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New old lens
pingjockey
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Found a Nikon 55-300 in a pawn shop last trip into Lewiston. Having a lot of fun with it.
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Great pics! That sunset (I assume) is incredible.
nice!
Now you’re talking ,,,,,,,, I have 13 Nikkor lenses, most from the late 60’s - early 70’s. I’m dragging myself, kicking and screaming, into the digital world. I much preferred ‘old school’ where you loaded bulk film, and processed/printed your own images,,,,,,,, 😊
pingjockey are these film pictures?
I still have a bunch of cameras, lenses, and accessories from my camera store days. I guess I'm just too lazy to put them on eBay. I had my own black/white darkroom in our last house and always enjoyed loading my canisters, shooting, processing, and printing my pictures. I went digital many years ago. It's not as much fun but is so much easier. When you get old easier is always better. 😀
Joe
The bird is a sandhill crane. They usually show up for a week or two every spring. It is amazing how they can shove that bill into the ground just about up to the eyeball. Not sure what they are feeding on though, maybe the camas bulbs.
We have been getting some beautiful sunsets here lately, that one was from Tuesday if I remember correctly.
The elk are from our "local" herd. They are fed by the lodge across the road over the winter.. One reason we have been getting much better calf survival the last few years. They are nice and fat this spring. Their "roaming" range has been shrinking over the years due to the wolf packs on the perimeter.
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing!
Cranes have been ruining Brook Trout fishing here in Idaho. When they show up, Brookies disappear.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
pingjockey are those film pics, or digital?
They are digital. Camera is an old Nikon D40. Around 8MP. I Still have a number of old Nikon lenses from my film days. Still work on that body, just have to run manual.
Those are great photos. I have a $1200 Minolta outfit from 1982. Got all kinds of expensive lenses. I was told that you couldn't use the old film lenses to take digital pics.
I'm not sure about Minolta but my Nikons work just fine. Of course, they don't couple up electronically so no auto focus or metering,
nice photos and congrats on the new lenses
I have seen so many film cameras that use to bring big money for cheap now including lenses . some do still bring decent prices .
but I can remember any thing nikon = big $$ even in pawn shops or used in the want adds back in the day
I have a couple canon AE-1 program cameras and several lenses and filters I bought years ago when my BIL and I got into taking photos and( along with metal detecting ( . I was not much good and hones he was not much better taking photos but we liked it at that time no internet it was learn on the go .
my oldest son loves to take photos I will guess 95 to 98% of them all on slide film of trains and small % of landscapes he travels the country chasing trains for all the photos has a great time just seeing the country
I do not remember what make his camera(s) are but know they were not inexpensive by any means the last lens he bought I knew of was over 800.00 on sale 😲 he has 10 of thousands of 35 mm slides sells and trades them belongs in a local train club
my DIL ( married to my youngest son) is also a armature photographer she does weddings and portraits / graduation photos mostly
both her and my oldest son are 100X better than I ever will be or was
I just think of a photo as a slice of my life, frozen in time". I enjoy others sharing theirs as well.
I still have a Nikormat, an Olympus PenF half frame that I bought for dad in Hong Kong, and a Linhoff 220 120 roll film that I have had for ages. I do enjoy the "storage" capability of the electronic age but the old film and slide systems had a quality of their own. Just like the "warmth" of tube stereo gear.
Nice…thank you for sharing
I was a professional photographer, once upon a time, selling photos to the little home town newspaper. Also put a lot of photos, for free, in the college newspaper and annual. I had a black and white darkroom in my house with a very expensive Beseler enlarger.
I had a costly Minolta outfit, but I looked with envy at the Canon AE-1, and of course, the gold standard, Nikon. All of us young photographers wanted a Nikon, but couldn't afford it.
I went over to digital 15 years ago, and my Minolta outfit sits in a box and gathers dust.
Here in Asheville at a little strip mall is a photography store, probably 60 years old. They have a bunch of used camera gear for sale. You got a complete Nikon outfit from 1975, with 400mm Nikon lenses, 28mm Nikon lenses, Nikon motor drive etc., a camera outfit I would have died for back when, would have cost $3 Grand, sits on the shelf gathering dust for $120. They have dozens of Nikon, Minolta and Canon outfits, nobody will buy them.
Yes, things have changed in quantum leaps. Ask a kid what a Polaroid is. At one time Kodak was one of the larger employers in Colorado. The Windsor plant was huge and site of one of the largest silver heists. I don't even know if it is still there.