Corto
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Just a few snapshots I took while bored at my Mother In Law's house 
Nikkor 70-300 1:4-5.6D
Nikkor 70-300 1:4-5.6D
farlymac
PF McFarland
These are nice, Corto.
PF
PF
kshapero
South Florida Man
Be bored more often.
Corto
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Thanks guys, The N70 (F70) is a way underrated camera and a hell of a bargain right now.
Austintatious
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I got a nice one with date back and panorama feature for $10. I put a wide lens on it in pano mode and pretend it's an Xpan !
Austin on the Colorado by carlosyashinon, on Flickr
Austin on the Colorado by carlosyashinon, on Flickr
Corto
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thats what im talking about!
Merkin
For the Weekend
At what ISO did you expose the film?
Corto
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Corto
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Oh and 5.6 @ 250 for that day. somewhat overcast.
Merkin
For the Weekend
Try exposing a roll at 200 instead of 400. In my experience, exposing at iso 200 gives better blacks.
Corto
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ssmc
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I have to agree on the N70/F70 - a very underrated and nowadays undervalued camera.
I bought mine new in 1997 and still have the box, which makes me squirm because the price tag is still on it - with an astonishingly flimsy 35-80 zoom, it cost $1285! (yes, we got reamed in Australia for cameras and lenses...) :bang:
But considering the accurate (if noisy) AF, 1/4000 shutter, control features and the sophisticated flash metering it is still a really good camera (though the shutter sounds weird compared to more modern offerings). The only functional shortcoming IMO is the strange omission of a DOF preview button, which I used to use a lot on my X-700. The main "issue" with them now seems to be the "sticky-back syndrome". I cured mine of this by removing the back and carefully swabbing all the decayed rubber "paint" off with isopropyl alcohol on q-tips. Now the back is shiny black which looks funny but is actually quite grippy and far better than the intolerable sticky rubber
Paired with a 50/1.4D you can do a lot with an F70. The AF makes it easy to shoot B&W with colored filters and still nail the focus. It's a good camera for hiking because it's not very heavy and the auto load & rewind makes for very fast film changes (important when you don't want to get left behind a fast-moving group). The fast shutter allows shooting at wide apertures in bright light for creative effects (which was neat to me coming from the 1/1000 shutter in my Minolta).
I should try and dig up some scans... I haven't put a roll through it since I bought a D70 in 2005...
Scott
I bought mine new in 1997 and still have the box, which makes me squirm because the price tag is still on it - with an astonishingly flimsy 35-80 zoom, it cost $1285! (yes, we got reamed in Australia for cameras and lenses...) :bang:
But considering the accurate (if noisy) AF, 1/4000 shutter, control features and the sophisticated flash metering it is still a really good camera (though the shutter sounds weird compared to more modern offerings). The only functional shortcoming IMO is the strange omission of a DOF preview button, which I used to use a lot on my X-700. The main "issue" with them now seems to be the "sticky-back syndrome". I cured mine of this by removing the back and carefully swabbing all the decayed rubber "paint" off with isopropyl alcohol on q-tips. Now the back is shiny black which looks funny but is actually quite grippy and far better than the intolerable sticky rubber
Paired with a 50/1.4D you can do a lot with an F70. The AF makes it easy to shoot B&W with colored filters and still nail the focus. It's a good camera for hiking because it's not very heavy and the auto load & rewind makes for very fast film changes (important when you don't want to get left behind a fast-moving group). The fast shutter allows shooting at wide apertures in bright light for creative effects (which was neat to me coming from the 1/1000 shutter in my Minolta).
I should try and dig up some scans... I haven't put a roll through it since I bought a D70 in 2005...
Scott