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DansArtRealm

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Hi, Everyone.

 

This is my first post on the Nikon forum.  I have been using Nikons for about ten years now, starting with a D80 and moving on to a D5500.  I love the Nikons.  Versatile, quality-built, great images.  You really can’t ask for more.

 

I use my cameras professionally and personally.  Though I work a regular job most of the time, I shoot weddings, etc., when I can.  In the autumn, I spend a fantastic amount of time taking foliage pictures here in New Hampshire and in southern Maine.  This year was a tough year, though, as the foliage came later than usual and seemed to pass peak roughly a day before it got to peak.  That, or I was in the wrong place at the wrong time all the time.

 

I took an hour’s drive up to Lake Winnipesaukee in mid October and was there at a “scenic viewpoint” as the sun came up.  When the sun did in fact come up, I was flummoxed to find the wind-churned lake so choppy it did not reflect the sky.  And I was horrified to see that the foliage was not even quite half engaged.  That is just not right.  I spent the rest of the day circumnavigating the lake, racing the sun all the way and just loosing the race at every turn.

 

I live in the greater seacoast area of New Hampshire.  The rule is that the best foliage starts in the north and works its way south.  That’s the rule.  Thinking that the Lake’s Region would look spectacular (since my area was quite good at about 75% engaged), I took a day off and drove up there.  Hence my horror when I saw more green than orange or red or yellow.  That’s how it went this year.  I had taken time off for my great photo adventure about a week early, even though it should have been right on time, given that I had planned to shoot “up north”.

 

In the end, I decided to shoot what I could in my general area, and I got some OK stuff.  The one I post here is probably the best of the lot.  It was taken in New Hampshire but the colorful trees are across the water in Maine.

 

And that is my introduction.  Other than a quick note to say I was given a film camera for my 16th birthday (decades ago!), went through photojournalism/videography courses for my (former) job as a U.S. Navy journalist, shot for local newspapers as a beat reporter when I was out of the Navy and branched out to event photography after that.  I take pictures, I write stories, I paint digital paintings.  My wife and I raise three sons.  “Busy” is not strong enough a word.

 

I came into the forum because a friend of mine asked me to sell an old camera for him, since he is not familiar with cameras, and I thought the best place to do so would be on the various Nikon forums on the internet.  So check out the classifieds when you get a chance.  There is a great old Nikon s2 Rangefinder for sale there.  It is pretty darn cool.

 

Thanks for the time, folks!

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Welcome to the forum- I'm probably one of the few Nikon RF users and collectors here. I started shooting Nikon RF's about 20 years ago, Nikon SLR's about 40 years ago.

 

As neither you nor your friend are familiar with the Nikon RF's, I'll offer some advice. Nikon RF prices are down about 40% from their peak some 10 years ago, The S2 that you put up appears to be in EX+ condition, using the KEH guide. Would be best to show pictures from all angles, and a shot of the shutter curtans. I have a Nikon S2 Black Dial in similar condition, with the 5cm F1.4 lens, picked up some 12 years ago for $850. That was a good price then, but I would be surprised if it brought that much now. Nikon SP's are going in the $1000 range now, I paid $1800 for mine in 1997. At one time they were up to $2500.

 

The S2 is a great shooter, especially with 50mm (5cm) lenses. It requires an external viewfinder for any other focal length, hence the popularity of the Nikon SP which has framelines for 6 focal lengths.

 

Check out completed auctions on Ebay, you will find S2's with the 5cm F1.4 there. 

 

One of my favorite shots with my S2, taken with a lens adapted from the Voigtlander Prominent, the 50/1.5 Nokton.

 

 

15521095083_6ed3714fbb_o.jpgNikki "Frozone Fling" by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

And one with a Nikkor 13.5cm F3.5.

 

16119001465_bae160840f_o.jpgPlayground Portrait by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Somehow over the years, I've collected Five Nikon S2's, a pair of SP's, a pair of S3's, an S4, a Nikon S, Nikon M (Sync), and Nikon M.



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My oldest Nikon S2- the 219th made. Very close in SN to the one in the advertisement.

 

31210394091_9d3746b4a5_o.jpgnikons2_ad by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

This camera led a hard life, a real beater- I cleaned up the viewfinder, took out a mask used for the RF patch to improve the rangefinder patch. Shoots perfectly.

 

 

And a very unique Nikon S2:

 

9026510321_8871928efe_o.jpgLeicaM8_NikonS2_SOnnars by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

When received, the lens mount was loose and was missing a screw. Put on an Optical Bench, shimmed, and RF calibrated to the Zeiss Contax standard. And some Digital camera next to it... with an adapter to use the same Zeiss lenses...

 

If only Nikon would make a Digital SP.







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