Nikon F2 Body with 250 frame MF-1 Film Back, 200-600MM f9.5 Lens, MA-4, MB-1, MD-2, MC-2 + More

This video is just for interest sake to see a Nikon F2 camera body decked out with a huge accessory setup. I had it for a short time and though it would be fun to do a video before I had to let it go.
Originally in service with the Canadian Defense Research Technology Establishment (DRTE).
With the camera is:
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Nikon F2 Body:
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Nikon MF-1 250 frame Film Back:
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Nikon Wooden Bulk Film Spool Winder Loader:
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Nikon MA-4 AC to DC power converter unit:
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Nikon MB-1 AA Battery Pack:
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Nikon MD-2 Power Winder:
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Nikon MC-2 Power Cable:
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Nikon 200-600MM f/9.5 Lens:
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Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Micro Lens:
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And tons more!
Also look around ebay and you might find the 750 film back goo.gl/lzy1IS which is another super cool piece and the MD-100 Motor Drive goo.gl/rV2mNb which can do 10 (FPS) Frames Per Second.
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[@n1k1george]

Thanks for the blast from the past! I knew a guy who used to shoot on sets in Hollywood - he had the same set up with the MF-1 and MD-2 - fit all inside a hard shell blimp! Man, that was a hefty rig!

[@CannonFastReviews]

Oh cool ya I'm glad I don't have to work with that thing today! :)

[@Rick-nc6nd]

Hey Tom do you know that if he still have this set up with him??

[@friendlypiranha774]

What an awesome camera setup. I have the Nikon F with F250 bulk film back (prior version) and it is just as bulletproof. The big difference between the two is that the motor drive of the F250 is integrated into the back, so the unit is 'mated for life'; whereas with the F2 the camera can still be used as a 36 exposure motor-driven camera without the MF-1 back. From what I understand, the MF-2 750 exposure back was originally used by the Dutch traffic police in speed camera outfits in the early 1970's. Now I wish I was a traffic cop back then😂

[@CannonFastReviews]

Oh wow cool thanks for all the info!! Ya that would be fun getting to shoot long rolls like that and not have to worry about the cost!! hehe! ;)

[@dannydao1660]

Woooo, even the original packing box is value of money.

[@daverenwald6063]

Thanks for this great video. Very well done: clear, nice lighting, well prepared.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Thanks a ton =D

[@BunnyRaptor]

I wish I had that 250 frame back. I have two F2's and motor drives, but it seems really cool to have 250 frames to shoot with.

[@fordprefect4345]

I have a brand new one in its box

[@LeonAguileraRadford]

Awesome!!! Everything seems in like-new condition!

[@CannonFastReviews]

+Leon Aguilera Radford Ya it was, pretty rare find. It was government stuff so they never used it.

[@lescobrandon3047]

My old F3hp and motor drive is in my equipment closet with a need for shutter to be replaced. But I never could find anyone including Nikon that wanted to repair it. The only lens from those days that i still have is a ‘sneaker zoom’ 1.4.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ya I've repaired many F3's and found most shutters don't go. Its usually the electronics. You try forcing the shutter release with the mechanical shutter release on the front?

[@lescobrandon3047]

Cannon Fast Reviews - I really don’t remember but will look at it again.

[@bonekerz]

awesome collection

[@CannonFastReviews]

Thanks!

[@gregoryrogalsky6937]

Thanks for sharing.

[@CannonFastReviews]

You bet

[@andyvan5692]

nice way of fast snapping, I think that other motor is a way of adjusting the aperture at pace with the burst speed, not as an A priority Automatic mode, as appears on all digital systems nowadays.

[@btrdangerdan2010]

Most of these are hard to find sought after collector items. Probably not cheap to find But nonetheless very cool!

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ya they seem to have gone up but not sure what the cost now a days.

[@cameraman655]

While a Canon shooter (F1s), I flirted around with the possibility of defecting to Nikon in the mid 80s, playing the F2s and an F3HP, but stuck it out with Canon. I really miss. I really miss those tanks. What did you pay for this setup?

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ya the F2 is one of my fave bodies and definitely worth looking for. I have had quite a few F3's but they never really grew on me like the F2's. If I remember correctly it was around -$500 but I'm not totally sure now.

[@johnger850305]

I still want to make my Nikon F photomic like this monster but the motor drive for that is just super rare nowadays....

[@CannonFastReviews]

Best bet is to just keep watching on ebay or sites like that. They do show up.

[@filmniyom]

Wow!!!

[@imanevilpotatoe7546]

crazy stuff

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ya pretty beastly. :)

[@fordprefect4345]

I have a brand new one MF 1 in its box still

[@CannonFastReviews]

Wow cool!

[@jaakdejonckheere3791]

I used a F2 / 250 filmback for many years in school pfotografy .This camera in the videois as good as new and your demonstration is very well done. However….after "loading thefilmcassetes" you have to open this cassetes with the big knops on the top of the back..cassetes open = impossible escape from the camera !!! very important !!and also : cassetes closed with film = filmjam during shooting, ALWAYS.this camera was the best from Nikon.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Cool thanks for the info!

[@AldermanFredCDavis]

Meh, just use your phone. Just kidding! Those old 35mm and medium format film cameras from the 1970's and 1980's are so cool, well-built, and fun. Just holding one of my Nikon F3HP's make the horrors of this world disappear.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Haha!

[@krappsweet]

wonderful...do you know how can i mount the fish eye an his viewfinder?

[@CannonFastReviews]

Sorry I never tried. Ya its quite large... You may need a different finder.

[@brsc7818]

Where did it go? What did you do with it?

[@CannonFastReviews]

I actually sold this setup after I made this video a few years ago.

[@andyvan5692]

nice and fast , but at 10 fps it would eat film cartridge at a time of : 250 back - 25 SECONDS!! or the 750 back- 75 seconds (1 minute, 15 seconds)!!! not much time to get those shots.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ha ya that would be a expensive few seconds. :)

[@tulauc]

No more buffering!

[@rvbsoundfactory]

Super Cool! With a hint of junkieness.

[@CannonFastReviews]

Ha ha pretty cool but not very practical. I think its more of a steam punk piece now ha ha!

[@rvbsoundfactory]

I have an original F2 brochure from back in the day with all the accessories beautifully photographed and explaining what they did and what they were for. I would have thought that that equipment is pretty rare. Not the F2 body though. But the rest of it maybe!! They don't build cameras like that anymore. Japanese mechanical engineering at its best. love my F5. Hey big thumbs up.

[@dirceunlopes7096]

Esta parecendo a arma do Rambo!

[@CannonFastReviews]

Haha yes it does!

[@Anabasis75]

You might like this video with the F2H. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXLVZ3qQgMibjrc

[@CannonFastReviews]

Cool definitely worth checking out guys!