Cocodrilo Dundee II -Crocodile Dundee II- (1988)
 

This film is the sequel to the 1986 Crocodile Dundee, and was followed by 2001's Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. Actors Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton, respectively. However, now they are taking on a Colombian drug cartel.

 
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While working for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Colombia, Sue's ex-husband Bob Tanner (Dennis Boutsikaris) takes pictures of a drug cartel. Dennis Boutsikaris uses a Nikon F3 motorized with its MD-4 motor drive and a 500mm f/8 mirror lens to take his first pictures. Introduced at Photokina 1968, this mirror lens is considerable small for its focal distance and has a fixed diaphragm f/8. Probably, the unit show here is the second version of this lens, namely Mirror Nikkor C.

When cartel leader's is going to murder to an unknown person, suddenly the lens changed to a 50-300mm f/4.5 ED zoom Nikkor. The Nikkor 50-300 f/4.5 zoom was released in 1966 and was the first 5x zoom lens in the world. Nippon Kogaku (actually Nikon) built this lens as a two-ring rotating type and gave an automatic diaphragm, a meter coupling prong and a rotating tripod mount with loops for a carrying strap. Six version of this lens was manufactured. The unit shows here belong to the fifth version, a completely redesigned 15 elements with ED glass, introduced in 1977.

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But the main anecdote of this film is another. The photographer Bob Tanner is dicovered by the cartel drug and has to drive away quickly in his Jeep. Observe the pictures with red arrows. Above left: when Bob gets in his car we can observe the cited Nikon F3 with 50-300 zoom lens. The camera viewfinder hasn't flash hot shoe because it is located on the rewind knob base plate. However, the next frame (Above right) shows a different camera. Watching the the rewind knob baseplate we can think about a Nikon FE2. This camera shows the regular hot shoe in the viewfinder. The motor winder is a MD-12 designed for Nikon FM/FE series.
The film used was well resolved. The film roll and the memo holder slot show the same brand and type: Kodak 400 TX film, commonly used by reporters of that time.
Another sequence of the film. Mick Dundee try to escape from a drug cartel member. He is going to take a picture with a motorized Nikon FE, no AI lens and dedicated flash (no Nikon).