User ID wrote:
Where ever did you get THAT idea ?
From your days of using one ? If you
ever actually USED a selenium Nikon
meter, I must offer my sympathies.
The "Thing" really once existed, but
NO WAY can you confuse it with the
OP photo of the '62 Nikon:
YES ...
... But, not the type pictured in your post.
I
still have MY first-generation Photomic finder ...
... BUT, I happened to disassemble MINE several years ago when I was going to paint the chrome faceplate (
the OTHER reason is below) ...
... I ended up completely disassembling it & removing the light meter ...
... I can assure that there is NO battery compartment in THAT iteration of the Photomic head
!... Essentially, the
early Photomic meter is not that dissimilar to the early Leica meters which coupled to one of their
M series rangefinder camera bodies EXCEPT it was affixed to the Prism finder AND engaged to the
F camera body's shutter speed dial when the Photomic finder was attached and the pin engaged with the
auxiliary shutter speed dial integrated on the Photomic finder.
BTW. I was going to re-shroud my meterless Photomic with the modified cover from a
donor Nikkormat top; but, just never got around to it (
yet!?! SOME modification will be necessary ...) and I simply ended up using THAT head as an indoor viewfinder.
... I do NOT recall why I originally took the particular Photomic finder apart -- I think that
there MUST HAVE BEEN a problem with the silvering on THAT particular finder's prism because I replaced it with a prism from a Nikkormat ...
... The Nikon & Nikkormat prisms are NOT identical with the Nikkormat's image
when-viewed-through-the-eyepiece being slightly LARGER & slightly less contrasty.
One of these days I'll get around to finishing THAT project.
BTW2. This should be common knowledge about the
F Photomic heads; but, probably isn't ... OR, has been forgotten by most ...
... You should be able to mount any
F prism finder on an
F2 camera body ...
... You only lose access to 1/2000th of a second because the
F Photomic head's dial isn't set up for that speed.
In other words, the OP's Photomic head will fit on an
F2 body to give a
vintage camera an even more vintage appearance -- THAT's info for street photographers who may still shoot with film.