Topic: Serious 35mm hardware

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

This is a certainty to get you worked over by a paranoid plod

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-F2AS-250-Data-Camera-with-Clock-and-Calender_W0QQitemZ330421849007QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_Film_Cameras_ET?hash=item4ceead4baf#ht_500wt_1182

[Francois]

Ooof! Just thinking of going around with this around my neck makes me tired 

[This-is-damion]

Camera, clock, calender....All it needs is the ability to make a call and its a nice mobile!

[sapata]

It is a "Transformer" and not a camera.

[sapata]

Q:Is there a connection cable included between the back and the flash contact. ? thanks
A: No, sorry. I couldn't find a spare one.

ALL that chunk of equipment and there's NO connection cable between the back and the flash??? soooo disappointing...

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

I'm with you Sapata, does this jerk realise its the whole kit or nuthin'

I just looked at it again, it truly is a whole lot of kit

[LT]

Yes,yes,yes ... But what is it exactly? 

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

will it shock you to know that in fact in amongst all that malarkey is a nikon 35mm camera!!!

maybe Sapata is correct  - it is a transformer, I bet it turns into a pair of die cast alloy nunchuks

[LT]

I got the Nikon bit - it's the rest of it I don't get ... What is all that stuff that's been stuck on it? Looks like one of Francios's contraptions.

[Phil Bebbington]

Looks like the previous owner swallowed the Nikon accessory catalogue!

[Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes.]

So far I can find the later Space Shuttle version (seriously)

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf3ver2/variations/Nikon_F3_NASA_250/index.htm


here we go:

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf2/f2/variants/f2data/index.htm

[Francois]

Well... it's a primitive date back (very early model) mounted on a bulk loader adapter and motor drive... that way, you can shoot either 250 or 750 frames without stopping to reload... all depending on the model...

The type of monster I really wish I had created...

Here's a picture with the back open that I found in a Nikon Handbook...

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[Stu]

Bagsy not loading them to be developed! 250 frames will never fit on my reel.

[Francois]

I was trying to imagine the girl at the 1 hour minilab when you bring her one of those monster cassettes 

[sapata]

Well... it's a primitive date back (very early model) mounted on a bulk loader adapter and motor drive... that way, you can shoot either 250 or 750 frames without stopping to reload... all depending on the model...

The type of monster I really wish I had created...

Here's a picture with the back open that I found in a Nikon Handbook...

OH MY GOD  It is a Transformer !!! 

Just look at the arms on the catalogue trying to grab the cassets !!!