Well... the unthinkable has happened. I took a rather nasty fall into a river with my D700 unfortunately was along for the ride. Extra unfortunately it was turned on when I fell in so despite minimal water intrusion and drying for nearly a week in a bag of rice, it has met its end. The lens survived fortunately, but I was really hoping that the D700 would last until D810's fell below $1000. So I think it may be time to find a new to me D700, or perhaps save for a D750.
I still have a good stable of film bodies and lenses, including my FE2 and 28/50/105 trio so I need to get to developing that backlog of film that has built up in my freezer again so I'll have more new shots to share.
huddy wrote:
Well... the unthinkable has happened. I took a rather nasty fall into a river with my D700 unfortunately was along for the ride. Extra unfortunately it was turned on when I fell in so despite minimal water intrusion and drying for nearly a week in a bag of rice, it has met its end. The lens survived fortunately, but I was really hoping that the D700 would last until D810's fell below $1000. So I think it may be time to find a new to me D700, or perhaps save for a D750.
I still have a good stable of film bodies and lenses, including my FE2 and 28/50/105 trio so I need to get to developing that backlog of film that has built up in my freezer again so I'll have more new shots to share....Show more →
What a bummer Alan. I've heard good things about the D750. Maybe you ought to look into a weather proof body.
Nice shots Buddy and a great looking set up for prone shooting. What is the distance of that range? Would love to have access to an indoor range like that. Especially this time of year when it is 90 and high humidity. Shooting glasses keep fogging up
leighton w wrote:
I can't show you my market shots today as they were all with my Fuji lens. But here are 2 with the 55mm f2.8 AIS from around the farm.
Your 55/2.8 looks good with that combo. I found I could have used the extra 2/3 stop over my f/3.5 version this week. I may need to keep an eye out for a f/2.8. But of course then something would have to go to fund it and I really have a hard time letting things go
Although I still have one more set of badlands images that I might eventually post, I'm going to start now into the many photos I captured in the magnificent, captivating, and ever-changingly scenic mountains of western Alberta and eastern British Columbia (BC). These three were shot on our drive from Canmore to Banff, Alberta.
Hopefully the D700 was the only thing broken in the fall. There are two at KEH right now, between $700-800, depending on whether you'd buy a BGN
huddy wrote:
Well... the unthinkable has happened. I took a rather nasty fall into a river with my D700 unfortunately was along for the ride. Extra unfortunately it was turned on when I fell in so despite minimal water intrusion and drying for nearly a week in a bag of rice, it has met its end. The lens survived fortunately, but I was really hoping that the D700 would last until D810's fell below $1000. So I think it may be time to find a new to me D700, or perhaps save for a D750.
I still have a good stable of film bodies and lenses, including my FE2 and 28/50/105 trio so I need to get to developing that backlog of film that has built up in my freezer again so I'll have more new shots to share....Show more →
gbohannon wrote:
Nice shots Buddy and a great looking set up for prone shooting. What is the distance of that range? Would love to have access to an indoor range like that. Especially this time of year when it is 90 and high humidity. Shooting glasses keep fogging up
G
The range on this one was 100 yards. We used some SR-1C targets and had a bit of fun with an M1 Garand and 100 rounds of surplus 30.06 ammo. Got some nice close groupings with that, using the standard iron sights on the Garand.
Adjecsent to the left was a pistol range and to the right another shorter range. I would love to try the Garand on a longer range, but those are hard to find over here.
huddy wrote:
Well... the unthinkable has happened. I took a rather nasty fall into a river with my D700 unfortunately was along for the ride. Extra unfortunately it was turned on when I fell in so despite minimal water intrusion and drying for nearly a week in a bag of rice, it has met its end. The lens survived fortunately, but I was really hoping that the D700 would last until D810's fell below $1000. So I think it may be time to find a new to me D700, or perhaps save for a D750.
I still have a good stable of film bodies and lenses, including my FE2 and 28/50/105 trio so I need to get to developing that backlog of film that has built up in my freezer again so I'll have more new shots to share....Show more →
Bummer Alan Lost my D200 in similar fashion when I first emigrated to Australia 10 years ago.
Maybe a well used D800 to tide you over ? It's ALMOST as good as the 810 and WAY cheaper. I missed the cropability and the DR when I went back to a D700 a couple of years back. The D750 has a great sensor but, being a similar size to the D600/610 is too small for me.
GroWeb wrote:
Peter in Knysna, in my new job I meet a lot of people who experienced a major wildfire that burned through Fort McMurray, Alberta and devastated it and some neighbouring towns much like the fire that your community just endured. The Fort Mac fire occurred about a year ago (started May 1, fully extinguished July 5; people were able to start moving back into their homes in phases on June 1, 2016), spread across 560,000 hectares and destroyed 2400 homes during its run. The homes of an additional 2000 people were declared unsafe to live in due to contamination. Among the folks I have met from there -- all of whom came to us for addiction treatment -- are a portion who were traumatized by what they experienced during the fire. However, the majority of the people in Fort Mac appear to have come through it okay and have managed to get back to a normal life. I wish the same speedy and successful recovery for Knysna, and appropriate help for those who have been traumatized or otherwise badly effected by the fire.
That must have been an horrific experience. We have seen phone videos of people driving through thick smoke and fire along our road to get to safety and it is truly amazing that no-one was hurt. The offer and delivery of counselling has been extremely swift as has been the delivery of relief supplies of food, blankets and clothing to those who lost everything.
This fire burned for about a week from the West of Knysna to Plettenberg Bay and beyond along a coast line of about 65km and inland for at least 10km. Unlike Canada our indigenous forests are fire resistant to some extent but the area was extensively planted with pine and eucalyptus plantations for timber. Both those species become incandescent and fire spreads really rapidly.
This time the fire hit some of the more well-off communities and thankfully stayed away from the densely populated townships and informal settlements or the death toll would have been huge - the total population of our area is about 150 000.
I haven't yet taken out my camera but now that comms are restored i 'll probably do so later today.
These are from our first nights stopover virtually in the middle of South Africa.
S A's topography is like an upside down saucer with a high plateau ranging from about 4500ft to about 8500 ft above sea level. In the interior we have summer rainfall and the nights are pretty cold (below freezing) and the days generally reasonably balmy.
Most of the central and western interior is arid to semi-arid . This area is near the beginning of extensive grasslands which are dormant in winter.
gbohannon wrote:
Your 55/2.8 looks good with that combo. I found I could have used the extra 2/3 stop over my f/3.5 version this week. I may need to keep an eye out for a f/2.8. But of course then something would have to go to fund it and I really have a hard time letting things go
G
Some like the 3.5 version better. But never ever owning one, I have always loved my 2.8 version. I think the bokeh really looks nice from it. Maybe Reagan can give you some pointers on letting things go.
Lost my D200 in similar fashion when I first emigrated to Australia 10 years ago.
