Show Off Your Classic Nikon Gear

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[/url]More Nikon Rf gear for March 2016 by T&T and Mr B Abrahamsson, on Flickr[/IMG]

Another set for Nikon Rf Month, my two wide Heliars in Nikon F mount. Adapts well to the S2 with the Voigtlander F-S adapter. Uncoupled - but with either 12 or 15 mm focal length - the depth of field is more than enough to cover up mistakes.
Shot with my Sony A7, Metabone F adapter and the incomparable Zeiss ZF Macro Planar 50mm f2.0
 
Everytime I see this setup I think how unergonomic they look - all those square edges and so forth. But I never the less love the look. All hard technical function that matches the camera with little concession to the human using it. Beautiful in the way that a Landrover Mark 1 or a Webley revolver are beautiful. That is beautiful in an ugly way. 😀

Peter,

you would be surprised how good the ergonomics of the F36 are in reality.
I think the hand/brain better gets used to simple shapes and clear controls than to curved, smooth designs.
To me also beauty comes with full simple functionality.

One famous quote I love: Thechnical Perfection is attained not when everything has been added but when most have been removed !
 
This was my Grandfather Murphy's camera

This was my Grandfather Murphy's camera

Dear Board,

It still works just fine even after he spent decades documenting the life and times of his children and grandchildren.

I was given it by my Nana when my Grandfather passed away 30 years ago in January of 1989. I used it regularly early on, but opted to move to autofocus when it became the rage in the early 1990s.

I had the camera refurbished in the early 2000's and had the lens CLA'ed 3 years ago.

I truly do need to use it more.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg, PA 🙂

DSCF0447 by Tim Murphy, on Flickr
 
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