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Your Weekly Blog / Re: May 2026
« Last post by Fons Baerken on May 19, 2026, 06:29:02 »Reflections - Leica Q2
This is very beautiful Fons!
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Camera Talk / Re: Nikkormat(Nikomat) FT2 The Strange Serial No.
« Last post by David H. Hartman on May 19, 2026, 06:13:37 »I don't have an answer but you might like this site...
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My first serious camera was a Nikkormat FTn.
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Camera Talk / Nikkormat(Nikomat) FT2 The Strange Serial No.
« Last post by kaz on May 19, 2026, 04:23:41 »Hi!
I just registered here.
I recently got an FT2 from a second hands store and there's something about it that's been bothering me.
I'd like to ask a question.
I'm sorry that if this topic should be on the other place.
It seems like the serial number of the FT2, I happened to get is written as "5700733".
I bought it because it was in really mint condition, but I've never seen a serial number starting with 570xxxx before.
So, I wanted to know what it means. I've searched online, but I can only find serial numbers up to around 549xxxx.
I just registered here.
I recently got an FT2 from a second hands store and there's something about it that's been bothering me.
I'd like to ask a question.
I'm sorry that if this topic should be on the other place.
It seems like the serial number of the FT2, I happened to get is written as "5700733".
I bought it because it was in really mint condition, but I've never seen a serial number starting with 570xxxx before.
So, I wanted to know what it means. I've searched online, but I can only find serial numbers up to around 549xxxx.
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Camera Talk / Re: FV Lock isn't working as expected on my Nikon Z8.
« Last post by David H. Hartman on May 18, 2026, 22:54:47 »Ilkka,
The FV (lock) (assigned to the Fn2 button), functions to the extent that it fires preflashes and locks the flash exposure but the resulting flash exposure blows out the subject. I'm guessing about 2 to 2.5 stops of over exposure.
I've tried everything I can think of: [TTL][BL], [TTL], manual exposure, aperture preferred, programed mode. I've tried Matrix and Center Weighted metering. I tried spot meter with the SB-400 and SB-700 which is supposed to force Standard iTTL. I've tried turning off flicker control, etc. Again this is with an SB-400, SB-700 and SB-800. The only mode that doesn't cause over-exposure is [AA], Auto Aperture with preflash which with my speedlights is only available with the SB-800. [AA] uses the sensor on the face of the SB-800.
The flash exposure I get with the Z8 without FV (lock) are as expected with all my speedlights. There was only one reply that didn't solve that person's problem.
I know there are compatibility issues with the SB-800 and Godox/Flashpoint triggers and receivers that are not present with the SB-700. I got gross under exposures with the SB-800 in iTTL mode unless I used FV (lock) with my D850. With FV (lock) the exposures were fine. If framing and focus remain constant I should get the same flash exposure with and without FV (lock). With a DSLR I found flash exposure consistent with FV (lock) followed by recomposing and that I believe is one of the prime reasons for FV (lock). Maybe there are compatibility issues with my speedlights that are solved with the SB-5000.
I read on Dpreview someone having the same over exposure problem with a Z8 and FV (lock).
Dave
The FV (lock) (assigned to the Fn2 button), functions to the extent that it fires preflashes and locks the flash exposure but the resulting flash exposure blows out the subject. I'm guessing about 2 to 2.5 stops of over exposure.
I've tried everything I can think of: [TTL][BL], [TTL], manual exposure, aperture preferred, programed mode. I've tried Matrix and Center Weighted metering. I tried spot meter with the SB-400 and SB-700 which is supposed to force Standard iTTL. I've tried turning off flicker control, etc. Again this is with an SB-400, SB-700 and SB-800. The only mode that doesn't cause over-exposure is [AA], Auto Aperture with preflash which with my speedlights is only available with the SB-800. [AA] uses the sensor on the face of the SB-800.
The flash exposure I get with the Z8 without FV (lock) are as expected with all my speedlights. There was only one reply that didn't solve that person's problem.
I know there are compatibility issues with the SB-800 and Godox/Flashpoint triggers and receivers that are not present with the SB-700. I got gross under exposures with the SB-800 in iTTL mode unless I used FV (lock) with my D850. With FV (lock) the exposures were fine. If framing and focus remain constant I should get the same flash exposure with and without FV (lock). With a DSLR I found flash exposure consistent with FV (lock) followed by recomposing and that I believe is one of the prime reasons for FV (lock). Maybe there are compatibility issues with my speedlights that are solved with the SB-5000.
I read on Dpreview someone having the same over exposure problem with a Z8 and FV (lock).
Dave
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Camera Talk / Re: FV Lock isn't working as expected on my Nikon Z8.
« Last post by Ilkka Nissilä on May 18, 2026, 19:20:50 »The only SB-800 mode that functions as expected with the FV(lock) and Nikon Z8 is [AA] or Auto Aperture which uses the sensor on the front of the SB-800 rather than the image sensor in the camera. Perhaps FV (lock) is just not compatible without a separate sensor such as the ones in the D850's finder. I have some ideas why FV (lock) may be fundamentally incompatible with the image sensor in a digital camera, DSLR or mirrorless. Now I'm wondering if there is a way to lock in the exposure after taking a shot: shutter, aperture and flash duration. Also the same problem I'm having with the SB-800 is the same with the SB-400 and SB-700.
I'll talk to Nikon but last time I did whoever I talked to thought the *.nxd and *.nka files were presets rather than potentially unique to a single image.
Dave
FV lock works correctly (in the expected way, familiar from DSLRs) in my Z8 when a Z 50 mm f/1.8 S and SB-5000 are mounted on the hot shoe. Manual mode was selected for ambient exposure and TTL for flash.
I did a bunch of tests and the flash output was clearly locked by the FV lock functionality (assigned to Fn1 button) and a second press of the button released it.
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme]Red is the rule here
« Last post by KarlMera on May 18, 2026, 18:41:14 »Creamy
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Last post by Nasos Kosmas on May 18, 2026, 15:46:46 »Nice catch Paco 
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Lens Talk / Re: Start saving up -- again --
« Last post by Ilkka Nissilä on May 18, 2026, 15:37:30 »You and me both
This is one of the reasons I moved to nikon from another manufacturer - a supply of second hand lenses has always been really helpful
So come on fellow NG shooters, please upgrade and put your lenses up for sale here
I don't think all that many F-mount 120-300/2.8 were made, and probably due to the high purchase cost and presumably good compatibility with Z mount bodies, not that many will be for sale.
300/2.8's, however, exist in many copies, in various versions.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: May 2026
« Last post by aerobat on May 18, 2026, 15:32:12 »Reflections - Leica Q2
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: May 2026
« Last post by aerobat on May 18, 2026, 15:30:39 »Chandelier pubThis is very beautiful Fons!
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