Show Off Your Classic Nikon Gear

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Nikon S3

Nikon S3

 

[Calzone]

So many of these cameras look pristine. Does everyone swaddle their gear in blankets or keep them in ever-ready cases to keep them from getting marked up?
Some of my stuff looks like it has been through the wars.

No photo, but my F3P was a real press camera that was owned by the newspaper "Newsday." I bought it just after it got a total overhaul just after it came back from Operation Desert Storm. It features some real nice brassing. This camera has Mojo.

All three of my F3's feature motordrives. The Noct-Nikkor with a F3 is a great-great camera.

Cal

 

[Penny Lane]

Non-pristine Nikon gear? Well... Buzzardkid came over yesterday with this thing for parts (sans the Series E which I took from my FG; thanks Johan! Had lots of fun with it already!). It was seized solid, but I've somehow managed to un-seize it (which involved some fairly daft actions I would normally strongly advise against)... It looks like it's been through some pretty silly and probably non-photographic action:


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 1 by bimmer1502, on Flickr


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 2 by bimmer1502, on Flickr


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 3 by bimmer1502, on Flickr

There's some more description of its condition in my stream with these snapshots.

You can't kill these things, though I wonder if it'll still be reliable - but that's something I'll find out soon 😎

Derk

 

[RanceEric]

New toy! Shot two rolls through it since yesterday:

 

[OlliL]

Good to see you stick with Nikon! 🙂


Nice strap btw!
Gordy made?

 

[RanceEric]

Good to see you stick with Nikon! 🙂


Nice strap btw!
Gordy made?

🙂 Thank you! It's actually a Luigi strap

 

[RanceEric]

My current Nikon rangefinder bodies and lenses 😀

 

[jarski]

nice RanceEric. all you need now is film 🙂

 

[kshapero]

There is more around here somewhere.

 

[Tom A]

It started innocently with a Nikon S and a S2, a 35f2.5, a 50f2 and an early (and heavy 85f2) about 15 years ago. Now this!!! I also think that I have added another S2 with the 50f1.4 (both chrome) since the picture was taken! Nikoholic's unite!

 

[RanceEric]

nice RanceEric. all you need now is film 🙂

Yessir! I'm running dangerously low right now.. Need to order some rolls of Tri-X or Provia 😉

 

[johannielscom]

Non-pristine Nikon gear? Well... Buzzardkid came over yesterday with this thing for parts (sans the Series E which I took from my FG; thanks Johan! Had lots of fun with it already!). It was seized solid, but I've somehow managed to un-seize it (which involved some fairly daft actions I would normally strongly advise against)... It looks like it's been through some pretty silly and probably non-photographic action:


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 1 by bimmer1502, on Flickr


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 2 by bimmer1502, on Flickr


Zombie Nikkormat FTn 3 by bimmer1502, on Flickr

There's some more description of its condition in my stream with these snapshots.

You can't kill these things, though I wonder if it'll still be reliable - but that's something I'll find out soon 😎

Derk

HA!

Never saw this until just now 🙂

You didn't even tell them about my little theory on why the serial number is gone...!

Let's see if we can pick up a proper battery cap on the Photographica Fair in Houten this weekend!

 

[johannielscom]

Cool, Johan...dontcha just love the FTn? One solid, simple camera! Loving mine!🙂

Indeed I do, Dave!

Time to update the earlier shot, the 58/1.4 has long arrived:


Nikkormat FTN's by buzzardkid, on Flickr


DSC_0990 by buzzardkid, on Flickr

 

[RanceEric]

It started innocently with a Nikon S and a S2, a 35f2.5, a 50f2 and an early (and heavy 85f2) about 15 years ago. Now this!!! I also think that I have added another S2 with the 50f1.4 (both chrome) since the picture was taken! Nikoholic's unite!

Wow.. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I hope to have a collection like that one day

 

[Tom A]

Wow.. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I hope to have a collection like that one day

Ah, but this is not a "collection" - it is an accumulation or stash! None are mint - though a couple are really clean - but I am working on that. I get nervous when they look too pristine. They are all being used - usually in batches of 3 or 4 with assorted lenses on them.
Tom

 

[mynikonf2]

My current Nikon rangefinder bodies and lenses 😀

Very nice, very, very nice! 😀
How's that AR-1 working for you? Do you feel that it's an improvement over the stock shutter release?

 

[RanceEric]

Very nice, very, very nice! 😀
How's that AR-1 working for you? Do you feel that it's an improvement over the stock shutter release?

Thank you! 🙂

It's definitely an improvement over the regular release, required VERY little pressure.. but it's very easy to accidentally set it off... Unfortunately, I always waste a shot or two when it's on.

 

[OlympusRF]

I have to update my nikon F photos, but this is what i have:
NIKON F Photomic T
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1349/5146040415_f83793a74c_z.jpg

Nikon F & Photomic FT & Waist Level Finder model 2 & Exposure selenium Meter model 2
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6090/6094101759_119afb594a_z.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6207/6117855723_a9b220c75a_z.jpg

Nikon F & Photomic FT & Waist Level Finder model 2 & Exposure selenium Meter model 2 & Flash BC-7
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6188/6117857693_8fb386fa74_z.jpg

 

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[Travis L.]

A sweet little FE I picked up years ago from the original owners daughter. It came with two lenses. A 50 f2 and 35 f2.8, both AI'ed F mount. The whole set is in mint condition with hoods and caps.
I just loaded her up with Panatomic X.