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| Collectable but senseless |
My entirely senseless vintage Nikon collection. I only wanted one (and truly needed none), the chrome F Photomic FTN (eBay), and had collected a few lenses (28mm, 50mm, 135mm, and 35-105mm again on eBay), but then there was a good deal on a F2 (eBay from Japan) and soon after a black Apollo F came up (local dealer) that I could not resist. My wife says it's cheaper, and safer, than my vintage motorcycle fixation. But it's still senseless when film is so expensive and film labs are so hard to find. Nevertheless, I love the history, the fond memories of these solid beasts that were the state of the art, and the silly Rube Goldberg mechanical linkage between meter and lens. My Canon t6i is far easier to use, makes better images, and one of these will have to go. I like the black ones and will sell the chrome version.
From a posting to
"Nikon F only film" Facebook group.
