L_johnsilver

Hey there, Just an update, I checked the meter against my other cameras and indeed it was off by a stop. I sent it back to the seller. Thanks a lot for all the helpful comments, lot's of good info here!

Noted, thanks a lot! I will do a comparison between the F2 and the F100 / FE / FM3a I have. In fact it will be interesting to see how close they meter, never bothered to check.

Really amazed how knowledgeable you guys are, thanks a lot for your responses. I will put this camera through it's places next week and see if it's a keeper or not.

Hey Orsetto, thanks for your thoughts. Actually the left side lamp is slightly dimmer and I noticed some occasional flickering as well, it was hard to get both lights to come on at the same time. I have a few old but good Nikon bodies so I will compare accuracy when I get back in town.

Hey Joe, I didn't expect a reply this soon, went off on a trip and didn't take this new F2 with me (because of this damn shutter display issue) instead I have my old F100 on me at the moment so I can only go through these checks next week. As far as I can remember the camera's shutter speed knob is lined up properly and yes if I am correct the speeds on the DP-2 were also in sync with it. I have to have another look at this again when I get home. If I can't fix this, probably I will return it to the seller. Thanks a lot by the way for these suggestions, can't wait to have another look at the camera.

Hey guys, I got an F2 recently fitted with a DP-2. My problem is that the shutter speeds don't show properly in the viewfinder. When I set the speeds to the exact click stops on the dial, the numbers in the finder are never straight and not in the middle, only when I turn to half stops they move into the right place inside the little square. I took off the finder to see if I could line it up properly but I had no success so far, every time I put it back the same thing happens. Perhaps I should unscrew something underneath the ISO dial and then try to move the dial to the right place but I don't want to mess with it unless I know what I am doing. Any suggestions?