Some recent photography with Nikon RFs

[VinceC]

I've always agreed with Stephen Gandy that the Nikon SP is among the finest photojournalism cameras ever made (and unlike a lot of people, I also really like the finder on the Nikon S3 ... it allows incredible "you are there" intimacy with 35mm and 28mm lenses).

So, for no particular reason, I thought I'd post some recent photographs, mainly with the W-Nikkor 2.8cm F3.5 and Millenneum 50mm f/1.4, but I also carry a W-Nikkor 3.5cm F1.8 and Nikkor-P 10.5cm F2.5 ... lately I've been using a new SP for color and S3-2000 for black and white.

The German Alps

And just outside our village

 

[Sonnar Brian]

George is looking pretty good! Did the girls wear him out?

Beautiful pictures. The girls look like they are having a good time.

I'll have to get some shots of the Cherry Blossoms taken with the SP and 8.5cm f2 scanned in.

 

[VinceC]

And some images from a recent visit to Uganda.

The young lady was having lunch at a Kampala orphanage.

The older gentleman is the sergeant at arms for the Buganda royal parliament.

Plus a street scene in Kampala.

 

[JonR]

Great shots....
I have been using my S3-2000 a lot lately (today also with the new Zeiss 50/1,5 and a much older Helios 103 adjusted by Brian S) but I have just today bought a SP 2005 so I am looking forward to use that one when it arrives given the praise I hear everyone give that model!
/Jon

 

[VinceC]

>>George is looking pretty good! Did the girls wear him out?<<

I have to admit things were pretty tough on George Marshall. But he got a chocolate bar for his troubles.

The girls are having a good time, though my oldest's first soccer game today was in the pouring rain. She liked it, but the parents were less than thrilled.

 

[MikeL]

Thanks for sharing the photos Vince! The first one with your daughters is great, and nice one of the young lady.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks for posting, Vince!

Just curious ... why did you decide on the SP 2005 for colour film, and the S3 2000 for B&W film?

 

[splitimageview]

I especially like the Uganda portrait. Thanks for posting.

 

[VinceC]

>>why did you decide on the SP 2005 for colour film, and the S3 2000 for B&W film?<<

No logical reason. I've done the opposite in the past using an original SP. Mainly, I prefer having a separate body for black-and-white that is noticeably different from the color body. That way I know immediately which film is in which camera. I also want to use the SP for traveling on business trips, and it makes sense to use color film for those purposes. In the case of business trips, I'm using a DSLR plus the SP (but leaving the DSLR at the hotel when I go out to explore on my days off, as I did with in Kampala).

 

[Alexander]

Vince

Do you recall what speeds you where shooting in #2 and #3 of the Kampala shots?

I really like the motion blur yet centrally focused scene...great shots.

Andrew

 

[VinceC]

The gentleman in the 2nd Kampala shot was about 1/15 at f/3.5 (wide open with the 28mm W-Nikkor). The street scene was 1/500 or 1/1000. For the young lady, I concentrated on the f/stop, which was f/2 with the 50mm lens. Probably 1/30th of a second.

The active shot of my girls in the first frame was also about 1,000 at f/4 with the 28mm lens. I tend to shoot that a lot outdoors ... with 400 speed film, it's the backlit exposure for Sunny-16.

Thanks all for the comments. These cameras are a joy to use.

 

[VinceC]

A few more. Two with the 35/1.8 new version and one with the vintage 28/3.5

 

[VinceC]

Thanks. Mostly they've learned to stop looking for the lcd screens on the back of papa's cameras.

 

[splitimageview]

Vince, is the bike photo with the 28, I presume?

I haven't ever gotten into the 28mm focal length with SLRs, usually going for 20 or 24, and then jumping past 28mm to 35mm.

But I recently acquired a 28/3.5 Nikkor RF and I've been pleasantly surprised by how much I like the results it gives.

 

[VinceC]

Same here. I was a dedicated 24/2.8 user with SLRs. I took the 28/3.5 out of necessity (my interest in Nikon RF cameras long predates the excellent CV lenses of today) but have since really gotten to like that focal length. It's the default lens I leave on the camera. For walking around, I usually have the 28 on the camera and a 50mm in my pocket, and I can shoot just about anything.