History & Background of Nikon F2
This is my favorite camera. Given the complex clockwork mechanism that drives the F2, it’s safe to say that it could not be built today, from an economic feasibility standpoint. I wonder if, like mechanical watches, there will ever be a renaissance for mechanical cameras. I’m sure everyone thought the quartz watch was the end of the mechanical watch industry, too, but the past decade has proven that prediction false.
(nikon.co.jp): As mechanical cameras go, the F2 is regarded as the most efficient and powerful SLR camera. Perhaps the most accurate evaluation of this huge project from the past is a recounting of its own history.(mir.com.my): As more and more F2’s found their way into (and falling out of) professional hands, people quickly discovered the most touted F2 virtue — its earthshaking reliability and solidness.
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