Nikon E2
Nikon E2 used — early pro DSLR, 1.3MP, Nikon F-mount, co-developed with Fujifilm. Professionally inspected, every item photographed. Min. 12 months warranty.
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Sell it to usAbout the Nikon E2
The Nikon E2 is one of the earliest professional digital SLRs ever made — a 1.3-megapixel, Nikon F-mount camera co-developed with Fujifilm, built around a Nikon F4 body, and aimed squarely at working photojournalists when digital capture was still a radical idea.
Key Specifications
- Sensor: 1.3-megapixel CCD (1280 × 1000 pixels)
- Mount: Nikon F-mount — compatible with a vast range of Nikkor lenses
- Body basis: Derived from the Nikon F4 professional film body
- Co-development: Built jointly by Nikon and Fujifilm (sold as the Fujix DS-505/DS-515 in some markets)
- Sensor size: Quasi-full-frame 35mm equivalent field of view (unusual for its era)
- Camera type: Professional-grade autofocus DSLR
- Related models: Nikon E2N (updated variant), Nikon E2S (compact variant), Nikon E3 (successor)
What makes the Nikon E2 special?
When the E2 landed, nearly every competing digital SLR used a tiny sensor with a severe crop factor. The Nikon E2 series took a completely different engineering approach: an optical reducer inside the body projects the image from a full Nikkor lens circle down onto a smaller CCD, giving a field of view much closer to what you'd get on 35mm film. That made your existing Nikon F-mount glass far more useful than it was on rival early DSLRs.
The collaboration between Nikon and Fujifilm produced the Fujix DS-505 and DS-515, essentially the same cameras sold under a different badge — so the E2 sits at the root of a whole family of historically significant digital cameras. The Kodak DCS 420, by contrast, used a conventional small-sensor design with a noticeable crop. The E2's approach was genuinely unusual and forward-thinking for its time.
The F4-based body means the E2 handles like a tank — a reassuringly solid, professional chassis with proper ergonomics. If you've ever held a Nikon F4, you know exactly what you're getting: a large, well-balanced grip, excellent viewfinder, and robust build quality that was designed to survive daily news-agency use.
The successor Nikon E3 pushed the same concept further, and the E2N offered an incremental refinement of the original. But the E2 itself remains the starting point — historically, it's one of the first serious attempts to bring professional digital capture to working photographers using their existing Nikon glass.
Who is the Nikon E2 for?
Today, the Nikon E2 is almost exclusively a collector's or photography-history piece. If you're passionate about the evolution of digital photography, owning one connects you directly to the dawn of professional digital imaging.