11/10/2022 0 Comments Nikon f2 finders![]() #Nikon f2 finders serial#Nikon used that practice on FM bodies above the 21xxxxx block, FT2/FT3 bodies, the EL series, and everything else through the lower 8xxxxxx serial ranges of the FM2/FM2n bodies. And, prior to the 75xxxxx serial block, they were intertwined, just like F bodies and Nikkormat/Nikomat FS, FT, and FTn bodies. This one characteristic tends to reject the notion that an F2's S/N's first two digits correspond to a year of manufacture, unless Nikon was in the habit of building only chrome bodies for one year and then black ones the next. E.g., my '71' is chrome and my '74' is black. Odd numbered S/N "dates" are found on chrome bodies and even numbered "dates" are found on black ones. ![]() It almost seems to me that, while the S/N did not necessarily coincide with a manufacturing date, that Nikon was at least paying some attention to this "coincidence." Else, why start the F2's S/N at 71?Īnother F2 S/N tidbit that I'm sure some of you already know. I also have an F2 with 74 as its first two digits. I have an F2 with a S/N that has 71 as its first two digits. It was first released in 1971 and its serial numbering began with 71. And then Nikon continued this with the F2. I think the rumor first got started with the F since, by later in its production run, the first two digits began to approximate the year of manufacture. ![]() I have a somewhat early F, with a S/N of 648xxxx. As most of you probably already know, the original F first saw the light of day in 1959, but its serial numbering started with 64. ![]()
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