The Guts of my F2

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My F2 is on its way after a very complete (expensive) though service and overhaul.
Sover Wong sent me some pics, thought folk might be interested to see the guts of the F2.











 
Cobra said:
Is that a step by step guide so you can put it back together again?
:D
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it better arrive back assembled going on the bill I just paid :confused:
 
It always amazes me how people can engineer all the bits to work and fit into such small tight spaces,
 
just for info picture 4 shows the new CDS light cells I have had installed also.
so the cells are now accurate to 1/3rd of a stop.
 
Well, you just know it'll be better than new. Many many years of good service ahead.
You did the right thing Paul.
 
trevorbray said:
Well, you just know it'll be better than new. Many many years of good service ahead.
You did the right thing Paul.
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Hope so just booked a week to Gran Canaria over Christmas and bought a 35mm lens to go with the 50mm :-)
 
Also needed a new battery cover, old one had lost half its legs.

 
Wow and it always amazes me how these cameras were assembled in the first place with all these tiny screws and bits....probably one person on a line had their own little piece to do and then past to the next....how boring.:eek:
 
Mr Bump said:
Hope so just booked a week to Gran Canaria over Christmas and bought a 35mm lens to go with the 50mm :)
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If you had any money left I'd recommend the 28mm f2.8 ais. It's a superb lens.
 
All designed by a man with a pencil, a ruler and a piece of paper - none of this computer design malarkey - amazing:)
 
Excellent.

I'm intrigued by what looks like a neon lamp in picture No. 2. Any idea what that is for?

JulesP said:
All designed by a man with a pencil, a ruler and a piece of paper - none of this computer design malarkey - amazing
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Yes, this is the most amazing thing about cameras, and especially in my opinion, leaf shutters. The mechanisms were designed on a drawing board and would have been expected to work properly first time as tooling is expensive.

And people think they are clever today because they have worked out how to use 3D CAD!


Steve.
 
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JulesP said:
All designed by a man with a pencil, a ruler and a piece of paper - none of this computer design malarkey - amazing:)
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..and companies like Nikon couldn't make every part themselves from screws, castings, springs, electrical and so on, so imagine the organising needed to sub-contract all the work out and making sure it was to a high standard...did they even have a glass foundry for making their own lenses...all fascinating.
 
Really interesting thanks, also to see the dirt, wear and little bits of corrosion
 
Reminds me of an old Fuji slr that fell off the bike of my motorbike. ...... Except I didn't have the time, skill or money to put it all back together again.

They really are mind blowing under the hood.

Look forward to seeing some of the resultant pics once the jigsaw has been reassembled.
 
JulesP said:
All designed by a man with a pencil, a ruler and a piece of paper - none of this computer design malarkey - amazing:)
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and that's a big reason why the product life-spans were between 5-20 years back then, rather than the 12-18 months these days... not saying thats a bad thing by the way - personally I like a degree of stability in products rather than everything I buy being obsolete before it's even 1/3 of the way depreciated...
 
TheBigYin said:
and that's a big reason why the product life-spans were between 5-20 years back then, rather than the 12-18 months these days... not saying thats a bad thing by the way - personally I like a degree of stability in products rather than everything I buy being obsolete before it's even 1/3 of the way depreciated...
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Or if they did update the changes were modest or to peripheral parts.
 
excalibur2 said:
..and companies like Nikon couldn't make every part themselves from screws, castings, springs, electrical and so on, so imagine the organising needed to sub-contract all the work out and making sure it was to a high standard...did they even have a glass foundry for making their own lenses...all fascinating.
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Apparently Nikon started off making lenses for Canon before they made cameras under the name Nippon Kogaku I think it was. So I read a week or so ago (if the interweb is to be believed).

Edit - just looked it up on Wikipedia and seems it's true.
 
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JulesP said:
Apparently Nikon started off making lenses for Canon before they made cameras under the name Nippon Kogaku I think it was. So I read a week or so ago (if the interweb is to be believed).

Edit - just looked it up on Wikipedia and seems it's true.
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Lenses is an interesting subject in itself with who made what for who...but you could have the view "who cares who made it, as long as it produces excellent results" ;)
 
freecom2 said:
I'm sure @Mr Bump will confirm, but these may be the "night light" modification that Sover Wong can do to the DP-1/11/12:
http://soverf2repair.webs.com/Night_lights.htm

A very Nikon F3-esque modification (although hopefully a bit more useful than the dismal speck of light that comes out of the F3's LED).
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I think it is the bulb for the flash ready light which is in the eye viewer.
might be wrong.
 
trevorbray said:
If you had any money left I'd recommend the 28mm f2.8 ais. It's a superb lens.
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I have tried that lens before on my FE2 be it a series E version and I found the field of view to much so i traded it for the 35mm F2.5 one and its a cracker.
 
Mr Bump said:
I think it is the bulb for the flash ready light which is in the eye viewer.
might be wrong.
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I thought the viewfinder was round on the F2, but looking again, I reckon you are right - and the internal bit of the viewfinder does indeed resemble that.
 
freecom2 said:
I thought the viewfinder was round on the F2, but looking again, I reckon you are right - and the internal bit of the viewfinder does indeed resemble that.
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Yes viewfinder is round and rather large but i think there is a smaĺl bulb in the top of the finder
 
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