As mentioned, the FG was on the fritz, so I did a good bit of research and then picked up a Nikon FE from the ‘bay for a decent price. Here’s the seller’s complete description: This camera functions as designed and while used is in excellent cosmetic and functional condition. See pictures. Serial number is …
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New Toys: Nikon FE
After dealing with what I thought was something broken in the FG for two months, and after finally paying off some debts that had been hovering over us for awhile, and after doing a bunch of research, I bit the bullet and picked up another film SLR. Initially, I wanted to get a Nikon FM3a, …
New Toys: Micro Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 and PK-13
After many years of hacking together macro things, reversing lenses, stacking lenses together, stacking reversed lenses on extension tubes, picking up old lenses with macro modes, etc., and after liking the results I got with them sometimes, I finally decided to pick up a proper macro lens, mostly to be the major part in a …
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New Toys!
Back during the trip to Chicago (I think) I started having a problem with the meter on the FG: it would stop working at random points, and the M90 leds would start flashing (the 1/60th and 1/125th lights in the finder that flash when you first load a new roll of film, but before the …
Unboxing Papersafe #6 “Ninety Seconds”
Unboxing CatLABS Papersafe, Issue 6 “Ninety Seconds.”
he does do windows
One day a couple of weeks ago, I heard a bunch of banging noises. At first, I wasn’t sure what the noise was, but then I realized: window washing day! Thankfully, I had the D7000 and an autofocus lens, and some minutes that I could afford to pause and shoot a bit.