when I was single. As much as I still enjoy my F2 today, I wouldn't trade a day of my past 37 years with my soul mate for it.

 

[Paulbe]

biomed--beautiful!
Looks new--
Thanks for posting.
Paul

 

[farlymac]

Don't laugh. If any first-generation copact AF deserves to be called a classic, it is this one.


Nikon L35AF by Greyscale3, on Flickr

I've got two of them now. Paid $5 for the first one (with the brown case), and the second one was given to me (it has the plastic cover). Wonderful shooter.

PF

 

[biomed]

biomed--beautiful!
Looks new--
Thanks for posting.
Paul

Thank you, Paul. It has been a faithful and reliable camera. There have been a few bumps along the way. I had the camera and finder overhauled by our head bartender a few years back and now they are as good as new.

Mike

 

[ChrisLivsey]

New lease of life for this thread 🙂

The old girl as seen some use but shoots faultlessly, wish the owner did the same.

 

[George Bonanno]

Purchased new in Tokyo for a months pay. Now as before it's just my everyday picture taker.

 

[farlymac]

Purchased new in Tokyo for a months pay. Now as before it's just my everyday picture taker.

That's about what it cost me back in '73, only in Norfolk, VA. Sadly, I sold it to an old high school buddy of mine.

PF

 

[Godfrey]

Hah! Chris Livsey's black F2 looks darn similar to my F ...

... only I have the pre-AI Nikkor-H 85/1.8 fitted to it in this quick snap I made early today. I have one of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 lenses as well. Not bad looking for a $30 body, eh? 🙂

G

 

[hamradio]

I just wish I had a plain prism for it, instead of the clunky inop TN finder.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Hah! Chris Livsey's black F2 looks darn similar to my F ...

G

Godfrey, anyone would think they came fron the same factory :angel:

 

[ChrisLivsey]

I just wish I had a plain prism for it, instead of the clunky inop TN finder.

I bet "in the day" they said just the opposite. My body was £65 only a couple of years back, no prism, that cost more than the body, but not by much as it has a touch of de-silvering (but new foam), but I'm a shooter. Sover Wong was the man for the prism, great NikonF2 guy.

 

[biglou]

W Nikkor C 1:1.8 f=3.5cm ltm

W Nikkor C 1:1.8 f=3.5cm ltm

Hello, wonderful collections.
I take advantage of this thread to ask if any of you knows a good repairman for my lens, W Nikkor C 1:1.8 f=3.5cm ltm.
The general aspect and mechanics are very fine, almost like new, but the images i get on my Leica are off, hazy even if the glass is cristal clear, no definition.
I am in Europe, France, but can send the lens anywhere if someone is qualified enough to bring this jewel back to what it is supposed to be.
Many thank's
Joël

 

[Boris Stupak]

Don Goldberg (DAG) made one of my LTM W Nikkor C 1:1.8 f=3.5cm's perfect for $125. Just Google his name.

 

[Kent]

Nikon F Set by LucisPictor, on Flickr


Nikon F & S.C 1.4/50 by LucisPictor, on Flickr

And inmidst her family:

Nikon Family by LucisPictor, on Flickr

 

[biglou]

Don Goldberg (DAG) made one of my LTM W Nikkor C 1:1.8 f=3.5cm's perfect for $125. Just Google his name.

Thank you, valuable advice.

 

[rhl-oregon]

....The missing Nikonos III is in the camera cabinet, while the missing AF35 2.8 (first camera I bought for my son) is plain missing.

 

[jwicaksana]

B-E-A-utiful Nikons and Nikkors, fellas!!
Something different here:

Nikon FM2n Photo-graphic Novel by jwicaksana, on Flickr