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24-JAN-2005

F2

A fellow PADer, jypsee, was cleaning out some old camera gear and asked me if I'd like her old Nikon F2 and Nikkor 55mm micro lens. As you can see I said, "Yes!" This thing is built like a tank. And the lens works great on the D70. Flash in Auto mode or manual. Manual focus but who autofocuses a macro lens anyway? This is at minimum focus distance. I kept leaning in and out until I nailed my ASA. Awesome lens and camera. Thanks jypsee. :)

Check out that iso range--6 to 6400 in one-third stop increments. Imagine a digital like that.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 55mm f/3.5
1/125s f/4 at 55.0mm iso see photo with Flash full exif

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Guest 22-Feb-2006 20:43
agre with Virginia...count me in too :))
Superb shot ..lovely use of shallow DOF
virginiacoastline27-Jan-2005 00:58
HEY!!!! any time you are tossing good camera gear (or even BAD camera gear) I'm available . . . .=\
Lou Giroud26-Jan-2005 07:18
I agree with you on sports, Mark. Action needs speed and often, as you said, it happens in dark places. Concerning Canons smear trick, I know they your the same tricks as we use with Neat Image pro and one can see this clearly when amplifying the image. The pixels firmly melt together and are tunched. But, on the other end, it helps and looks ok.
There has to be one way to do it on a software basis and that's one of them. Anyway, digital photography is faking the eye in so many ways. It is crap all over but it looks good and tends to get better, fortunately.
Dawn26-Jan-2005 03:45
I remember learning on this!
Guest 25-Jan-2005 23:16
super shot
Guest 25-Jan-2005 22:21
The best camera in the world. This looks like the AS, WOW!
Guest 25-Jan-2005 21:20
I really like this Mark!
brother_mark25-Jan-2005 17:04
Lou, high school and Division Three sports-shooters need high ISOs. There's an ice hockey rink I shoot at that needs easily iso2200. When I shoot film there, the lab push-processes to 2200 effective iso. And that only gives me 1/250s and f/2.8, not quite fast enough to stop all the action in hockey. 1/400 or 1/500 would be preferred, that would mean iso of about 4000. Night ballgames at little league fields and HS football fields are played under pretty dim lights, too. Indoor wrestling even at a lot of colleges don't have very bright rooms. The software fix ought to be in the camera, I'm tired of post-processing so much. Canon uses a "smear" trick to reduce noise, I'm not sure thats the best way to go.
Si Kirk25-Jan-2005 14:01
Lucky you, i missed out on a Nikon FM on ebay, not perfect condition but was working.
Guest 25-Jan-2005 13:10
Nice one, Mark!
Guest 25-Jan-2005 07:49
Excellent shot
Lou Giroud25-Jan-2005 07:12
Those old Nikons and Canons are all real solid stuff. 6400 asa sounds nice, but who needs that ?.
It makes me laugh when people play with high iso ranges on digitals, it's nice to have one that manages high sensivity in a good way like Canon's 20D or Mk2 series. But all this is a software solution since the chips themselves never take more then 60 to 120 iso anyway. So, the game is not to build the better chip, the game is to develop the better processing soft and in this field Canon, Fuji and Pentax are at the top at the moment. In this field Nikon is somewhat behind and it must be said that, to my opinion, they are not too much interested in pushing the iso rates, the D2X proves this in a clear way again. Maybe Nikon says the same I do ; "who realy needs that ?"
Robin Reid25-Jan-2005 06:11
That is a great camera. Get a few shots to post before you shuffle off your PaD.
jypsee25-Jan-2005 06:05
Y'know... this is a REALLY good photo!! that lens is fabulous.
jypsee25-Jan-2005 05:46
You should load up some BW film and try that F2 out; it makes lovely Tri-X photos...and I'm glad you can use the lens!
Guest 25-Jan-2005 05:28
Wow! That was nice! The F stands for FILMY!