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Aperture indexing is semi-automatic on the FT2. When attaching a lens it must be set at F/5.6 so the camera’s meter coupling pin will be aligned with the lens’s meter coupling prong (rabbit ears) above F/5.6 then you must rack the aperture ring all the way back and forth so the camera will know the maximum aperture of the lens. | Aperture indexing is semi-automatic on the FT2. When attaching a lens it must be set at F/5.6 so the camera’s meter coupling pin will be aligned with the lens’s meter coupling prong (rabbit ears) above F/5.6 then you must rack the aperture ring all the way back and forth so the camera will know the maximum aperture of the lens. | ||
| − | + | ==Specifications== | |
| − | *Die-cast aluminum alloy body | + | * Die-cast aluminum alloy body |
| − | *Nikon F-mount | + | * Nikon F-mount |
| − | *Focal-plane shutter with vertical travel | + | * Focal-plane shutter with vertical travel |
| − | *Highest X-sync 1/125 - actually 1/100 when tested on a shutter tester - all earlier Copal Square shutters are this way | + | * Highest X-sync 1/125 - actually 1/100 when tested on a shutter tester - all earlier Copal Square shutters are this way |
| − | *Automatic M-X switching, below 1/250, camera is in X-sync mode, above 1/250, camera is in M-sync mode | + | * Automatic M-X switching, below 1/250, camera is in X-sync mode, above 1/250, camera is in M-sync mode |
| − | *Shutter speeds 1-1/1000 in full stops plus bulb. Set at the base of the lens mount similar to the early Olympus OMs | + | * Shutter speeds 1-1/1000 in full stops plus bulb. Set at the base of the lens mount similar to the early Olympus OMs |
| − | *Fixed hot shoe and threaded PC terminal on the body | + | * Fixed hot shoe and threaded PC terminal on the body |
| − | *ASA scale 12-1600, set by pulling lock on shutter speed adjustment tab outward, then sliding index back and forth | + | * ASA scale 12-1600, set by pulling lock on shutter speed adjustment tab outward, then sliding index back and forth |
| − | *TTL full aperture 60/40% centerweighted center-needle metering in the viewfinder | + | * TTL full aperture 60/40% centerweighted center-needle metering in the viewfinder |
| − | *Light meter cadmium sulfide powered by a 1.5 Volt Silver Oxide Battery (S76/SR44) | + | * Light meter cadmium sulfide powered by a 1.5 Volt Silver Oxide Battery (S76/SR44) |
| − | *Nikon Type K focusing screen (split image/micro prism/matte); can be had with Type A screen (split-image/matte) | + | * Nikon Type K focusing screen (split image/micro prism/matte); can be had with Type A screen (split-image/matte) |
| − | *Depth-of-field preview | + | * Depth-of-field preview |
| − | *Mirror lockup | + | * Mirror lockup |
| − | *Self timer | + | * Self timer |
| − | *Weight 880g | + | * Weight 880g |
| − | *Dimensions 148mm × 95mm × 54mm | + | * Dimensions 148mm × 95mm × 54mm |
| + | ==Changes from FTN== | ||
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| + | * Improved film speed setting slider | ||
| + | * Permanent, internally-wired hot shoe (versus removable cold shoe and PC-socket to hot-shoe adapter necessary for the same functionality on FTN) | ||
| + | * Plus and minus signs on external meter indicator | ||
| + | * Plastic-tipped wind lever and self-timer lever, matching F2 and late-serial-number F (known as "Apollo" style due to the urban legend that these features were changed in order for the F to be used by astronauts wearing spacesuit gloves) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/nikon/nikkormat_ft2/nikkormat_ft2.htm Nikkormat FT2 user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | |
| − | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12501 Nikkormat FT2] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand | + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12501 Nikkormat FT2] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French) |
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|image_text= Nikomat FT2 | |image_text= Nikomat FT2 | ||
|image_by= John Laughlin | |image_by= John Laughlin | ||
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The Nikomat FT2 (in Japan) or Nikkormat FT2 (elsewhere) is the last of the pre-AI mechanical-shutter Nikomat/Nikkormat bodies, sold 1975–1977. Essentially it is an FTN with some added features.
Aperture indexing is semi-automatic on the FT2. When attaching a lens it must be set at F/5.6 so the camera’s meter coupling pin will be aligned with the lens’s meter coupling prong (rabbit ears) above F/5.6 then you must rack the aperture ring all the way back and forth so the camera will know the maximum aperture of the lens.
Specifications
- Die-cast aluminum alloy body
- Nikon F-mount
- Focal-plane shutter with vertical travel
- Highest X-sync 1/125 - actually 1/100 when tested on a shutter tester - all earlier Copal Square shutters are this way
- Automatic M-X switching, below 1/250, camera is in X-sync mode, above 1/250, camera is in M-sync mode
- Shutter speeds 1-1/1000 in full stops plus bulb. Set at the base of the lens mount similar to the early Olympus OMs
- Fixed hot shoe and threaded PC terminal on the body
- ASA scale 12-1600, set by pulling lock on shutter speed adjustment tab outward, then sliding index back and forth
- TTL full aperture 60/40% centerweighted center-needle metering in the viewfinder
- Light meter cadmium sulfide powered by a 1.5 Volt Silver Oxide Battery (S76/SR44)
- Nikon Type K focusing screen (split image/micro prism/matte); can be had with Type A screen (split-image/matte)
- Depth-of-field preview
- Mirror lockup
- Self timer
- Weight 880g
- Dimensions 148mm × 95mm × 54mm
Changes from FTN
- Improved film speed setting slider
- Permanent, internally-wired hot shoe (versus removable cold shoe and PC-socket to hot-shoe adapter necessary for the same functionality on FTN)
- Plus and minus signs on external meter indicator
- Plastic-tipped wind lever and self-timer lever, matching F2 and late-serial-number F (known as "Apollo" style due to the urban legend that these features were changed in order for the F to be used by astronauts wearing spacesuit gloves)
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| "FT2" -prefixed serial number image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Links
- Nikkormat FT2 user manual at Butkus.org
- Nikkormat FT2 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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| Nikomat FT2 image by John Laughlin (Image rights) |
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