Episode II, Nikon F2, the successor to Nikon F, “The Legend”.
In Episode I, we followed the grand legend of Nikon F, The Conqueror from 1959, the destroyer of previously untouchable empires, The One, who bought peace between the Humans and Machines, the One who was feared by others, but brought unlikely balance.
The innovator that combined multiple technologies to define a new direction with features that can still be seen 64 years later.
Nikon F was borne fully grown and mature with the modular capability and flexibility to last 12 years, an eternity in the camera industry. But gradually, other Japanese cameras were catching up. They learned from Nikon to forget about copying decades old German cameras. Now they just had to improve on Nikon.
That brings us to 1971. This is the year Canon brought out its own F1 professional camera. The same year, Nikon’s next generation Professional camera was launched. The Nikon F2, the son and successor to Nikon F. How much did F2 inherit from the Original F? Did it improve on those strange features that I explained in Episode I ? Was it the second best?
Or the proud new King?
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This is the history and context of the introduction of Nikon F2 followed by the definitive detailed hands-on demonstration and review.
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