What camera is Jeanloup Sieff Holding in this Pic ?

[raytoei@gmail.com]

Hi,

am watching a youtube movie called adventure of photography.
i did a screen capture of JS holding a SLR, which looked very
small in this hands. But I can't tell what make or model, anyone ?

Looks like a Nikon with a 35mm ?

I am attaching the 2 screencaptures in this post.

thanks

raytoei

 

[normclarke]

Nikon F2

Best

normclarke.

 

[Highway 61]

Nikon FM2n, black, with either a 24/2.8 Ai-S or a 28/2.8 Ai-S lens, and either HN-1 or HN2 hood (I'd favor the 28/2.8 Ai-S lens and HN-2 hood option).

He was already very ill when those photos were taken, probably some of the latest before he died.

 

[Richard G]

Nikon FM2, I agree.

 

[Larry H-L]

Yep, way too small for an F2, agree that it looks more like an FM2. Lens might be a 24mm f2 or 28mm f2?

 

[ruby.monkey]

And there's a hotshoe on the finder.

 

[Highway 61]

Lens might be a 24mm f2 or 28mm f2?

f2.8 because there is a front namering visible. Both the f/2 lenses have their markings on the barrel front end, not around the front element.

 

[L Collins]

And there's a hotshoe on the finder.

Yes, definitely not an F2.

 

[semi-ambivalent]

f2.8 because there is a front namering visible. Both the f/2 lenses have their markings on the barrel front end, not around the front element.

Hi Highway,

My 28mm f/2 AiS has the engravings around the front element (true, the 24 does not). But the lens cell sticks out past the edge of the focusing ring farther than I'm seeing in the 2nd picture, and JS's lens in the first picture is just not long enough overall. I'd go with 2.8 but it's really hard; it might be two different lenses.

s-a

 

[Highway 61]

Hi Highway,

My 28mm f/2 AiS has the engravings around the front element (true, the 24 does not). But the lens cell sticks out past the edge of the focusing ring farther than I'm seeing in the 2nd picture, and JS's lens in the first picture is just not long enough overall. I'd go with 2.8 but it's really hard; it might be two different lenses.

s-a

Thanks for the update.

Jean-Loup was fond of the 21/20mm focal length but here it's not the case, the lens hood doesn't match any of the compact 20mm Nikon made. So, 24 or 28, f/2 or f/2.8 then.

Anyway we can see that he had kept his early years habit of depressing the shutter with his thumb when holding the camera vertically.

 

[sevo]

Yes, definitely not an F2.

As far as the camera goes, it is easy - given the size and shape it positively must be a FE/FM series camera. One of the FM's by prism/flash shoe shape and having its ISO setting in time knob rather than around rewind crank, and even if the times aren't readable, a FM2 or FM2n by having the red flash sync time within the three digit range and three four digit times.

 

[sc_rufctr]

Oh boy... We Must be bored.

I'm going out to to take some photos 😉

 

[Highway 61]

(...)a FM2 or FM2n by having the red flash sync time within the three digit range and three four digit times.

And a subsidiary contact on the flash shoe, which the FM doesn't have.

FM2n for sure. On a FM2 the X200 sync time would be visible after the 1/4000.

 

[Vics]

Jean-Loup did some shilling for Nikon in the '80s, and particularly for the 24/2.8. Featured in the series called, I think, The Nikon Handbook.

 

[Vics]

I just sat here and watched the whole series. Great stuff! Thanks to the OP for bringing it up!