Nikon SP's are going in the $1000 range now, I paid $1800 for mine in 1997. That was a good price then, but I would be surprised if it brought that much now.
I have a Nikon S2 Black Dial in similar condition, with the 5cm F1.4 lens, picked up some 12 years ago for $850. Would be best to show pictures from all angles, and a shot of the shutter curtans. 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. I started shooting Nikon RF's about 20 years ago, Nikon SLR's about 40 years ago.Īs neither you nor your friend are familiar with the Nikon RF's, I'll offer some advice. Welcome to the forum- I'm probably one of the few Nikon RF users and collectors here. There is a great old Nikon s2 Rangefinder for sale there. So check out the classifieds when you get a chance. 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. I take pictures, I write stories, I paint digital paintings. 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. 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. It was taken in New Hampshire but the colorful trees are across the water in Maine.Īnd that is my introduction. The one I post here is probably the best of the lot. In the end, I decided to shoot what I could in my general area, and I got some OK stuff.
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”. Hence my horror when I saw more green than orange or red or yellow. 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. The rule is that the best foliage starts in the north and works its way south. I live in the greater seacoast area of New Hampshire. I spent the rest of the day circumnavigating the lake, racing the sun all the way and just loosing the race at every turn. And I was horrified to see that the foliage was not even quite half engaged. 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. 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. That, or I was in the wrong place at the wrong time all the time.
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. In the autumn, I spend a fantastic amount of time taking foliage pictures here in New Hampshire and in southern Maine. Though I work a regular job most of the time, I shoot weddings, etc., when I can. I use my cameras professionally and personally. I have been using Nikons for about ten years now, starting with a D80 and moving on to a D5500. This is my first post on the Nikon forum.