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I am the second owner of this Nikonos RS - I purchased it from a meticulous amateur photographer in NY who bought it new in 1996, the last year of this remarkable camera's production. This is a complete system: Nikonos body, 50mm lens, 28mm lens, SB 104 flash, two battery packs, charger, many gaskets, tubes of O grease and batteries, the single arm tray, double arm tray, regular arm, extension arm, single flash cord, double flash cord, manual and misc accessories. Pictures tell the story.
The SB 104 flash fired when I test it - it was professionally rebuilt by Southern Nikonos three years ago. The battery packs - however - no longer hold a charge. They can be rebuilt at a cost of around $90 each by Southern Nikonos: http://www.southern-nikonos.com. Alternately I have included a brand new battery cluster that you can wire in and charge. Here are the instructions to do that: Rebuilding Nikon SB-104 Battery Packs The SB-104 is the most powerful underwater flash made - this is a great - complete outfit. Just add water.
The RS was designed to be the best camera ever to take the plunge into the depths - and it was also meant to be used and serviced regularly. It was NOT made to sit on a shelf and gather dust. You'll see many RS's for sale that were maybe used once. RUN AWAY. Why? Because the seals on this camera have to be routinely changed to fresh rubber - and lubricated with the correct Nikon gasket grease. They need to be circulated - gears and actuators have to be used, a minty - inactive camera is a camera waiting to break.
I have taken this particular Nikon halfway around the world - the photos that it has taken have appeared in international magazines. Look at the pix - you can see the glistening of the grease on the seals, and you'll find that on every seal. This camera works flawlessly - I would rate the body at a solid 92% - and I am being conservative - you'll see some rub marks on the rubber - that's what happens when you use your equipment. I primarily used the 50mm lens. The 28 has some dust particles behind the front element. This has never effected any shots- and the lens could probably be dismantled by a professional and those blown out. it never bothered me enough to have it done. You can see these in the close up shots. The rear element is flawless - as are both elements in the 50. I am throwing in the rest of the gaskets and grease from my bag along with the spare batteries. This is an incredible camera. I am only selling it because I'm buying a housing for my D7000 - to minimize traveling with multiple cameras and lenses. if you are looking for a truly usable example of an RS - one that has not been sitting on a shelf - drying out and waiting to break - this is the one.
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I am the second owner of this Nikonos RS - I purchased it from a meticulous amateur photographer in NY who bought it new in 1996, the last year of this remarkable camera's production. This is a complete system: Nikonos body, 50mm lens, 28mm lens, SB 104 flash, two battery packs, charger, many gaskets, tubes of O grease and batteries, the single arm tray, double arm tray, regular arm, extension arm, single flash cord, double flash cord, manual and misc accessories. Pictures tell the story.
The SB 104 flash fired when I test it - it was professionally rebuilt by Southern Nikonos three years ago. The battery packs - however - no longer hold a charge. They can be rebuilt at a cost of around $90 each by Southern Nikonos: http://www.southern-nikonos.com. Alternately I have included a brand new battery cluster that you can wire in and charge. Here are the instructions to do that: Rebuilding Nikon SB-104 Battery Packs The SB-104 is the most powerful underwater flash made - this is a great - complete outfit. Just add water.
The RS was designed to be the best camera ever to take the plunge into the depths - and it was also meant to be used and serviced regularly. It was NOT made to sit on a shelf and gather dust. You'll see many RS's for sale that were maybe used once. RUN AWAY. Why? Because the seals on this camera have to be routinely changed to fresh rubber - and lubricated with the correct Nikon gasket grease. They need to be circulated - gears and actuators have to be used, a minty - inactive camera is a camera waiting to break.
I have taken this particular Nikon halfway around the world - the photos that it has taken have appeared in international magazines. Look at the pix - you can see the glistening of the grease on the seals, and you'll find that on every seal. This camera works flawlessly - I would rate the body at a solid 92% - and I am being conservative - you'll see some rub marks on the rubber - that's what happens when you use your equipment. I primarily used the 50mm lens. The 28 has some dust particles behind the front element. This has never effected any shots- and the lens could probably be dismantled by a professional and those blown out. it never bothered me enough to have it done. You can see these in the close up shots. The rear element is flawless - as are both elements in the 50. I am throwing in the rest of the gaskets and grease from my bag along with the spare batteries. This is an incredible camera. I am only selling it because I'm buying a housing for my D7000 - to minimize traveling with multiple cameras and lenses. if you are looking for a truly usable example of an RS - one that has not been sitting on a shelf - drying out and waiting to break - this is the one.
FEATURES:
- The World's First underwater AF SLR camera (with a production run from 1992 to 1996) - designed for the Navy
- Accurate, fast underwater AF operation
- Can be supbmerged to a depth of 100m without special underwater housing
- Matrix Metering
- Shutter speeds: 1s ~1/2000, plus B
- Balanced Fill-Flash
- ISO range: 6 - 6400
- The versatile 28mm f/2.8 is a great companion for any diver, allowing you to take moderately wide-angle shots from infinity to 10 inches, provides quick AF operation and only works underwater; the 50mm macro 2.8 is an amazing lens and can be used above water.
Info from MIR:
Nikonos RS, 1992-1996 You are probably looking at one of the BEST, if not last of the underwater camera ever designed for underwater photography. It was almost 7 years after the autofocus evolution which began in back in 1985. Nikon has stunned the entire photo community by introducing the world's first TTL autofocus reflex-type underwater camera in January, 1992. It is not just another Nikonos, but can be considered as an entirely new breed of underwater camera as it embodied with almost similar performance of a top grade land-based SLR type and made handling photography underwater easily and assuring as with any of the normal Nikon SLRs. Built with cast aluminum chassis, although bulky in dimension and heavy in weight (2.6kg), but it is a robustly built, rugged camera, A built-in motor driven film transport eliminates any need of manual film advance as with the older Nikonos versions (it handles Auto film loading, auto DX or manual film speed coding, power film rewind is also provided); the AF provides various Focusing Modes which includes Single Servo, Continuous, Freeze Focus, or you can revert back to power manual focus (match needled manual focus), an AF lock is also provided; the oversized finder is a high eye point type, permits the diver to view all the essential information (In focus indication, f stop and shutter speed, exposure compensation, and flash ready indications etc.) even with their mask on for true, direct TTL reflex viewing and compositions. |
The exposure control system used in the camera is almost similar to the AF-Nikon F601 with Matrix metered to handle Program AE and other exposure control modes. The Exposure compensation is also a large easy to use knob that it conveniently placed and easy to access and make fine exposure calibration. The working range of the camera has been extended from ASA 25 to 5000 with auto DX coded film or ISO 6-6400 manually. The shutter speed range has been greatly improved from Nikonos V's so-so range of 1/30 to 1/1000 sec to a wide 1 sec. to 1/2000 sec range + a B setting for shooting long time exposure - making it the best performer among all the Nikonos. As artificial illumination is one of the essential feature required when shooting at great depth, through the lens (TTL) flash exposure control has been well taken care of in this fabulous AF-Nikonos. The flash synchronization peaks at 1/125 sec. electronic flash synch, flash exposure control offers matrix metered filled-in flash, second curtain flash sync, normal TTL flash and manual flash control with the special Nikonos RS flash unit, the SB-104 (or other applicable underwater speedlights such as SB-105 etc.). Overall, all the controls in the camera are very well thought out and are designed for easy access and operate underwater even with the gloves on (it even has a illuminated frame counter as well as remote shutter release is available via accessories). |
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