On Aug 13, 2013, at 14:18 , Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 13, 2013, at 08:24 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 13, 2013, at 10:14 , Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I acquired a 1972 black paint Nikon F Photomic FTn body last year via a >>> friend. The Nikon F Photomic FTn was my first SLR camera, and is still one >>> of my favorites. I always wanted a black paint one! I still have a few of >>> my favorite Nikkor lenses, still like 'em a lot. I fitted plain prism >>> finder and a type A screen ... My favorite configuration for a Nikon F. >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9500779621/lightbox >>> It took me a year to finish a roll of Ilford XP2 Super 36 exposures ... I >>> shot the first half of the roll with a pre-AI Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 (1969 >>> vintage) and the latter half of the roll with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 AI-S >>> (1978 vintage). No great art here, I was mostly just testing the camera to >>> see what shape it is in ... pretty darn good, it seems. These old Nikon Fs >>> are certainly durable lumpkins... :-) >> >> Is that what this is? >> >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2004/nikon/nikon1.jpg >> >> I inherited this from a friend whose dad passed a number of years ago, and I >> have no idea what to do with it. > > Yes indeed, that's a classic chrome Nikon F plain prism. Take a look at the > serial number ... first two digits are the year of manufacture. > > If you have no desire to take photos with it, you should pass it on to > someone who does. They're great cameras. >
It has some sorta light-sensor prism thingie that sits atop it as well. Engages with the slot/slit in the lens, if I recall correctly. DOM appears to be 1964? http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2004/nikon/nikon2.jpg I'd be happy to send it off to any interested parties for the cost of shipping. It's been in my hands since I took this small gallery of photos of it back in 2004. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
