Me and my Nikons

leicasniper said:
"Too valuable to use" is the saddest phrase in photography.
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I agree wholeheartedly. I would love to be able to afford an original S to use, like I would love to afford original artworks to look at, but sadly, the prices of nice things are pushed up by those who have too much already.

If you had 3,000 UKP, would you rather put it in a savings account or buy a Nikon to look at ?
Cheers
Andrew
 
I'd say leave the case in the box, and buy yourself a Luigi half case and strap and enjoy your beautiful camera.
 
40 more years from now, only the camera will be left. You might has well enjoy it and not worry about scratching it up, or get rid of it and buy a user SP.
 
He would have done better if he bought a Yashica Electro 35.
at least he would have used it without fear of putting a scratch on it.
 
Time to start digging

Time to start digging

I'm sure I have a picture of myself from 1966 with my M4. It's been CLA'd twice since then, I can't count the number of rolls of film through it, AND NO SCRATCHES!

...And for all you Luigi Lovers out there, it's on it's second ever ready case. They do work!
 
Dektol Dan said:
I'm sure I have a picture of myself from 1966 with my M4. It's been CLA'd twice since then, I can't count the number of rolls of film through it, AND NO SCRATCHES!

...And for all you Luigi Lovers out there, it's on it's second ever ready case. They do work!
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It's not whether it works or not--I find the Luigi case more appealing. I have the everready case for my S2 and I don't like it! Simple as that. I saw the case for his camera and though a Luigi or equivilent would look nicer! I like the Luigi case for my S2--I like the way it looks and the way it feels!
 
The camera on the 1968 photo isn't a Nikon S3. It's a black Nikon SP.

Your face on the 1968 photo is larger than what it's on the 2008 photo yet "your" hand on the 1968 photo is noticeably smaller than what it is on the 2008 photo.
 
There's an old blues song about the guy who laments losing his girlfriend then he realizes that he still has his guitar & life can't be that bad. You stil have your camera and the only thing that looks like you lost is a few pounds.
 
I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit got at here. I never bought the camera to use and there's nothing sad about it. I don't have 3 grand to spend on a hobby.
I have nostalgic feelings about the Nikon and made a conscious decision that rather than put 3,000 into a savings account I would buy a Nikon as an investment.
I am still a very keen photographer, using an Olympus 510 and a Canon 5D with a variety of lenses.
The sad thing is that I have to sell it at a loss, but, you win some, you lose some. At least I've had the pleasure of seeing it on my shelf for a while.

Incidentally, I think my hands are bigger now, all that manual work!

Cheers
Andrew
 
AndrewH said:
Incidentally, I think my hands are bigger now, all that manual work!
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Strange thing is that you mentioned the 1968 camera to be a Nikon S3 on your flickr - while it's obviously a black SP.

As Jon pointed out, a black SP with a chrome selftimer lever.

Original black SP's had a all-black selftimer lever.
The SP 2005 replica, while being a black SP, has a all-chrome selftimer lever.

Once added to this some strange proportions changes between your face and your hand from the 1968 to 2008 photos... 😉

Anyway, don't feel "got at" and good luck with the sale !
 
You're surely not suggesting that it's rigged! Why would I?
but you are right about the SP, I'm sorry, I was being a bit sneaky there to see how many would notice. Well done.

I sold it in my second year at college, when times got extremely hard. It fetched 60 pounds, which of course was a lot of money then.

I also sold the clockwork tape recorder I had. For those in the know it was a Nagra II used for sync sound recording and could be wound slowly whilst recording, without losing sync.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagra

I guess they are both still floating around somewhere today.


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Highway 61 said:
The camera on the 1968 photo isn't a Nikon S3. It's a black Nikon SP.

Your face on the 1968 photo is larger than what it's on the 2008 photo yet "your" hand on the 1968 photo is noticeably smaller than what it is on the 2008 photo.
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AndrewH said:
I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit got at here.
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Understandable. But you've gotta do what you've gotta do to define whatever level of practicality you deem fitting for the situation (though you did put it in front of folks who may be slightly less receptive to the notion! 😉).

I think it must be pointed out that, if you once enjoyed shooting Nikon RFs, than M. Valdemar's (second) idea is rock solid. Personally, i'd hang onto that lens for dear life - there seems to be nothing else like it. Just my $.02, that you probably weren't looking for.. 🙂

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