Watertight if zippered correctly and it reportedly floats. I know several pro photogs who trust the DZ200 to carry a Canon 1Ds body and 300 mm f/2.8 IS L when they're on a boat. Charlottesville Onsite Truck Repair

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quite heavy,made from hight quality matérials,more strong than FM3A, very gooud for fine Art and darkness ambiances.

Flash système and low synchro

The best Manual Nikon SLR.

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~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 .

~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.

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...

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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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