Nikon F2 

I bought the Nikon F2 brand new in 1975. That beast has been with me for nearly 50 years and still going strong today!

Every photography how-to / advice channel I've seen consistently gets blown out of the water by your composition. One of the best lessons I get from your videos is that composition shouldn't come from a guide, it should come from your balls.

My F2 took a rather mysterious journey into my possession. It was given to me last year by a buddy who just happened to have it rotting away in his room after learning that I had started getting into film photography, thanks in large part to this channel. He said that back in college some guy he only loosely knew owed him money. Not having any money to speak of, the guy eventually produced a Nikon F2 from... somewhere, and offered it to my buddy as payment. Not knowing what else to do, he accepted it without asking questions, and then promptly forgot about it until my entry into this crazy hobby. After cleaning it up, it works great, and is one of my more prized weapons.

Hello, I am 66 yrs old and grew up with 1960's ~ 1980's era Nikon cameras and lenses. I am an avid Nikon collector now. I was toying with the idea of leaving a detailed comment about the self-timer, DOF preview and a rebuttal to whomever thinks that these are "lame", but decided to scrap that. I'll make just a brief comment. Great video. I love the Nikon F2 (along with the F, F3 and various Nikkormat models from that time-period). All are top shelf in construction and operation. The non-AI, AI and AI-S manual focus lenses are superb. Looking forward to your next video. Even though there is a big age gap (my kids are around your age), I do enjoy and appreciate your sense of humor, style and love for film photography. Looking forward to your next video. Best, Steve

Imagine being at this event and seeing Jason with a Nikon f2 instead of his M6, wild times. great video btw

As an F2 shooter for 40 years I enjoyed and appreciated the unique spin you put on your videos. I think.

My dads been a commercial photographer his whole career.. just gave me his Nikon F2 and F3. Been loving them

I don't take any opinions seriously from anyone who says Nikkor lenses are lame, and I'm not even a nikon shooter. They are, objectively, incredible lenses.

I started shooting film in 2005. I never liked Nikon cameras until I got an F2 in my hands in 2018. The F2 is probably the best constructed 35mm I have ever shot, brilliant camera

You just cannot go wrong with any Nikon professional camera from that era. Take your pick... F, F2, F3, FM2\3 FE/FE2, its a whole herd of camera beasts.

Baxter's appearences: NONE Another bad week... Cheers

I remember about 15 years ago a coworker razzing me because my D40 only had 6 megapixels vs. his Canon-whatevers 12. I spent today hooting with it and got some great photos, like I always did. Your Nikon F2 is glorious. Film just looks so natural, it's so worth the headaches!

Sos stoked you made this. the F2 is my first 35mm camera and still is one of my favorite

The tiny hands were amazing

Your delivery is amazing

Nikon F cameras are incredible pieces of kit. My granddad bought the F2 back in 1974, passed it onto me, and it still works like a charm

Can you please make the pictures in the video smaller?

That selftimer lever also can give you up to 10 sec exposure , which is very unique for a mechanical camera to time 10 second

Great find for $5. Also SR44 batteries have this raspberry flavor that can’t be replicated elsewhere.

wake up babe new grainydays video

You just make me happy all the time, Jason. I wish I were in LA just to meet you bro

This is the best camera review I’ve ever seen. Thank you. 🙌🏼

Maybe this is a double comment because I sometimes watch and re-watch your videos while I'm working, even if I've already watched one youtube's algorithm will circle me back around to you, so if I'm a dummy and have already said this, I apologize. I got a Nikon F with the T Finder a few months back and loved it so much that I shortly after found a great deal on a Nikon F with the FTN finder. I tracked down Nikkor lenses for the pair in 28mm f3.5, 50mm f2.0, 135mm f2.8 (that one has a built-in retractable lens hood that deserves nothing less than the word 'nifty') and a 43-86mm zoom f3.5. I love the pair, and they are beast machines for making great images. I imagine the F2 is equally well built from your descriptions. I love your videos and not only are you funny as s+++ in your deadpan delivery, but your work inspires me. So just putting that out there for you to do with as you will. You and Lucy Lumen are like, two of my favorite photo people in the world. Keep it up. No, please....seriously keep it up....the worlds burning down around us and your videos, inspiration and feeding of my aspirations toward being a legit artist and pushing me in the medium are one of the things keeping me going these days. Love all of it.

I bought one a few years ago and it quickly became my favourite and a work horse. It’s a tank and the experience is just wonderful Love seeing your video

Years ago I took an FG and 50 rolls of Velvia and Provia to the Himalayas. That camera gave perfect exposures for the whole month, in 60C below zero at altitudes up to 6,500m (21,000 feet) on Mera Peak, despite shocking weather and very rough hiking. They all laughed at the start, but at the end they all wanted scans of my shots! Still in love with that little beast.

Good to see an F2 Titan being used with a rugged body odour to match as it was meant to be. I have an F2T as well and I love how fully manual it is.

I just got a Nikon F2 (the silver one) and it is very nice, I have three lenses for it (35mm f/2.8, 50mm f/2.8, 135mm f/2.8, and 70-210 f/3.75) I've been using Kodak Gold 200 and I'm so glad I got it! It's been so fun to use!

I firmly believe the Nikon FM2 is the most beautiful camera ever made. It's also a joy to use and the Nikkor lenses are fantastic

A pigeon with ripped biceps hahaha i lost it.

I’ve shot the Ricoh GR1v, Konica BigMini, Ricoh GR II (digital), Nikon D7000, and this camera. I only use the F2 still dude. It’s honestly the most enjoyable camera I’ve ever shot and just adore the tactile feel of it. Oh and the shutter thwack is SICK. Solid vid dude.

Oh I love my Nikon f2 and have been praying for this moment

Great episode! I had a Nikon FE2 (different model, I know) and it was a fantastic camera. I loved shooting with it.

Serious kit! Great trip! Lovely long exposure!

I wanted to sell my Nikon f4 a few times, but i keep falling in love with it over and over again. There is something about this camera that makes me feel like it's the "perfect" film camera.

I’ve been waiting for this video since I discovered an F2 in my grandpas attic a couple of years back, and thus found your guide to 35mm! 🖤

Love my F2, solid performance that just feels like quality! And yeah, Nikon lenses are gorgeous.

I have the Nikon F2, FM, and FM2n and the F2 is definitely the most satisfying to use. I have it with the DE-1 eye level finder and type B focusing screen to give it a pure, minimalist feel. I’ve been looking for a DW-1 wlvf but they’re super hard to find and usually expensive.

My grandpa just sent me his old cameras! An F2, FE, two 50mm f1.4s, and a Vivitar 70-210mm f3.5. Some really cool stuff!

Really loved this one. Great work as always.

Another great one. The photos at 7:29 and 10:12 really sing, one about what the trailer must have been like when new and the other showing off a comfy present. Juxtaposed, they demonstrate time and decay. Quite the trip you had!

Fun watching you load film in direct sunlight. I had the F1 & F2 , F2 rocked . I ended up with an N90s. Before going digital.

I loved my F2AS. Built like a tank, reliable and so elegantly simple and it never let me down.

Bought an F2 a couple years ago with the meterless prism and its my fave camera. Started with a 50mm pancake lens and got a 28mm not too long ago I need to use more.

Had to come back to this because I have a silver F2 coming to serve my CV 58mm f1.4. Stoked!

Came for the F2 but hurt my back falling off my chair laughing!

I bought my F2A in 1978, I still have it and still use it for transparencies. The cds meter works just fine if you know how to use the zone system.

Soooo cool :-) !!!!!!!!! I love the explanation of the camera functions with these kind of "hands" :-) I enjoyed the video a lot !

Man, the colors at 4:26 compared to the video of the same thing just a few seconds earlier, the difference is night and day. So much juicy colors in the shadows.

I’ll waffle stomp that like button!!!

nice camera! I was on the hunt for an all mechanical nikon to use as my main 35mm slr. I considered the f2 and I really wanted an fm3a. I ended up getting a good deal on a minty fm2t this spring and it is my favorite 35mm camera ever. It is just as nice and way more useful than the leica m3 i once had (much less expensive too). It's perfect imo

Love how you framed the lamp in the mirror

I was a little late to the F2 bodies. I started with a new F in about 1970, and took forever to move onto an F3. It was spectacular. I skipped the F4 as well, and the F5 was tremendous. But then, in the process of filling in the voids, got myself a nice F2T, and run the DP-12 on it, making it that F2AS you mentioned. It’s a very good meter for the incredible F2. The most similar camera to my F2T is one of my Leicaflex SL2 bodies. They seem very similar. Of course, I couldn’t afford a Leicaflex SL2 when they came out back in the mid-70s, but time solves a lot of issues! But, I’m basically a Nikon guy, with about 50-60 Nikkor lenses. You make both an informative and entertaining video! Your dry humor reminds me of my best friend in high school, but we’re now approaching 70 and done with being responsible. Good job.

This is my current film camera! I love it!

I got my F2 with eye level in December and I love that camera.

I never knew anyone found REAL WORLD USE of Tiny Hands...Hands down best video ever....and at same time the price of Nikon F2 is gonna explode....

Those little hands cracked me right up 🤣

Fixed thousands in my shop, totally agree and the MD4 was so reliable, parts were easily obtained from EPOI and Nikon USA. My favorite 35 with a nikkor 28 , 2.8

So surprised to see Naomi Uemura mentioned in the video, he’s a true legend! Can’t agree with you more, my F2 will probably be the last camera standing in my camera collection🥲

As a recent owner of a very nice Nikon F2S, it simply makes all my other 35mm cameras feel cheap by comparison, it is amazing, A leica may be the exception to that but I sure won't be finding that out any time soon.

The F2 was my first film camera (I got it for freeee) and it’s hands down my favorite camera to use.

The Nikon F2 and it's photomic variants are genuinely flawless cameras - if you shoot with your right eye. If you aren't right eye dominant, and can't make the switch, I think you'd eventually give up after the 100th time the advance lever pokes you in the eye.

Great video cant wait for the next one.

You're like the Daria of film photography yt channels & I respect that 🙏

i was gifted a nikon fe2 a little while ago and it is a true dream machine. together with my mamiya 645 it is the dynamic duo!

Pentax LX is made for you. Small. Sleek. Weather sealed. Beautiful. Best meter I've ever used. A joy.

I love your videos, your humour and You.

I love the little hands !

More ventriloquist doll hands please 😍

I covet my black F Apollo eye level finder the most, a perfect accessory for a leisurely Sunday. An FA has the best handling and is a trouble free joy to use.

You ARE totally crazy! But what's even crazier is missing one of your videos. Keep it up!

Finally a cover of the famous F2! It's my favorite 35mm camera haha (aside from being heavy af!) If you want the best of both worlds for the finder, there's a version of the F2 with the DP-3 finder called Nikon F2SB. It has the same spec as the DP-12 but uses the rabbit ear to register the aperture. I personally enjoy jerking the aperture every time I put on a lens with that finder!

Everything you said about the F2, I knew that since 2014. Great video once again.

Nice vid, i just switched my 35mm eos V for the f100 and loving it. Which lens were you using?

Recently bought an F2T. I've added the DP-12 prism/meter and new 40mm F2.0 Voigtlander lens, a match made in heaven!

I've been waiting for this

I was just in Bombay beach! Made a video about it too! Amazing to see you there as well!

I love my F2, it may be as heavy as some of my LF cameras but it is rugged and has never had issues

Awesome to finally see this camera get the love it deserves. Kind of sucks that the prices will now skyrocket on eBay now lol.

NO BAXTER IN THIS VIDEO I HAVE TO DISLIKE, WHEN WILL YOU GIVE THE CHANNEL BACK TO HIS OWNER??????

The plastic hands killed me 😂 thanks for this awesome review of the Nikon F2. I chuckled all the way through it!

The way you talk is just pure joy! Would you ever review Konica C35 EF? Really curious why it was Warhol’s favorite camera!

F3T here..... I love this one.... It's great to slow down..

Great, I have Praktica B200 and it's so good

Some of your best images actually with that camera tbh.

Pretty good results!

I was waiting for this one.

Love my Nikoin F2's, a pair F2AS's, pair of F2A's, a F2SB, F2S and a regular F2 photomic.

I use my f2 with the DW-1 waist level finder and it's a lot of fun.

In my collection the F2 is my favourite 35 mm camera!

I ended up here because I was thinking of getting an F2, didn't think I'd smile like an idiot for 10mins+, the humor is just 💯😩

The sarcasm/irony is SOOOOO good.😂😂😂 (a friend once said that my sarcasm would 'get me nowhere'. I simply replied "well it has got me to the sarcasm world championships in Italy in 2023!'. 'Wow! has it really?!" he cried. 'F**k no' I responded ironically.)

You crushed me with the GI Joe/Ken hands…..!

I have both an F and and F2. Love the both of them, but having the ability to go up to 1/2000 does give an edge to the F2.

The film gods have blessed us with a new Grainydays video. Btw. i was quite confused in the beginng because the first music track is like the main theme of the Thomas Heaton channel. Just a fun fact i guess.

You should try the Nikon Fe2. It has a shutter speed of 1/4000th. Which is a massive step up from the 1/2000th.

It’s a fabulous camera, feels mechanically precise and a pleasure to use. There’s someone on ebay selling grips for F2 (no relation) that completely transform the hand held handling and I highly recommend that.

I love the hands,

More of the tiny hands in the future. Please an thank you.

I have, use and love my late dad’s Nikon F2 he bought new in 1972

Was a BPM or PM 1/8 used when recording this video? Looks good - just curious.