Nikon F2
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| Overview | |
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| Type | 35 mm SLR camera |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Nikon F-mount |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | manual |
| Exposure/Metering | |
| Exposure | manual |
| Flash | |
| Flash | non-ISO hot shoe plus PC socket |
| Shutter | |
| Frame rate | 4,3 fps with MD-2 motor drive |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 152,5×65×102 mm |
| Weight | 840 g without lens |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Nikon F3 |
The Nikon F2 is a professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from September 1971 to June 2000. It used a horizontal-travel focal plane shutter with titanium shutter curtains and a speed range of 1 to 1/2000 second (up to 10 seconds using the self-timer) plus Bulb and Time, and flash X-sync of 1/80th second. It had dimensions (with DE-1 head, see below) of 98 mm height, 152.5 mm width, 65 mm depth and 730 g weight. It was available in two colors: black with chrome trim and all black.
The F2 is the second member of the long line of Nikon F-series professional level 35 mm SLRs that began with the Nikon F (manufactured 1959–1974) and followed each other in a sort of dynastic succession as the top-of-the-line Nikon camera. The other members were the F3 (1980–2001), F4 (1988–1996), F5 (1996–2005) and F6 (2004–present). The F-series do not share any major components except for the all important bayonet lens mount ('F mount').
All Nikon professional F-series SLRs are full system cameras. This means that each camera body serves as only a modular hub.
F2S
F2S, open film door
F2 - bayonet F-mount
Nikon F2SB with DP-3 prism and GN Auto Nikkor 1:2,8 f=45mm lens
F2A - titanium body with DP-11 prism
F2A - titanium body with DP-11 prism
The Nikon F2 is an all-metal, mechanically-controlled (springs, gears, levers), manual focus SLR with manual exposure control. The camera itself needed no batteries, though the prism light meter did (and of course the motor drive if added). The F2 replaced the Nikon F, adding many new features (a faster 1/2000 second maximum shutter speed, a swing open back for easier film loading, a wider assortment of detachable finders and metering heads, a 250 exposure film back, a larger reflex mirror to ensure no vignetting, and a shutter release nearer the front of the camera for better ergonomics). It also offered a detachable motor drive, something the F only had as a custom modification. It was the last all-mechanical professional-level Nikon SLR.
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