jack flannery Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 <p>When I was doing field work in the high desert on NM (geologist), a F2 was my camera. Dust. Dirt. Rain. Heat. Bah, it's nothing. I knew a guy who used one in Antarctica. Where it was so cold the meter might not work but the camera did. Then one day I was climbing up a cliff to a ledge that had a rattlesnake on it. I jumped back, dislodged a boulder which then rolled down the slop and over my camera, which was lying on the ground. The damage? One small dent. If that would have happened to my D800, there would be a thousand shards. I wouldn't go back to film, but one cannot deny the utmost quality of the Nikon F2. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohanmike Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 <p>I had two F2 Photomics for over 30 years since 1973, they're great bodies, but when I got my hands on a digital in 2006, that was it, I'll never go back to film again. Just the fact that I don't have to carry film and change it every 36 frames is great.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_harris15 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 If I was going to shoot Street I would probably take my Olympus OM1 over my F2. Smaller & lighter in the hand & I find the viewfinder easier to focus quickly than the F2's one. The shutter is also very quiet when fired. The OM1 isn't as robust as an F2 & uses an obsolete battery (I have had mine recalibrated for a 1.5v battery) but I can't see what an F2 offers over it for street photography. I have a waist level finder with for my F3 & don't find it a lot of use rk be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 <p>It's the period when I had the F2 I did the most street shooting. After I lost the F2AS I have F3 and later F5 but I quit street shooting all together. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian1664876441 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 The DP-2, F2 "S" finder is the least reliable in the series. The DP-3 "SB" finder and DP-12 "AS" finder also use LED's, but switched to Silicon Photo Diodes, more reliable than the CDS cells of the other finders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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