Posts for: ssymeono
Feb 16, 2016 12:59:20 #
BebuLamar wrote:
It's not the longest lived! Nikon discontinued the FM when they introduced the FM2 and then the FM2n. The FM10 was available as the same time as the FM2n and it's not the replacement of the FM. The FM3a was a combination of the FM and the FE.
The longest lived is the F3.
The longest lived is the F3.
Interesting perspective, but I have read that all FM cameras developed from the original line that was introduced by Nikon in 1977 as its first compact camera.
Feb 16, 2016 11:38:43 #
CatMarley wrote:
I do not think Nikon "improved" their ca... (show quote)
The FM is indeed a great camera, the longest-lived and still the only one in production as FM 10. I wonder if you have handled the F6 or even the F5. Without a doubt, the F6m was the perfect film camera, please take a look at it!
Feb 16, 2016 10:05:22 #
Bear2 wrote:
Isn't the N80 similar to my N8008?
No connection, the N8008 was released in 1988 but the N80 came out in 1998, shortly after the F100 and like it has the same AF area modes and the same beautiful construction.
Feb 16, 2016 08:46:05 #
flip1948 wrote:
The F100 is a superb camera and can be found for ridiculously low prices. I love mine. Ken Rockwell still calls it the second best film camera ever behind the F6. Until the F6 came out he called the F100 the best.
I don't know about Canon, Nikon kept improving its film cameras long after the digital revolution. Here are the best film cameras near the end of the film era: 1) F6 2) F100 3) N80, and 4) FM3A. You could find 2 and 3 very easily and pay very little but 1 and 4 are still rather expensive. Enjoy!
Feb 11, 2016 10:08:33 #
travelerted wrote:
Thank you, Dr. Symeonoglou, for adding so much to my post - I do appreciate your insights and comments. I guess one could do quite an extensive bit of research and resulting publication of the doors of great/famous buildings around the world. It would be a most interesting treatise.
Hope that things are going well for you in Greece!
Hope that things are going well for you in Greece!
Happy 50th anniversary and happy Valentine's Day!
Feb 10, 2016 09:16:04 #
Great series! Doors are gateways to serenity, freedom of communication, and possibly access to eternal happiness. In ancient Egypt, as well as Etruria , they were often used either painted or sculpted or freestanding as a means of offering communication between the world of the dead and the world of living, so that the immortal soul could continue to enjoy life to eternity. This is why to this day public buildings and religious establishments create masterpieces like the Florence Cathedral you included in your series.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Feb 8, 2016 09:08:43 #
Snow or not, your winterscapes immortalized two gorgeous images in classic tripartite compositions. Congrats!!
Feb 4, 2016 10:34:42 #
Congratulations! You have discovered a photographer's paradise and produced a great picture worthy of it. I assume the home belongs to a wealthy hermit!
Feb 3, 2016 10:44:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This seems like a lot of work for a little result, but maybe dedicated macro people would see the value in it.
http://www.diyphotography.net/how-to-build-an-automated-rail-for-crazy-macro-shots/
http://www.diyphotography.net/how-to-build-an-automated-rail-for-crazy-macro-shots/
I believe something very similar if not identical is made commercially. I own a Macro Slider made in Japan by Velbon. When I attach it to the Nikon Bellows PB-6M (macro copy stand), it gives the most minute and accurate movement even for extreme close-ups. I attach a picture of a tiny seed next to a mm scale made with a Macro-Nikkor f=35, 1:4.5 from a distance of 3cm.
Jan 28, 2016 09:41:01 #
Great pictures, you use your lens like an impressionist painter!
Jan 20, 2016 10:11:04 #
oldtigger wrote:
#1 is the best
#2 lacks clarity but is usable
#3 has no contrast, soft, sell it on ebay
#4 has no contrast, fuzzy, drop in trash can, you don't hate anyone enough to sell it to them.
#2 lacks clarity but is usable
#3 has no contrast, soft, sell it on ebay
#4 has no contrast, fuzzy, drop in trash can, you don't hate anyone enough to sell it to them.
I wonder whether the lack of sharpness in #3 and #4 might be due to their requirements for minimum distance: are you sure that you were not to close to your subject when photographing with these lenses?
Jan 18, 2016 10:58:05 #
Jan 18, 2016 10:55:11 #
Great shots, I believe the warm is closer to the true color.
Sarantis
Sarantis
Jan 16, 2016 08:58:58 #
The favorable remarks on the D700 bring up the other interesting point that a camera released in 2008 remains current in 2016. It means that digital cameras came of age at least as early as 2008 and it became possible to create classic ones much the same way as in the age of film. I have enjoyed the D700 since 2008 and have been impressed by its low light capabilities from the very beginning. I still use it as often as the D800 so that don't need to worry about making space for the latter's big files.
Jan 16, 2016 08:58:58 #
The favorable remarks on the D700 bring up the other interesting point that a camera released in 2008 remains current in 2016. It means that digital cameras came of age at least as early as 2008 and it became possible to create classic ones much the same way as in the age of film. I have enjoyed the D700 since 2008 and have been impressed by its low light capabilities from the very beginning. I still use it as often as the D800 so that don't need to worry about making space for the latter's big files.