Welcome “40!” I’m from Polk County. Reagan another contributer here is from the east coast. Nice shots and terrific use of the long lens.
Kevin congrats on the D600. Use it well!
George you have summed up the Z6 -v- Df very well. I plan on keeping my Df for all the reasons you stated plus I use it with a grip adaptor which makes it perfect for me.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Yup - the D610 is still my workhorse. The green focus dot works well enough for me.
I program a FN button for CPU lens selection via the CMD wheel.
For a general AF all-in-one solution I couple it with a 24-120 f/4 VR
Colin
Kevin, I will second what Colin says here. I too use the 610 and it is a terrific camera. For MF I rely on the green dot and it seldom fails me. AF is limited as the sensor area is a fairly small area of the image. Welcome to the D600/610 club!
Scott
Thanks for the encouragement on the D600. I had an early D7000 that was an oil producing machine. I’m not to worried about it though; Nikon has a lifetime cleaning of the sensor, with replacement of the shutter and camera an option.
George, which focusing screen did you have in your Df? I think you can still get them on EBay.
kwoodard wrote:
Thanks for the encouragement on the D600. I had an early D7000 that was an oil producing machine. I’m not to worried about it though; Nikon has a lifetime cleaning of the sensor, with replacement of the shutter and camera an option.
George, which focusing screen did you have in your Df? I think you can still get them on EBay.
I used the modified Nikon K3 split image microprism from focusingscreen.com
kwoodard wrote:
Thanks for the encouragement on the D600. I had an early D7000 that was an oil producing machine. I’m not to worried about it though; Nikon has a lifetime cleaning of the sensor, with replacement of the shutter and camera an option.
In my D600 is already a replacement shutter. There really was no difference: after 500 frames with the new shutter, I had to clean it again. I gave up on shipping it to them and just clean it. I figure one day the oil has to run out. The camera is too worn for Nikon to ever offer a full replacement, nor do I think that the D610 fixes the issue. My D810 spits oil as well.
To keep things under control, I bought a liter bottle of isopropyl 99.9% and a few boxes of Kim scientific wipes - dramatically cheaper and just as effective as the boutique cleaning kits with fancy names.
pburke wrote:
In my D600 is already a replacement shutter. There really was no difference: after 500 frames with the new shutter, I had to clean it again. I gave up on shipping it to them and just clean it. I figure one day the oil has to run out. The camera is too worn for Nikon to ever offer a full replacement, nor do I think that the D610 fixes the issue. My D810 spits oil as well.
To keep things under control, I bought a liter bottle of isopropyl 99.9% and a few boxes of Kim scientific wipes - dramatically cheaper and just as effective as the boutique cleaning kits with fancy names....Show more →
I can find 91% IPA, but not 99.9%... Where did you find that?
Hard question that does not have a single answer. In my opinion it is two different shooting experiences and really comes down to your shooting style and where you get enjoyment in shooting. From a pure “get the shot” perspective I get more critical focus “keeper” shots with the Z6 over the Df no doubt about it. The focus peaking and 100% zoom in the EVF is almost can’t miss. Couple that with the in body stabilization with longer lenses and you have new life in those old MF lenses.
But from a user interface perspective, I feel the Df wins out. I loved the analog controls and optical viewfinder experience, especially after I added the split prism finder. The Df gave me the closest experience to my early shooting days with the manual lenses. But… to get that experience now, I can always shoot film in my old FM body. As Samy shows us on a regular basis, film is not dead
I also have my Leica M for true old school shooting.
Below is a short list of how I see things re: Df and Z6. I owned the Df from the first day it was released until late this past summer and took many many images with it.
This is my view, your requirements and preferences may be different.
Df Pluses over the Z6
Native F mount for the Nikkor manual focus lenses with aperture coupling. The Nikkor manual focus lenses look like they just belong on the Df vs having to use the FTZ adapter on the Z6
Aperture information is written to EXIF data
Optical viewfinder (EVF in Z6 is outstanding, but nothing beats optical from a user experience. But see Z6 pluses below )
Analog controls
Body style (but do like the Z grip better).
Z6 pluses over the Df
EVF focus peaking, ability to zoom in EVF (almost impossible to miss focus). But I still like optical viewfinders. See my conflict.
Image stabilization
Low light shooting (ISO sensitivity)
Resolution (Df - 16MP, Z6 - 24MP, Z7 - 45MP)
Grip
Tilt LCD screen
There are many other features that the Z has that the Df doesn’t, but here is the big one for me…
Flange distance - with a flange distance of only 16mm, there is hardly a lens made of any format that cannot be adapted to use on the Z and achieve total range of focus. I can use all the Nikkor Rangefinder and LTM lenses with full function on a “full frame” sensor. Plus the full range of other manufacturer lenses in M mount, M42, Exacta, etc…. Possibilities are almost endless. That was the tipping point for me. I know you can do this on other brand cameras, but Nikon was my choice. Also the quality of the native Z mount lenses are incredible and I can’t wait for future lenses.
But it really comes down to how YOU enjoy shooting and what you will be happy with. If I wasn’t fortunate enough to also have the Leica for going back to that slow and methodical process of shooting, I may have kept the Df and to be honest would be completely satisfied. I am not making a living shooting. But I do do a lot of projects for people and organizations in both stills and video. So the features of the Z outweighed the Df. Plus the sale of the Df provided the funds to purchase the Z6
Hope this provides a little of the information you were looking for.
V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 ai-s, hand held, ISO 1600, wide open at 1/320s. Some cropping, from a "pause" of a playing DVD.
This is from TV show Columbo, aired at 1972, but filmed at late 1971. The photographer (he was a photog in real life too!) is Roddy McDowall and the episode in season 1 is "Short Fuse".
According to serial, this lens was made ~1968-1969.
Did someone say film is not dead? Definitely not in Baltimore, this rig walked around with me in the downtown area yesterday even as the Ravens were bowing out of the playoffs.
Went through a corner of the living room and found an external hard drive that went missing. Found lots of things from "the old days" that I started going through. I'm going to feel like Burgess Meredith in the Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough At Last"
Kevin The 91% Isopropyl Alcohol is concentrated enough, in fact you can dilute it with distilled water and it is still effective.
An alternative is to use ethanol, I used to buy a 99% solution at liquor stores labeled Graves Ethanol for cleaning optics.
Still looking for an alternative to upload and sell. I've tried via Nikonians where I'm a member but end up with a link, am not keen on blogspot, and am considering basic zenfolio as this may kill two birds with one stone.
Are there any users here and is it easy to upload to FM?
As it happens I'm really trying to get to know the features of the D7100 for AF bird photography so it's not a train smash not being able to upload but I want to get back to my favourite community as a participant and not a liker/lurker!!
Oosty wrote:
Still looking for an alternative to upload and sell. I've tried via Nikonians where I'm a member but end up with a link, am not keen on blogspot, and am considering basic zenfolio as this may kill two birds with one stone.
Are there any users here and is it easy to upload to FM?
As it happens I'm really trying to get to know the features of the D7100 for AF bird photography so it's not a train smash not being able to upload but I want to get back to my favourite community as a participant and not a liker/lurker!!...Show more →
This may have been covered and I just didn't see it, but why not use Flickr? It's free. It works seamlessly here, although the soon new 1000 image for non-pro members has forced me to into a corner as Pro is not worth my while.
Thanks Martin - the image limitation may also become an issue for me as i don't want to spread myself too thin. I have thousands of images in my files - granted I'd struggle to find 1000 really good ones - but somehow I feel that one would have to move again, particularly as I'm much more heavily into photography now as my participation in golf is diminishing.
The advantage of age is that you can do all the things that you've been putting off because you're young enough, keen enough and fit enough, to concentrate on your main interest, in my case, golf.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the 1000 image limit just mean that once you exceed the limit you can only see and share the most recent 1000 images in your photostream?
That's how it used to be before I started paying for a Pro account.
Oosty wrote:
Thanks Martin - the image limitation may also become an issue for me as i don't want to spread myself too thin. I have thousands of images in my files - granted I'd struggle to find 1000 really good ones - but somehow I feel that one would have to move again, particularly as I'm much more heavily into photography now as my participation in golf is diminishing.
The advantage of age is that you can do all the things that you've been putting off because you're young enough, keen enough and fit enough, to concentrate on your main interest, in my case, golf....Show more →
Ah, ok. I've just settled on the thought that Flickr will only showcase my latest images. I don't find their price worth it.
cadman342001 wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the 1000 image limit just mean that once you exceed the limit you can only see and share the most recent 1000 images in your photostream?
That's how it used to be before I started paying for a Pro account.
Andy
Thats how it used to be yes, but now the new rules are a hard 1000 image limit. Anything more will be deleted, and you won't be able to upload any images until you are below 1000 again.
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