About me

Well, what can I say about me. I am a senior Chinese grew up in England, later moved to Switzerland, Australia, and now back in England.

I have Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electronics. I am a Chartered Engineer, a full Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and a specialist in high speed/broadband optical networks & network synchronisation.

Electronics was my first love. However, when I graduated, I didn't want to "play" electronics at home as well as at work. So I bought a secondhand camera and started a new hobby - photography. My first Nikon was a brand new FA and I still have it. When I first picked up the F2 in 1993, I put it down straight away because it was too heavy compared with the FA. However, fate eventually made me to buy my first F2 a year later, and it changed my entire life. The F2 is the most enjoyable camera I have ever used, and I took more photos with it than all my other cameras put together. It is over 40 years old, but using it is like driving a beautiful well machined vintage Rolls Royce. Also, because there's no auto-focus or auto-exposure, I have full control of everything. The F2 simply became an extension of my eyes and hands.

I began F2 repairs when I bought a damaged F2 by chance. I tried to fix it, but made a complete mess. So I bought many F2 repair manuals, more broken F2's, and went to the Nikon Repair Centre to learn how to repair and service the F2. I commenced my ‘trial’ F2 repair business in 2003, after the dot-com bubble crash when I was retrenched, and I remained in business ever since. I now have a growing list of satisfied customers around the world, and my reputation is increasing too. People now call me Mr F2 or F2 Doctor as I know a lot about the F2 and I can repair F2's when other repair shops can't or won't fix.

I have collected almost every variant of the F2 including some adapted versions, and I have accumulated a lot of information on the history and evolution of the F2. I’d love to complete my F2 collection one day, but that's still a distant dream as I need to earn more money to buy the missing ones. I hope to write a definitive book on the F2 one day for the user, collector and repairer.