Lets See Your Camera

dennyr · Mar 9, 2019

Wow.....what a beaut' .!

I have never, actually, owned an F, but i have used one a few times. I always preferred the F2, so i never pursued the "original".
Does anybody choose to use the F over the F2.?

rdnzl · Mar 10, 2019

I don't have any idea which finder is on it. It takes two batteries, but they look like old mercury batteries that are in it. So I don't know if the meter works or not. This thing is a tank.

jcdeboever · Mar 11, 2019

dennyr said:
Wow.....what a beaut' .!
I have never, actually, owned an F, but i have used one a few times. I always preferred the F2, so i never pursued the "original".
Does anybody choose to use the F over the F2.?

They are very similar and great for two gun shooting. I grab the F because the 55 f3.5 is always on it. Mine are eye level finders. I think the F2 is heavier, more solid feeling. I think I prefer the feel of the F2 but the F shutter is quieter. It sometimes depends what film I have in them as well. I tend to push the film in the F2 because of higher shutter speed.

SoulfulRecover · Mar 11, 2019

Did an engagement shoot over the weekend. Time of day wasn't ideal but we made do with what we had

rdnzl · Mar 12, 2019

Hey, you are holding the camera upside down.

SoulfulRecover · Mar 13, 2019

rdnzl said:
Hey, you are holding the camera upside down.

That's everyones first words when looking through it. "Its up side down!" "How do you shoot like that??"

santino · Mar 19, 2019

Yashica FX 7 with custom made leather cover...

Soocom1 · Mar 19, 2019

The new mamiya and a Moto-mod faux Hassy.
Two of many.

zulu42 · Mar 19, 2019

santino said:
Yashica FX 7 with custom made leather cover...

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Nice rig there

The leather looks great

rdnzl · Mar 24, 2019

Found this today. Its like brand new. Even the case for it looks new.

Jeff15 · Mar 24, 2019

MartinCrabtree · Mar 24, 2019

Jeff15 said:
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Man I love that old stuff. Beautiful craftsmanship.

rdnzl · Mar 25, 2019

Today I picked up another FT2.

Derrel · Mar 25, 2019

dennyr said:
Wow.....what a beaut' .!
I have never, actually, owned an F, but i have used one a few times. I always preferred the F2, so i never pursued the "original".
Does anybody choose to use the F over the F2.?/QUOTE]

When fitted with a screw-in "tall release button", the F is a pretty good shooter! I have an F (with two different prisms) and two F2's...I preferred the F-with the WORKING FTN prism,or with the meter-free F prism, to most F2 variants. The rare F2ASb was a nice F2 variant. Auto-Indexing of lenses really changed the game,since I came of age with Auto-indexing, I prefer it, but would still pick a nice F over an equally-nice F2...