The 87th Nikon F up to $4000 on ebay

[CameraQuest]

see http://www.ebay.com/itm/322170928099

Only the earliest Nikon F's - maybe 100 or so - had cloth shutter curtains

Not the best condition, and that is the wrong lens for it.

Stephen

 

[Livesteamer]

Cool. And I'll bet it still works or could be made to. Would it have come with a 50mm f2.0 or the 5.8cm f1.4? Joe

 

[NIKON KIU]

When this camera was produced, there were no 1.4s yet available, it should have come with a 2.0
But the 2.0 should be "Tick Mark" version, or an early production example.


Kiu

 

[Timmyjoe]

I expected it to go a lot higher than that. Still 12 hours left. Interested to see what it finally sells for.

 

[zuikologist]

From a total Nikon ignoramous - what is the relevance of the underside of the wind lever?

 

[wes loder]

Nikon used various designs for its wind levers for the Nikon F. The earliest design was a solid lever that was then drilled out underneath to make the end hollow. Only the earliest Fs had this lever. Nikon then went with a stamped lever similar to the Nikon RF cameras. Other variations followed. Check Koch's book for the exact information. WES

 

[kshapero]

Up to $4150

 

[jim_jm]

From a total Nikon ignoramous - what is the relevance of the underside of the wind lever?

There were a multitude of changes in the design and manufacture of the Nikon F during it's 15-year run. These are sometimes used to determine the authenticity and integrity of a body, as many parts were interchangeable.

Richard de Stoutz's site gives a comprehensive listing and examples of all these differences, as do Uli Koch's books. Here is an example of all the different wind levers http://www.destoutz.ch/typ_wind-levers.html .

 

[CameraQuest]

$6111 - more than I thought it would go for.