Fun with "Obsolete" Nikons

[Jorgen Udvang]

Ah, the D700....what a machine.....the 1st DSLR we fell in love with....truly an icon!

Fortunately we still have one..mine got dunked in the Baltic Sea....need to take it for a spin again.

Back then, I kept complaining about the complexity of modern cameras. But compared to current cameras, the D700 was a dream of simplicity. Then there's this "shine" that photos from certain cameras have.

I see they sell for $3-500. That's a fair price for a great tool.

 

[dave.gt]

We are in-between Rose bloom flushes this week but looking back, I am happy to say the second flush will start in four weeks.

Nikon D2x :

 

[dave.gt]

Yesterday, I checked the D2x battery and decided to charge it. Of course, then I had an excuse to walk around the garden to survey the overall condition of everything and plan some work with thexD2x in hand.

I noticed some new red climbing rose buds inching their way up the arbor.

Nikon D2x
Nikon 28-105mm on macro:

 

[dave.gt]

Still love my D2x:

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Browsing through some photos from 2014. D2Xs with 85mm f/1.8 AF @ f/2, crop mode.

 

[dave.gt]

Browsing through some photos from 2014. D2Xs with 85mm f/1.8 AF @ f/2, crop mode.

What a lovely capture.

 

[KeithL]

Browsing through some photos from 2014. D2Xs with 85mm f/1.8 AF @ f/2, crop mode.

Beautiful.

Why on earth do any of us need better cameras?

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Beautiful.

Why on earth do any of us need better cameras?

Indeed. Particularly now, with lots of cheap F-mount lenses around.

 

[dave.gt]

July 2021, Yellow climbing rose in the garden.

Nikon D2x:

 

[dave.gt]

Oh, man, I really miss my F6....

I really need another one...

Nikon F6
28-105mm

 

[dave.gt]

New gear… meh… anyone can push a button.

it is much more difficult sprinting indoors to find a camera with a charged battery and the right lens to catch Harry before he found a hiding place.

It is still “the best camera is the one you have with you”!

D2x 28-105 macro:

 

[Godfrey]

Harry can hide?!? LOL!

G

 

[aksclix]

D90 (hope it’s old enough?)

picture of my first daughter on her first day in this world (Nov 2009)

 

[dave.gt]

D90 (hope it’s old enough?)

picture of my first daughter on her first day in this world (Nov 2009)

Gorgeous and heartwarming!!!

 

[aksclix]

Gorgeous and heartwarming!!!

Thank you!

 

[dave.gt]

Nikon FM2n 50/1.8:
(Expired Acros 100 Film)

 

[aksclix]

The half dome, Yosemite
May 2009, Nikon D90

 

[dave.gt]

It is almost 2022, and I still love my orphan cameras:

Nikon D2x:

 

[dave.gt]

Can I get any more obsolete than this?

or banal!!

Nikon FM2n 50/1.8
Expired Acros film

 

[dave.gt]

Aubie

Nikon FM2n: