Author Topic: Hello from Wisconsin  (Read 2583 times)

oldfauser

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Hello from Wisconsin
« on: December 28, 2015, 03:31:15 »
 Hello!  I'm Art from Wisconsin; started long ago with a used Nikon F and a Nikkor-Q 200mm f/4, picked up a K series 50mm f/2.  Thought i was good to go, but was missing metering in the camera!  Found a used FG a number of years later; used that for a good ten years (still have it  :) ).  Along comes an FA (still have that too).  Loved the FA.  An F4 presents itself for a very reasonable price, used that for a few years.  My son purchased a D70 when it first came out, so i had a digital camera to try.  Found i did not like the D70 very much at all as i missed the dials.  Then Nikon comes out with the Df; love at first sight! 

now i find that the Df works so well with my collection of manual focus Nikkors, I only have two AF lenses (50 & 85mm 1.8 AF-S), that it's hard to decide what to upgrade to the newer AF lenses (if at all...)

i do enjoy reading about and researching lenses online.  I have a very high opinion of Bjørn, and his reviews as i have found them very close to what I get for results...  And boy does the 400mm Nikkor P.C f/5.6 shine on the Df!

So, thanks Bjørn (now i just need to figure out how to get the alternate character set on my laptop keyboard  :) )



Art   

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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2015, 09:40:46 »
Welcome here, Art. Waiting eagerly for your 400mm pictures :)
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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2015, 16:52:22 »
Welcome. To the forum ... And On Wisconsin.  (Except on Wednesday in the Holiday Bowl.)
"Everywhere you look there are photographs, it is the call of photographers to see and capture them."- Gary Ayala
My snaps are here: www.garyayala.com
Critiquing my snaps are always welcomed and appreciated.

oldfauser

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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2015, 18:05:47 »
a quick one of my old friend!

Nikon Df, 400mm f/5.6 @ f/8 at 1/250th, ISO 1800




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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2016, 09:37:08 »
Welcome to NikonGear! ;)
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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2016, 04:04:05 »
The ø is ALT + 248 in Windows.

Welcome to Nikongear.
You are out there. You and your camera. You can shoot or not shoot as you please. Discover the world, Your world. Show it to us. Or we might never see it.

Me: https://youpic.com/photographer/frankfremerey/

oldfauser

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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2016, 04:19:38 »
Thanks!  (needed the ALT + 0248! ) ø  Ø (ALT + 0216 for a cap!)

thanks again

Art

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Re: Hello from Wisconsin
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2016, 17:08:00 »
I was thinking about you and the other people from Wisconsin here when I found this interesting project "round your corner" http://newforest.farm/
You are out there. You and your camera. You can shoot or not shoot as you please. Discover the world, Your world. Show it to us. Or we might never see it.

Me: https://youpic.com/photographer/frankfremerey/