Does anyone still use their Nikon F2 regularly?

[lxdude]

Purchased an F2 Plain prism in 1974. Still my main "Axe".

I wish I'd never gotten rid of mine. With the plain prism they had great balance and were such sweet, simple machines.

The last Adult Nikon.

[brucemuir]

F2a used almost daily

[narsuitus]

Does anyone use their F2 on exclusively or on a regular basis?

Regularly but not exclusively


http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336821@N00/6307637714/

[cjbecker]

I always wanted a f or f2 non metered for my traveling and snapshot needs. Right now im using a rolleicord.

[ooze]

F2a used almost daily

A "digital" strap! Blasphemy!

[Poisson Du Jour]

Just glancing at this... a long, long time ago (1978?) I handled what I think I can recall as being an F2 Photomic? Is this what this camera is? For my small hands back then, it must have been quite a haul-up (being confined to a wheelchair with distrophy at that time, since long, long recovered). But a few years later I was the owner of a Nikon F3, probably the next new kid on the block after the F2? Fascinating that the F2 workhorse is still in use and much loved by so many. I vaguely recognised it from the photo in the posts. I haven't seen one second hand for many years so I guess they are rare.

[Paul Goutiere]

Just glancing at this... a long, long time ago (1978?) I handled what I think I can recall as being an F2 Photomic? Is this what this camera is?

Yes.

I haven't seen one second hand for many years so I guess they are rare.

Not too rare. Ebay has quite a few for sale in various states of repair.

[E. von Hoegh]

I guess my old F2 isn't quite out of date yet.

I found 3 rolls of Fuji Pro 160, in my freezer. Expires 2014.
I found 2 rolls of XP-2

I better use it up.

Out of date?

My F ('68) is the newest camera I use regularly. The other stuff goes back to 1905 or so, and I use that pretty regularly, too.

Out of date? really?

[E. von Hoegh]

Your FM2 with the high shutter speed of 1/4000 does have a vertically travelling slit but since it has 1/200 (fm2) flash sync speed and that means the shutter curtain travels very fast and reducing the distortion you wanted to almost none.

Correct. You need a Graphic or Graflex with the slow traveling shutter curtain, use a low tension setting and the smallest slit.

[lxdude]

I handled what I think I can recall as being an F2 Photomic?

Ah yes...the Photomic. The only problem is you have to replace the nuclear pellet inside it every 650 years.