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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
It's been a few years since I've participated in these forums, hence my lack of participation in this thread that I had created so many years ago. A few updates: My D610 has close to 125,000 shutter actuations on it now. I bought a D500 last year and it already has around 75,000 actuations on... -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
Here's an example of the last thing I mentioned: Original photo Same photo with the shadows brought out -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
Yeah, I had an epiphany about six months ago when I realized that, unlike film where you get what you get so you had better get it right to begin with, you have some leeway with digital. The trick is to shoot in RAW for the things you think you're going to want to mess with. For family photos I... -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
P, M, A, S explained: P = Programmed. The camera decides on everything. You can spin one or the other wheel (I haven't used this feature so I'm not sure which one) and the camera adjusts accordingly so there's a manual override there. The ISO can be manually set or you can use Auto-ISO. M =... -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
I've been on a bit of a buying binge lately. I bought two 50mm f/1.4 AI lenses, one was dismantled but complete and the other missing a trim ring and has a dented filter ring. Moved the trim and filter rings from the first one to the second one and now that one is looking much better. Works fine... -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
I purchased a pre-AI 50mm f/1.4 from fleabay last week and it arrived yesterday. This morning I took it apart and repaired it. While I had it apart I also took the opportunity to convert it to AI by milling the aperture ring to clear the metering prong of my cameras. The only things wrong with... -
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Post your Photos - Part 2
My last photo was a spiral staircase from inside Fort Point in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge was built over the old fort. The following photo was taken from inside the fort. -
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Post your Photos - Part 2
This bridge is a bit more famous than the last one... -
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Post your Photos - Part 2
Thanks! The amazing thing is that the photo was taken with an old lens that was brand new in 1974 or so. It's an AI modified 35mm f/2 and the photo was shot at f/4 and it's sharp looking at the photo at 1:1 on the computer. Not bad for a 40 year old lens. -
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Post your Photos - Part 2
Fireboat in the San Francisco Bay. That's the Bay Bridge towering overhead with Oakland in the distance. Photo was taken from the Embarcadero in San Francisco. -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
Film cameras these days are dirt cheap. Some cameras fare better than others. For example, my old FE2 sells these days around $100 which is a little bit more than 1/4 what I paid for it brand new back in 1983. The F4s sells around $200 which is 1/9 what it cost brand new. The N8008s that I just... -
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Nikon SLR/D-SLR fans
Recently decided to try out using the intervalometer feature on the D610. Punch in the interval then the duration and the camera does the rest. Took a photo every ten seconds for fifteen minutes. At 30 FPS, you get three seconds of video doing this (5 minutes gives you 30 frames which gives you... -
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Increasing earthquake activity
Was woken up by a significant earthquake about ten minutes ago. Quakefeed shows it as a 5.7 centered a few miles south of Sonoma. The shaking lasted about 10 to 15 seconds but seemed to shake for longer. Not a violent shaking, just the whole house shaking from side to side for a long time... -
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Post your Photos - Part 2
This is is an old photo that was taken about five years ago.
