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Nikon S2 35mm Rangefinder Camera Overview
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2016
- A look at the Nikon S2 rangefinder camera produced from 1954.
Also shown is a Nikon varifocal finder and Jupiter 35mm lens.
One feature of this camera I forgot to mention is that it can do a double exposure! First, you hold down the shutter release button then rotate the upper shutter dial anti-clockwise as far as it will go. While still holding the shutter dial you can then let go of the shutter release button. The shutter can then be fired again without having to wind on the film!
Very helpful video. Just bought an S2 and needed exactly the information provided. Thanks!
Thank you for making this video, more rangefinder videos would be awesome.
Very well done and clearly explained. Thank you for your excellent video.
The extra finder is very interesting. Thank for the informative video.
Simply stunning...and a lovely review. Thank you
Ian, Birmingham UK
PS - I'm very envious
kafkaian Thanks! Yes, very nice camera but I recently sold it and brought a S3! (see my video review)
Truly neat video & appreciated since I have a S2 with 5cm 2.0 lens arriving today. This review good tutorial with some key points such as cocking the shutter prior to adjusting the shutter speed. May have saved me from big time beginners mistake. Will need proper lens cap & filter. Related comments in the reply section helpful in this regard. Thanks much.
watching Tony's videos will make you a few hundred dollars poorer. the guy can hypnotize you into buying stuff I shit you not.
Richard Haw LOL
Get a Kiev 4a if you want to save money
interesting camera. thanks for making this video
I love the S2 and the 5cm 1.4 !
To be honest I love shooting with all my Nikon RF gear....
Nice video !
And never let the shutter cocked for more than 7-8 hours
OR
LOOK at the SUN !
@Chase Mcdude If you leave the shutter cocked for more than 12 hours you will loose accuracy at 1/1000 and if you have the sun in your frame you may burn the shutter. ALWAYS cap ON the lens when not in use and always shutter un cocked.
A beautiful bit of fine engineering! Mass produced before our "throw-it-away" consumer culture took over. I'd much rather buy something BUILT TO LAST, then today's throwaway items!
Beautiful camera
Beautiful video !!!!!! Thank you !!!!
An uncle gave me an S2 with the 50/1.4 lens and I eventually sold it along with a lot of other treasures to help furnish my studio. I never liked the Zeiss Ikon Contax IIA focusing wheel, but the lens was excellent. A Nikon rep told me that focusing with the lens instead of the wheel was detrimental to the focusing mechanism, but I don't know that to be true. And now, thanks to your video, I want another one! I've got to stop looking at your videos because you are starting to cost me a lot of money. LOL!! Thanks for another excellent review!
ghw7192 Thanks!
Interesting video, they're always very informative. Thanks for all your work. I'm always frittering money away on cameras and stuff. Latest is a Canon IIS2 from the USA with a lens (Canon 50/1.8 silver non collapsable one) for it from Japan...ebay has a lot to answer for in getting us to empty our pockets. Neither of them has arrived yet, but I'm hoping everything goes straightworwardly. A video on some of the Canons would be good......especially the IIS2 !
you're not the only one there haha!
great video
Thanks!
Subscribed. I have really been enjoying your videos. I do have a question though, I have a Nikon S2 Rangefinder and 3 lens... I need to know the filter thread size on the 50mm f/1.4 Thank You in advance.
you've probably already found a solution, but for others: you probably don't want to fit any modern filters on this lens! the filter thread on this lens is finer than the one modern filters use. when you google Ken Rockwell and Nikkor S 50 1.4, it's described more thoroughly there.
brilliant review!! am looking for a Nikon S2 now off eBay, and I also prefer the 35mm lens, which will be eventually the same setup as yours. if am going to buy the Jupiter 12, is it the one designed for old contax rangefinders?
Yes! Don't get the type for Leica cameras. The 35mm Jupiter performs well.
+Samsung9alaxy many thanks!! have learned a lot from your CZcams videos, very informative!!
Using it with a 50mm lens, how good is the lens (ease of use to frame a shot, etc) Thanks for the video.
Socrates Rangefinder framing is good with the 50mm, but there is no automatic parralex adjustment so you have to judge it yourself at close distances!
Would you say that the shutter sounds similar to that of the F with the mirror locked up?
What size lens cap does the 50mm f 1.4 take for the S2? I'm debating getting an S2 but not sure if its worth getting
It's 43mm. Here's a read up of the lens: www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/rangefinder/5cm-f14.htm
Follow-on to previous: Do you know if the Soviet Kiev/Contax type lens (Helios-103/Jupiter 8M) fit & work well /safely on an S2? Thanks.
Sorry, don't know.
Looks just like my kiev2
Is there a dioptres adjustment in a viewfinder?
JimmyDashJimmy No.
how much is this camera worth, I have one and I'm trying to get a price for it.
I have this camera and I don't have any knowledge about cameras and mine comes with a leather case so could you tell me how much it's worth?
I believe that what you call the film counter is actually the slow shutter speed dial. You would set the main dial to a 30th of a second and then adjust the slow speed dial to any slower speed you would require.
I am correct (at 1 minute 55 seconds) saying the frame counter is in the centre of the advance lever. At 3 minutes 5 seconds I talk about the upper & lower shutter speed dials, so I am not sure what you mean?
s3 shutter dial is less complicated
Just question, does the contax mount jupiter focus correctly on S2?
Results seem to suggest that it does!
@@Samsung9alaxy uhmmmm
thanks! I think I will give it a try. I wanted S2 for long time...but 35mms are pretty expensive for these usually.
Shutter release looks poorly placed. Does it feel awkward?
Not if you use it regularly.
It has the same quiet shutter like a leica iiif?
I mean its more noisy?
I’ve heard (pardon the pun), that it is louder.
Сделано в СССР
Made in USSR?
How does the Nikon S2/S3 compare to the Leica M2/M3 series?. The Nikon seems to have more advanced features than the Leica, (e.g. film rewind crank vs knob)
They are both really good cameras with great lenses. It's really just down to personal taste. Check out my Leica M3 video!
Hold the fuckin camera still.
Really?? I think that would be quite boring! There are a few moments where the camera is kept still. One moment is 25 seconds in, where the top plate is shown for 7 seconds!
Nice video. Ignore the mental wrecks. Great camera. I really enjoyed mine years ago. Got some great street shots. Pity they used a different flange distance than Contax so owners couldn't use the excellent Contax lenses.
Beautiful camera