I found this one on Craigslist along with a few other bodies and 9 lenses. It's not very classy to brag about how little I paid for it, so we'll just say that I paid asking price and didn't even try to haggle. The seller was extremely happy to get his asking price. Anyway, this isn't the most exciting camera I've ever seen, but it was one of the cleanest Nikon F bodies I've ever come across. There were hardly any blemishes anywhere, with the exception of a tiny, tiny ding on the prism.
This camera gets the "Apollo" designation due to the F2 style plastic-tipped advance lever and self-timer. The name has nothing to do with the space program, though many people, including myself, have made that mistake. I have probably tested thousands of cameras in all the time that I have worked at the camera shop. On the shutter speed tester, Nikon F bodies are almost always accurate at all speeds. The F bodies were introduced in 1959 and ceased production in 1972. That means the newest F body is about 40 years old. I would say probably 99% of the time I test an F body, the shutter is spot on. Not a bad track record for a 40+ year old camera.
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