Happiness is restoring a black Nikon F

Sounds like fun, beautiful camera! I had fun buying a mint in box one, and then selling it to a RFF member.

Which head (viewfinder) does yours have?
 
That's going to be nice though...the eye level finders are a classic on that camera. Love the really pointed peak (which gets easily dented), reminds me of the OM1.

Enjoy...look forward to pics!

Kent
 
Black Nikon F

Black Nikon F

This is my beaten up F, you should have seen it when it arrived. A bit better now the repaint could have been better but it will probably be stripped again later in the year for another up-grade.

Best,

normclarke
 

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normclarke said:
This is my beaten up F, you should have seen it when it arrived. A bit better now the repaint could have been better but it will probably be stripped again later in the year for another up-grade.

Best,

normclarke
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Seeing you photo reminded me that a few years ago I considered buying a CV 12 for use on my F or F2, and rather than paying for the finder mount,
I decided to make one myself starting with a beat-up F/F2 waist-level finder, and after removing the spring-loaded fold-up bits, add a base and coldshoe that would hold the finder.
I never finished because I bought an auto-focus 12~24 instead which has been dedicated to a low-end autofocus film body , but I thought I'd mention this to you because attaching the 21mm finder off to one side over the re-wind crank seems to me to be a very unsatisfactory place for it, and if you're handy, you could make a finder holder, so it will sit directly in line with the lens, as it should be.
 
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kdemas said:
Sounds like fun, beautiful camera! I had fun buying a mint in box one, and then selling it to a RFF member.

Which head (viewfinder) does yours have?
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And I am having fun owning it! Now looking for a mint balck standard prism for it, to finalize this Queen's coronation..
 
That's exactly what I was going to do Bob, had I kept it. We still have to do a SLR shooting day with the usual suspects.

Kent

PS- I'm glad you're enjoying he camera!

bobkonos said:
And I am having fun owning it! Now looking for a mint balck standard prism for it, to finalize this Queen's coronation..
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Rbsinto,
The offset finder is only inaccurate to the width of the centres. 5cm to be exact, project that to a subject at infinity and it is almost not significant.

Best,

normclarke.
 
normclarke said:
Rbsinto,
The offset finder is only inaccurate to the width of the centres. 5cm to be exact, project that to a subject at infinity and it is almost not significant.

Best,

normclarke.
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I understand, but besides being slightly less awkward to look through the finder when it is centered, with that mount there is no need to remove the finder to re-load the camera. It's not quite as bad on an F2 where there is a film door, but with an F you have a loose finder as well as the bottom/back to contend with, not to mention two rolls of film (one exposed and one unexposed). I'm always in favor of doing everything I can to make my life easier (short of growing more hands) when using gear with quaint but annoying quirks.
 
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