Nikon F2
What a Nikon F2 actually produces — 12 photographs shot on one by members here.
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The Nikon F2 is Nikon's fully mechanical professional SLR, made from 1971 to 1980. Everything that matters works without a battery: the shutter runs from 1 sec to 1/2000, plus B and T. Batteries power only the meter in the finder.
The F2 is a system camera, and the finder defines the model. With the plain DE-1 prism there is no meter at all. The Photomic finders — DP-1, then DP-2 (F2S), DP-3 (F2SB), DP-11 (F2A) and DP-12 (F2AS) — add metering, and Nikon named the whole camera after the finder fitted. When you see a listing for an F2, look at the finder to know which one it is.
Focusing screens are interchangeable too, and the camera accepts a motor drive that was fast for its time. Pre-AI lenses mount directly. AI lenses fit as well, and the later DP-11 and DP-12 finders couple to them without any indexing.
F2 bodies were built to be used hard and repaired, and specialist technicians still service them. A well-kept example will outlast its owner. Loaded with Tri-X 400, it is the camera behind a large share of 1970s photojournalism.
Images taken with the Nikon F2
Lazy Sunday - Doran Beach, Bodega Bay, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak T-Max 100
entered as “Nikon F2 Photomic”
Keys - Bodega Bay, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak Tri-X 400
entered as “Nikon f2 Photomic”
Nikon F2 Mirror Selfie - Napa, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak Tri-X 400
Blast furnace 3 VolkerE · Ilford FP4 Plus
Blast furnace 2 VolkerE · Ilford FP4 Plus
Blast furnace 1 VolkerE · Ilford FP4 Plus
White Wine - Bodega Bay, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak Tri-X 400
Love is in the air Justin Kruse · Kodak Portra 400
Beach Day - Bodega Bay, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak Tri-X 400
entered as “Nikon F2 Photomic”
Freshly Picked - Sebastopol, CA FogdogPhoto · Kodak Tri-X 400
entered as “Nikon F2 Photomic”
Sunset Antelope Island jhaddon84015 · Fujifilm Acros II 100
Powerline sunset jhaddon84015 · Kodak Ektar 100
Lenses people use on it
Taken from what members recorded on the frames above, in their own wording. Counts, not recommendations.
Film shot on it
Each one links through to every frame on that stock, from any camera.