Nikon F2
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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 1980.[1] 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 1/80 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 was adopted by both casual photographers and professional photographers, the latter of those especially photojournalists covering the later half of the Vietnam War.
Overview | |
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Maker | Nikon (Nippon Kogaku K. K.) |
Type | 35 mm SLR camera |
Released | Sept 1971 |
Production | 1971-1980 |
Lens | |
Lens mount | Nikon F-mount |
Sensor/medium | |
Film format | 35 mm |
Film size | 36 mm × 24 mm |
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 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 (2004–2020). 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