I was humbled by his generosity and honestly, not sure what to expect. Soon afterwards I received an e-mail saying he was sending me his original F2 Photomic. He’d been using his F2 for a while and decided to pick up a newer, nicer one. If the “F” leg of my journey began by happenstance, the F2 leg began as an act of benevolence from my good friend Mark. The F’s first camping trip, along the shores of Colorado’s Rio Grande Intro This was really the first truly vintage Nikon I held and from the moment it hit my hands I was hooked. Soon after, we left the store together for our first stroll through the city to get acquainted. While there, from the shelf a beautiful, old F with the FTn Photomic prism called to me in a way I just couldn’t ignore. ![]() A few summers ago in Chicago the opportunity to visit Central Camera, Chicago’s oldest camera store, presented itself. On my bucket list has been to acquire one of each of the single-digit Nikon F professional SLR cameras. Burned to the ground in early 2020 during the race riots in Chicago. Central Camera, since 1899, Chicago, Illinois (2015).
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