Mark, looking again at your gear pics the previous page. That hood is rare, cool find! The S3 is a super camera, its amazing so many of the S2s and S3s are still floating around in good shape. Who is the author of the Nikon RF book? I have Rotoloni's Complete Nikon Rangefinder System book but that has a diffferent cover than yours.
Scott, taking another peek at your waterfall, wonderful composition!
Reagan, I have a well used Df, if a Df2 ever comes out I will lend the Df to you. You I am sure don't want it for more than a couple months
Ken, very nice flower arrangement with the 85 1.8.
John, the mist in the mountains gives your photo a non-dreary look. Very cool!
I believe Nikon said there will not be a Df2 they are concentrating on the new mirrorless
I don't remember where I read it but it was probably on Nikon Rumors
Reagan wrote:
I believe Nikon said there will not be a Df2 they are concentrating on the new mirrorless
I don't remember where I read it but it was probably on Nikon Rumors
Reagan
I believe that to be true, there was an interview with a Nikon designer that basically said it didn't sell enough to warrant a followup.
saph wrote:
Mark, looking again at your gear pics the previous page. That hood is rare, cool find! The S3 is a super camera, its amazing so many of the S2s and S3s are still floating around in good shape. Who is the author of the Nikon RF book? I have Rotoloni's Complete Nikon Rangefinder System book but that has a different cover than yours.
Its a first edition 1981 and is by Rotoloni Nikon Rangefinder Camera, An Illustrated History of the Nikon Cameras, Lenses and Accessories. ISBN 0 906447 5 9
And the Rangefinder is definitely cool and in great shape, have to learn how to use it and load in some film!
Speaking of cool, check this out! This guy did an Nikon F as well.
After finally talking myself out of an FX Nikon for old AI-S lenses, I saw a crazy deal on an old D800 and couldn't resist. Took it for it's first spin this morning. I'm not sure it'll be for me, but it was enjoyable using an OVF again, though less so when shooting the sunstars... Digital range finder was okay, but I'll have to find a manual screen before giving up on it. Still tweaking how the camera is set up, missed that it was originally on spot metering and couldn't figure why some exposures were so screwy. All taken with the 25-50/4.
Nice work everyone! Have not been out very much at all due to the flue from h_ll. But I´ve been clearing and re-found soem old material. Here´s a couple of shots with the D700 and the good old Nikon 50mm f/1.8 ais.
Kristian, I really like "Can't let go". You got the flu? That takes a while to get over. Hope you are getting better.
Philippe, very nice "banal" shots again. Your partner in "banality" seems to be absent from the thread, maybe he is on his spring break
Mark, that's Tetsuro Goto, I met him (and his Df) at the Nikon Historical Society pow wow last year. It was in Philly so a quick drive from these parts. Goto-san's designed quite a few of Nikon's cameras in recent decades. Goto-san by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
I have Rotoloni's later edition. He also publishes the Nikon Historical Society journal.
And I liked the digital SP prototype. Some day, hopefully.
Nikon SP, 10.5cm f4 T S-mount lens, and Ilford FP4
The 10.5cm f4 T was a "marketing mistake" by Nikon. Neither the F-mount nor the S-mount lens sold much. Only about 2000 of the S-mount version were made. A few more of the F-mount version were produced, probably about 5000-6000.
I seemed to have better luck focusing this lens on the SP vs. the Bessa R2S, which doesn't do too well with anything much longer than 50mm focal length.
Yes, another ferry shot. No time to go anywhere interesting lately, so it's all I have from tonight just before running to the high school to ferry () my daughter home from volleyball practice.
