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MC-9 Cord Used to attach
motor drives' release to the SB-6 repeating flash.
SF-1 Eyepiece Pilot Lamp
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Nikon Description: |
The pilot lamp will goes out after firing, indicating
that the speedlight has fired.
This accessory consists of an adapter that screws
into your eyepiece and two cords coming off the adapter's left side: the top one
is connected to your camera's PC socket, and the bottom one has a pronged plug to
go into your speedlight. Thus it also handles camera-flash sync, obviating the need
for the SC-5 / 6 / 7.
Nikon Description: Permits use of the ready-light built into the viewfinders of F2 Nikon cameras when the flash unit is used off-camera.
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This accessory slides around the F/F2 shoe and connects with the ready-light contact built into the left side of F2 prisms. It connects to the three-prong sync socket on Nikon Speedlites and also handles the camera-flash sync (i.e. no need for a PC plug cord). |
Nikon Description:
Provides sync coupling of the flash unit to cameras not equipped with a hot-shoe. The SC-5 is shorter than the SC-6, lacks
the coiling, but performs the same function: one end is a PC plug, the other is the
standard three-prong plug for flash sync.
Nikon Description:
The coiled 1m extension cord permits off-camera shooting with all types of Nikon
cameras.
It seems pretty simple: one end has a two-prong
plug that looks vaguely like a US AC socket-plug (but goes into the three slots on
the SB-2/3 and -7E/8E) and the other end is a threaded PC plug (finally, the threads
on your F2 have some use, hallelujah!).
Nikon Description:
Connects the SB-2 (-7E) to the Nikkormat/Nikomat FTN. 25cm (0.8ft) long.
This is for use with cameras and other objects
that have an ISO shoe without flash coupling (i.e. cold shoes); it has the three
prongs which mate with the three slots on the bottom of the SB-2/3 and -7E/8E on
one end and a standard PC plug on the other.
Nikon Description:
Mountable on the SB-5 or on the camera's accessory shoe (via the SC-9). Permits selection
of three f/numbers in automatic as well as manual and slave operation.
Nikon Description:
Clips easily over the reflector of the SB-2 or SB-3 to increase the angle of flash
from the normal 56 deg. horizontal and 40 deg. vertical to 67 deg. horizontal and
48 deg. vertical. It also ensures adequate lighting at the perimeter of the viewfield
when the 28mm wideangle lens is used.
Nikon Description:
Clips easily over the reflector of the SB-7E or SB-8E to increase the angle of flash
from the normal 56 deg. horizontal and 40 deg. vertical to 67 deg. horizontal and
48 deg. vertical. It also ensures adequate lighting at the perimeter of the viewfield
when the 28mm wideangle lens is used.
Nikon Description:
Enables automatic flash operation with the SB-5 off the camera. Permits mounting
of the SU-1 on the camera's flash shoe and provides all ready-light and sync connections.
One end has the cylindrical plug that mates with
the socket on the side of the SB-5's flash head. The other end has an F/F2-type foot
on the bottom and a cylindrical socket to accept the SU-1 on top.
It is possible that the SK-1 is an early version of the SK-2 and was introduced with the SB-1. It is also possible that SK-1 was the non-designated flash bracket for use with the BC-3, and that Nikon did not want to reuse the name with the SB-1. I have no data on the SK-1.
The SK-2 is the bracket which attaches the SB-1 to
your camera. It has three holes in the bottom, for different applications: the round
hole is for the F36 (sans Cordless), the middle slot is for most 35mm cameras, including
motordrives with centered sockets (e.g. MB-1), and the longest slot is for 6x6 SLRs
and the F36/Cordless combination.
The bracket clamp that attaches to the SB-1 and
SK-2 is fairly straightforward:
loosen the clamp, if necessary, with a coin
slide over flash handle, making sure that the
black quick-release lever faces up (i.e. towards the head) and that the ridge on
the brip engages the groove on the clamp
retighten the clamp, if necessary
slide the camera + SK-2 onto the clamp, top to
bottom (i.e. from the QR lever downwards)
tighten the silver locking screw on the back of
the clamp
reverse 4-5 to remove the camera, making sure
to slide the QR lever towards the flash handle to disengage
store the (empty) SK-2 on the SB-1 by putting
the pin on the bottom of the clamp into the corresponding hole on the SK-2
This is the appropriate bracket to use with the SB-5. It has some flexibility for mounting the bracket to different cameras, and it also has cut-outs to allow for easy access to the open/close key on F2's (I guess for the F as well, but if you have the bracket still attached to the tripod bushing ...).
Nikon Description:
Extends to three meters to connect two flash units for multiple flash operation.
It has the prong-attachment on both ends of the
cord, for adding another flash to your happy mix. Note that, despite having the same
guide number and presumably circuitry, Nikon does not recommend that you use the
SB-7E/8E with the SB-2/3 via the SE-2. I say that if you are brave enough to use
multiple manual flash, you probably already have one of the Forscher ProBacks, which
let you take Polaroids to check lighting ratios and flash setup, and you know more
about it than I do.
Nikon Description:
Used to mount a speedlight on the Nikkormat FTN.
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This adapter screws into the eyepiece ring of the Nikkormat FTN and provides two (cold) shoes over the pentaprism: a standard ISO-type and the F/F2-type. Both shoes are "stacked" over one another, and, had the rewind lever not been in the way, Nikon probably would have used a similar design on the F and F2 (assuming that they'd bother to design a special shoe in the first place). |
This is a 20cm accessory cord that is appropriate for use with cameras with cold shoes (e.g. the above Nikkormat Accessory Shoe) and the Nikon BC-7. One end has the standard PC-type plug and the other end has a two-pronged connector for the sync socket on the BC-7. Note that since the BC-7 has the F/F2-type foot, you will need an AS-2 to mate properly with ISO-type shoes.
As far as I can tell, this is identical to the BD-1 with the exception that the BD-2 is 1m long. The BD-2 definitely has a threaded PC plug, as well.
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http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-153.html by: my friend, Rick Oleson
http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/lhhansen/photo/fmount.htm by: Hansen, Lars Holst
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/nikonfmount/lens2.htm
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