Paul Chefurka wrote in article <34315FC2.44A7@newbridge.com>...
> Neuman - Ruether wrote:
> > David Morton wrote in article
> > ...
> > > In article
> > > > > net>, colyn.goodson@airmail.net 'The Artist Formerly Known As Colyn
> > > Goodson' wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:25:37 -0500, Dan & Amy Whitsell
> > > > wrote:

> > > > >Can someone tell me which Nikon bodies (old and new) have mechanical
> > > > >shutters? I want to take some long exposure photos and do not want to
> > > > >be thwarted by batteries.

> > > > The rangefinder series, F, F-2, F-3, FM, the Nikkormatts come to mind

> > > Not the F3.

> > Um, actually, on "T" the F3 does not use battery power...
> > And the poster above probably meant "SLR" instead of "rangefinder"...

> Actually, I suspect he did mean "rangefinder". The Nikon S, S2, SP, etc.
> all had mechanical shutters. Granted, this information is unlikely to be
> helpful to the original poster, but the information is, in fact, correct.
>
> Paul Chefurka (in hair-splitting mode)

Yes, I read it differently (as in "The SLR series, F, etc.. [enumerated]..."), and
answered it that way, but it could as well have been (and probably was...;-)
intended wholey as a list from the beginning of the sentence...;-)
Hope This Helps ;-)
David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether