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Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI lens: Old school lens on Digital camera

This past week, I decided to take my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI manual focus lens (which usually is attached to my Nikon FM film camera) for another test drive on a digital camera, the D200.
Having used this lens on the D70 before, I knew I could expect some decent results, and I was not at...

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the dreaded CHA error on our D70

I was out shooting today at one of the local lakes with a friend, and as I took a photo of a turtle sitting on a log, I noticed an error pop up on the trust Nikon D70: CHA.
Bummer. I am hoping it is just the memory card and replacing it will fix the issue....

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old school

My new (circa 1977) Nikon FM with a Nikkor 50mm/f1.4 lens, just loaded up with some Ilford Delta 400 B&W film. Everything seems to work on it, hoping the light seals are still good.
Can’t wait to take it for a spin this weekend.
Tags: Camera, Flickr, nikon, photos

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“there’s always something to photograph”

That was a quote from me, to Zack, last Friday at a July 4th cookout. He had been walking around with his camera, and told me he couldn’t find anything to take a picture of. So, he handed me his camera and I did a quick walk around the yard and then showed him what...

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Shooting the shooter

She hired me to shoot the event near Baltimore on Saturday, and then we ended up with about half a dozen shots like this. Much fun, even with the stress involved.
Now to process some of the 600ish photos that I loaded onto the PC from the shoot. At least some of them will be easy,...

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