Film Rewind

Working on my photo book and looking back through lots of images. This one is from September, nine years ago. I was using my Nikon F2AS, 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor on Kodak Tri-X. I was in Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, looking for a good vantage point to get a shot of the famed “Painted Ladies.” I lucked out that this couple was kind enough to provide some foreground interest.

I miss using the Nikon F2. For some reason, as my eyes have aged, I have been unable to find a suitable screw-in diopter for any of the F2 finders that give me clear enough vision to focus. It is the only camera that I have this trouble with. I am told that I could have an eyeglass shop make me a custom lens that I could fit into the Nikon diopter mount, but that seems like a lot of work. Oddly enough, my new-to-me Nikon F with a Photomic FTn finder with no diopter at all does not give me the same trouble.