On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:18:37 GMT, danksta@ns.sympatico.ca (Terry Danks) wrote:

>I have been considering buying a Nikon F2 body from KEH. Several of
>their listings carry the subject abbreviation which stands for
>"curtain wrinkle".
>These cameras have metal curtains . . . how can they get "wrinkled"
>other than by traumatic physical abuse?
>Is a curtain wrinkle as serious as it sounds to me?

Um, no... ;-)
I have seen many F-series Nikons (the F, F2, F3) that
share the same-design rubber-covered titanium foil roller
shutter curtains) with terrible-looking wrinkles in the
shutters. These have had no observable problems, other
ugly looks and lower resale value... One nice thing about
this shutter type is that it is very durable, even when
abused by dropping a cartridge on it, or jamming a finger
into it - the newer shutter types may not survive this
abuse. If the KEH F2 is for use and not collecting, and the
price is right, I would consider it... (Or, I have a nice
black F2A that looks unused inside [and nearly unused
outside...], $470...;-).