The Sexiest Nikon SLR

[dave lackey]

How about your thoughts? I have been looking over all the special edition Nikon cameras and so far I am thinking the Nikon Fm2n Lapita is my choice:

From:
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonfmseries/FM2nLapita/index.htm

 

[dogberryjr]

The F3, and it's not even about the red stripe. I recovered mine in leather and I think it looks even better.


New skin for the old shooter by dogberryjr, on Flickr

 

[keytarjunkie]

Yes I would say sexiest = Black F2 with DE-1, or F3HP without the red stripe. When I have to go back to shooting 35mm, my SLR will probably be a F3HP releathered and a Voigtlander 40/2.

Doesn't matter though, they all take great pictures!

 

[dave lackey]

The F3, and it's not even about the red stripe. I recovered mine in leather and I think it looks even better.


New skin for the old shooter by dogberryjr, on Flickr

Yes, leather is elegant! Interesting to note that there is an F3 Lapita version with a GREEN stripe!

http://nikonhistoricalsociety.yuku.com/topic/1502/t/F3-special-ordered-limited-version.html

🙂

 

[Teuthida]

black f with unmetered prism.

 

[btgc]

How do you define sex in SLR world?

 

[Rob-F]

What's a Lapita? I can't find it in Braczko, nor in the Nikon Compendium.

Sexiest Nikon? A black FA with MD-15 motor, or an F3 with its motor, plus a 15mm f/3.5 Nikkor.

 

[Vickko]

Yep. Sexy black and classical lines.

Yep. Sexy black and classical lines.

Yep. Sexy black and classical lines.

black f with unmetered prism.

 

[dave lackey]

What's a Lapita? I can't find it in Braczko, nor in the Nikon Compendium.

Sexiest Nikon? A black FA with MD-15 motor, or an F3 with its motor, plus a 15mm f/3.5 Nikkor.

One of a special edition of 200 units...see image posted above. Nikon used to issue a lot of special editions but seem to have gotten away from that in recent years.

 

[rover]

Orange is my favorite color. That is one butt ugly camera. 🙂

I really have never thought of any Nikon camera as being attractive, perhaps the rangefinders, but I like Contax bodies better. I have always seen Nikons as the Mack Truck tool, not Ferrari of photography.

 

[hans voralberg]

What's a Lapita? I can't find it in Braczko, nor in the Nikon Compendium.

Sexiest Nikon? A black FA with MD-15 motor, or an F3 with its motor, plus a 15mm f/3.5 Nikkor.

It's a magazine that commissioned the camera

 

[dave lackey]

Orange is my favorite color. That is one butt ugly camera. 🙂

I really have never thought of any Nikon camera as being attractive, perhaps the rangefinders, but I like Contax bodies better. I have always seen Nikons as the Mack Truck tool, not Ferrari of photography.

It is actually brown, not orange. Not the best color photo. Similar to cameraleather mahogany, I suppose.


From NHS:
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/0fa353a699c742b74bfec63e1fdafdc843ad472.pjpg

 

[mdarnton]

Anything in black, as worn and beat up as possible. The more brass, the better. . . well, maybe not: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mennyj/1563642218/ . I guess it should be more graceful than this.

It's not a Nikon, and it's not an SLR, so I won't embed the photo, but here's the concept:

http://blog.ricecracker.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/00AHhe-20694384.jpg

In the Nikon world, it would probably be an F. . . . something pre-plastic, anyway.

 

[Tom A]

In my opinion - the sexiest Nikon SLR is the F with a prism finder, a bit brassy and battered. It was the camera that got many of us away (at least temporarily) from rangefinders.It allowed us to do macro. long lens shooting and some ultra-wides. Built like the proverbial brick outhouse. Virtually indestructible and quite easy to fix, if you did attempt to destroy it!
You could add anything you needed, screens, finders, motors etc - or just remove what you did not need, down to basic "box" - and keep on shooting.

 

[dave lackey]

How do you define sex in SLR world?

That is up to you.😉

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Sexiest? Why that would be my Nikon F's, one with a waist level finder and one with a Photomic...(BTW, the Photomic one belonged to Brian Sweeney at one time 😉 )

Todd

 

[Walter Ulreich]

sexiest, something like that?

 

[BobYIL]

What is "sexiest" 🙄 ? The most elegant and timeless design is the original Nikon F with plain prism.. Then comes the F3HP..

 

[Ronny]

In my opinion - the sexiest Nikon SLR is the F with a prism finder, a bit brassy and battered. It was the camera that got many of us away (at least temporarily) from rangefinders.It allowed us to do macro. long lens shooting and some ultra-wides. Built like the proverbial brick outhouse. Virtually indestructible and quite easy to fix, if you did attempt to destroy it!
You could add anything you needed, screens, finders, motors etc - or just remove what you did not need, down to basic "box" - and keep on shooting.

Yes, I agree.

 

[Calzone]

I think the F2 is the sexiest, even though I'm a big fan of the F3. To me the F3 is more masculine and beefy, especially with a MD-4 motordrive. My favorites are a F2 with a DE-1 eye level prism or a F2AS.

Cal