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Are you aware of that the lens is for a SLR, so you will have to scalefocus.
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I am not 100% sure, but I think that the extension at the left is for Contax. They have a slit in the center of the takeup spool.
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<p>Well she couldn't have used the Leicaflex SL in 52 or for that matter while she was Mrs. Kennedy, due to the fact that it was first avalable in 1968, the same year she married Onassis.<br>
It is the same with the lenses, they weren't there in 52.</p>
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<p>You are a great photographer, and you give your children some interesting experiences.<br>
One thing I would like to ask as a fellow citizen, where did you start and where did you end, you know the stations.<br>
Jacques.</p>
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<p>Søren, I envy you your two children - they are wonderful and always so full of life. I can easily understand why they are your preferred and favourite motifs.<br>
Asta is photographying herself - is she using a Leica like her papa?<br>
Jacques.<br>
PS: Almost forgot - great serie as usual!</p>
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<p>Your meter is erratic, right?<br>
Well, I might have a solution - I have two F's and both meters were erratic and non reliable, so one day a couple of months ago I ran out of patience. Dismounted one of the viewfinders and turned it upside down and noticed 4 screws - one in each corner - that held everything together, so I took the chance and unscrewed them. It was possible to take the top and bottom a little apart - there are some thin wires inside, that I was afraid I could break - but I was able to make and opening approimately 1 inch wide. With a q-tip dipped in alcohol Iwas able to clean the ring resistor half an inch at the time, then I rotated the shutter knob a bit etc.<br>
I put everything together and inserted the batteries - and lo and behold it worked as it should. Naturally I have done exactly the same with the other meter, and it works as it did when the camera was brand new.<br>
Maybee this will solve your problems with the Nikon F meter?<br>
Jacques Emanuel.</p>
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<p>JDM are you suggesting that it was someone at Nippon Kogaku who wrote "Let's twist again"? I'll continue calling it the shuffle.<br>
It is a nice sample you got there, not too much brassing=not too heavy use.<br>
It's a wonderful camera, I dislike only two minor details: the sound of the shutter - it is a higher pitch than on the F; and you can't attach or remove the motordrive without ruining the film with a lot of light entering.<br>
I have got 4 of them with motordrive, they are really workhorses.<br>
Three F's - one with Photomic Tn and 2 with Photomic FTn, a Nikkormat ELW, a Nikon EM and one F3 - and even on the F3 and the EM I do the shuffle.</p>
<p>Craig you can use both pre-AI and AI lenses on all Nikon cameras earlier than the F2A.</p>
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<p>"Nikon twist"? <br>
Don't you mean "The Nikon Shuffle"?<br>
"You move it to the left - you move it to the right"</p>
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<p>A bit OT:<br>
"The little old lady may never change the oil and air filter, drives with her left foot riding the brake, and hits everything within striking distance when moving in reverse."<br>
That's a very precise description of my mother! LOL.</p>
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<p>I just remembered one more thing in the late 40ties there was a fashion called New Look actually created by Christian Dior and that was with a skirt length 25-30cm underneath the knees.<br>
The skirts the women in the pictures are wearing are much shorter, and again that says early 60ties.<br>
And Henrik next time there is a Danish movie from late 50ties or early 60ties in one of the Danish tv channels, then look how they are dressed - a little hint some thing with Dirch Passer, Ghita Nørby, Ebbe langberg.</p>
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<p>Hej Henrik - I think that both you and your parents are a little bit wrong- I would say late 50'ties or perhaps even early 60'ties.<br>
One thing is his shirt - in the early 50'ties he would have worn a white shirt and a tie.<br>
Another thing is the bag the young woman is carrying - I can remember my mother having such a one in the early 60'ties. The man is carrying the suitcase.<br>
And the house in the background is typical for houses build during the 50'ties.<br>
Maybee I should mention that come from Denmark too - Copenhagen.<br>
At the picture from the Central Station in Copenhagen both women are wearing stilleto heels and that would have been unthinkalble in the early 50'ties.<br>
At Fliickr you have got one more picture from the same film - the one with two young girls standing next to each other. The tallest of them is clearly the one from the first picture with the bag. The other with the glasses is wearing a dress that says 1960 - that was the kind of dress the girls were wearing when the were going to the danceschool lesson. It could be her dress for the "konfirmation" - as a Dane you know what I'm talking about.<br>
The picture of the girls on bicycles - perhaps going on a camping trip? - it looks like the handlebars and the stemposts can be detached - the toptube is straight and the wheels are 26". In the early 50'ties it would have been 28" wheels - think about a socalled GrandMa bike hear in Denmark where the toptube is curved.</p>
<p>My conclusion is that it is early 60'ties. That is 50 years ago, but both the two young girls on bikes and the young couple aren't that old on these pictures - they might still be alive - the young couple proberbly somewhere between 70 and 75.</p>
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<p>"before buying a Kiev screen, please understand that it does not come with any metal frame"<br />Some of them actually do!<br>
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<p>There is one more possibility - try one of the focusing screens for Kiev 88CM. They are at least one stop brighter than the old Hasselblad and they have microprism and "that line" - split field. And they are dirt cheap. </p>
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<p>@ John - I fully agree!</p>
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<p>Mentioning Swedish pronunciation makes me think about that problably very few know how to pronunce "Hasselblad".<br>
BTW I have always said "Nick-kor".</p>
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<p>Have you checked the A/R ring around the shutter release still is on A?</p>
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<p>Bravo Mark - I like it - I really like it! I say the same to others when the ask me that question.</p>
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<p>I am insulted by this. Those who say that they only want to sell to Americans are extremely hostile - actually they are claiming that Amaricans are more decent end honest than anyone else in the whole world. That's a lot of rubbish.<br>
I am angry right now I'll admit that - but no matter what then I am proud that I am not an American!</p>
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<p>Hej Jim<br>
I have got a list of prices from the winter 74 with a huge amount of prices from just about every brand - Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Petri etc.<br>
If you are interested, then I can scan them in and send them to you.<br>
Jacques.</p>
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<p>No.</p>
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<p>"By not going all the way, you may not be treating the mechanical parts in a way that the engineers intended. Given the age of the camera, I wouldn't take chances."<br>
That is really funny, sorry I can't help laughing - it takes really, really hard and heavy abuse to kill a Nikon F2 - they are close to being indestructable!</p>
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<p>Hello Alan - I've got some test reports made by Modern Photography in 74/75 and these reports show that the 135mm/3.5 is the best lens, it really outperforms the 135mm/2.5.<br>
And now I think about it - that is the generel rule - the slower lens is sharper than the faster. I checked several other brands in those reports and it is the same pattern. To mention a few Nikkor, Rokkor, Takumar.<br>
Unfortunately there isn't any report on the 35mm f2, but I would buy it - come on £60 isn't that much.</p>
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<p>'M: I like the big one because I can put it around my neck and the picture's nicer.'<br>
That seems to end any kind of discussion about which camera it's gonna be!:)</p>
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