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$350.00
from National Camera Summary: This is the best thing you can buy if you want an all manual, all metal, all mechanical 35mm SLR. This is one rugged peice of machiney, and can take a hit with the best of them. I can't count the number of times i've brushed it off the table, or had it roll down a hill, the darn thing keeps working. Its a heavy camera, but I like that about it, unlike most folks. It weighs about two pounds with a good sized lens, and nearly SIX if you ever attached one of those "beat someone to death" motor-drives to it. Its a truly versital camera, and it offers a host of assessories, such as three *different motordrives, interchangeable viewfinders/focusing screens/ camera backs, plus other parts to add different degrees of automation. This is just one great system, it will probably still be working long after I'm gone...
Strengths: ~All mechanical, so no batteries reqired to operate the camera, though it does need a 3V battery for the meter.
~Solid metal construction, a truly rugged machine.
~Lots of good assessories (MD's, Interchangable finders/Screens, etc)
~Easy to find, and inexpensive .
Weaknesses: ~No automation, unless you add certain assessories.
~It is quite heavy, so after long days shooting, you can feel it.
~Ring resistors: This was the part voted most likely to fail on F2 meters, and with age/wear & tear, its possible it will. Supposedly, DP-1's with an s/n of 60xxxx and all DP-11's were made with wire-cladded ring-resistors, which were the most durable kind, so look out for that. Similar Products Used: Canon F-1n
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Nikon F3 Customer Service: Nikon discontinued service as soon as the F3 was introduced in 1980. There'a a repairman in london who CLA's the F2 exclusively, so his work is very good.
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