A day out with the new to me D3 in Scottsdale Arizona at he Mc Cormick Railroad Park and the Saturday car show.
24-120 F4 VR lens and 105 F2.8 G micro lenses used. 12/17/2022. Last photo taken with Sigma 150 F2.8 macro lens.
Harry Palmer
Metal Carousel horses.
NIKON D3105mmf/8.01/125s200 ISO0.0 EV
Mc Cormick Christmas Tree.
NIKON D328mmf/11.01/160s100 ISO-0.7 EV
Santa fell on his BUTT, hes OK.
NIKON D385mmf/8.01/3200s400 ISO-0.7 EV
Carousel top detail-Angel.
NIKON D3105mmf/8.01/60s200 ISO+0.7 EV
Falcon wagon-lots of horses.
NIKON D375mmf/11.01/160s100 ISO-0.3 EV
Beep Beep.
NIKON D3120mmf/6.31/320s100 ISO-0.3 EV
De Soto Firesweep.
NIKON D362mmf/11.01/500s100 ISO-0.3 EV
Old school Detriot mid engine ( a large Ford hemi marine engine ).
NIKON D385mmf/11.01/125s100 ISO-0.3 EV
Cast iron nutcracker that i restored some years ago.
Just recently moved and haven't had time to shoot for a while.
Just quick shot of my son in the morning getting ready for school DSC_3749 by Tommy Yoo, on Flickr
I seriously expected NOTHING when I was shooting the event at these settings. I'm, like, "eh, this'll never work" - but I love pushing myself and the gear in "never work" situations. I wasn't even in a position where I could brace myself. I have no idea how it did work except I'm a veteran photojournalist with a career that goes back the late 80s when we didn't have any kind of vibration control or image stabilization - not even terms invented yet. Muscle memory must have kicked in is all I can say. I think I was also in single shot.
I have other gear, Sony A9 also - but there's something about the retro feel of this early full frame Nikon that soothes my soul.
Hello, Winter! Snowy visit from a Blue Jay. The lens is a Sigma 120-300 f2.8 OS mid version (not the latest version) on a monopod. Shot through the double pane glass from inside my house.
NIKON D700120.0-300.0 mm f/2.8 lens270mmf/2.81/1600s400 ISO+0.3 EV
Some bird photos from the Raparian in Gilbert Arizona, 1/10/2023. Sigma 60-600 on D3. White pelicans in mass, said to be fresh water type from Utah.
Harry Palmer
I'm a photojournalist so people are mostly my subjects. I don't want to live my career in spray and pray - but I'm not giving up my A9 because it does have its purposes. That said, I carry one D700 to keep me grounded. One shot at a time is an exercise in honing anticipation skills and "seeing" the light. My assignments aren't show-stopping or rock-stardom, but I care about that little piece of the world that I cover enough that I still want to do my best. Others can probably articulate better than me what there is about this older Nikon - the first full frame digital that Nikon made for the pro-sumer market - that I just love. Is it the colors? Is it "character"? I don't know. But the simplicity of using the D700 makes me slow down, think and control my shooting. EXIF data shared here - which, BTW, the 85mm f1.4D is still a fav after all these years.
I shot with a D700 back when they were new. Sold it for an 810. I often thought in recent years that maybe I should pick one up again. Learned a co-worker had one and he let me fiddle with it. Nothing against the D700 but I have moved on, I guess. I loved using it then and thought I might still love using it now, but just not the case.
I shot with a D700 back when they were new. Sold it for an 810. I often thought in recent years that maybe I should pick one up again. Learned a co-worker had one and he let me fiddle with it. Nothing against the D700 but I have moved on, I guess. I loved using it then and thought I might still love using it now, but just not the case.
I moved on also but nothing says I can't have more than one camera - or even more than one system. Shooting with a D700 is probably one of those unexplainable things that some photographers do sometimes when they just enjoyed a former camera.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'll ever go back to film, but I'm having fun with the D700, challenging myself with its limitations that force me to make exposures that are tighter, lenses that subjectively have a different "character" - it's probably just nostalgia when it all comes down to it.
Got a couple of inexpensive Sigmas I like that were only made for Nikon and Canon DSLR's - so that was a bit of a draw. I'm waiting for track season at the moment where I can see if I've still got what it takes to grab action shots.
Anyone can see that mirrorless is a game changer for sports shooting. All the pro sports shots are miles better than they have ever been.
But...
NIKON D70085.0 mm f/1.4 lens85mmf/1.41/640s500 ISO-5.0 EV
