I don't believe it's a matter of zoom vs. prime, but rather a matter of the focal length.

WIDE lenses usually have petal shaped hoods to prevent vignetting at the largest side of the frame (that's why they have the "cut-out" only on the one side of the frame).

Talk about a way to go FULL FRAME....

Mamiya RB and a couple of lenses $500: decent scanner $500; dark changing bag, a tank, and a few chemicals $200

What does $1,200 to $1,500 get you in the ever obsolescent digital world?

Easy to find an RB for under $300 with a lens, 120 back, and waist level finders. You might have to "part" it out by buying each separately, but that's the good thing about the RB.

I bought a RB-ProS body for about $60 (including the waist level finder), a 127mm coated lens for about $90, and the 120 back for about $40 within the last 6 months. Then added a nice 50mm for about $150 and a prism finder a little later.

Lots of them on ebay, but I went through Roberts Camera for most pieces.

Be careful it's not a 220 back. Can't buy 220 film anymore (other than expired) or VERY costly.

Yes, I know.
But it's not a conversion like he said.

Film cameras?

Simple, if you don't believe in Canon, buy a Nikon or Sony.
Life's too short to fret and worry about what a big camera company is doing (or not doing).

Now you've opened up another can.
Canon rangefinders are one of the hardest cameras of that period to get specific details on.
Lots and lots of variations.

OK, I did a little more digging and found this link that may add a little more proof that this is really an S2 black.

http://petapixel.com/2015/06/08/have-a-black-nikon-s2-rangefinder-it-may-be-worth-a-pretty-penny/

Seems like there were all black ones made with chrome dials before they changed to black-dial, all black versions. Another clue is the lack of the chrome ring around the shutter speed dial on the OPs camera instead of the one in the link with the small chrome ring.

Serial number may prove it one way or the other, but I can't seem to find a good record of which ones were the first version of all black. This link says the all black with black dials started at 618xxxx and the OPs camera is 616xxxx.

I really think this is one of the very rare all black S2s. Made about 1956 and only for "professional" photographers.

Real long shot to have a motor drive all black Nikon S2E.....

Only 10 to 15 made, only 4 or 5 known to exist still.
Price range up to $90,000

Are we getting close to PowerBall odds?

Not a focus scale, but this is the film counter dial.

I can't find pictures of any all black bodies with chrome dials, but a lot of manufacturers at that time were known to put together odd combinations of parts and pieces.
Be a shame if this camera is a painted version. If someone did paint it (and I still don't think so), they did a real good job.

Jerry,
These are black dial S2.
The one is question is an all black S2.
WAY BIG difference to collectors.
The first is about $600, the latter is about $15,000.

Now look on the bottom and see if there's a connection for a motor drive. If there is, price more than double the cost of a black S2.

$50k or more possible.

If you got it that long ago, I wouldn't think they were worth painting black then. The value of a black one hadn't gone crazy by then.
Worth checking. See this link.

http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Nikon/Nikon-S2-black.html

By-the-way...I have an excellent condition S2 chrome that I shoot with all the time. If it was black, it would be sitting on a shelf (maybe not my shelf, but someones).

This is how you save as a TIFF file.
To save as a JPG file (as the OP asked), follow essentially the same process, but save as JPG from pull down menu. You can adjust the quality of the saved JPG in this same window.

Last page of the order.
I know they want to sell ink, and what better way than to give the paper away.