all nikon F mount cameras .. any Nikon with a D prefix

parasailer lifting off into thick cloud cover at 1700 metres height on mount Babadag Oludeniz .. there goes a braver man than me. we were above the clouds
into the clouds by jeff cohen, on Flickr
 
Just done a fact check this launch platform is at 1700 metres that’s nearly twice the height of snowdon ,no wonder we were above the clouds
 
What is the betting the price of a D500 will drop if Nikon release a Pro styled APSC camera next month? Wex put over 30 used D500s on their website a couple of months ago. I suspect they knew something and were getting rid of old stock.
 
The new to me D3s has proved itself very capable the past couple of days when I've been caught in the rain and the camera has had a bit of a soaking.
I wouldn't have wanted to put my Z6 through that kind of a drenching, but the D3s worked a charm. I should start carrying a towel in the car if the weather is going to continue like this.

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Nikon D70s and 50mm prime.
This church is not far from my house, 15minuit walk
It is approximately 150 years old and still in use.
What attracted me was the bell on show, but the sun catching the cross was also a thing.
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Took a walk today and brought both my Z6 with 24-70 f4 S and my D3s with 50mm 1.8G.

My thoughts:
The older camera is nicer to shoot with. It's just more organic, for want of a better description.
The folding screen and live view on the Z6 makes low or high level shots easier.
The Z6 is faster in many ways, but not at starting up and it gets started up a lot as I turn it off often to preserve the battery.
The Z6 files I felt needed more post production work with the D3s files being nicer.
I invariably ended up at about 50mm, give or take, on the zoom lens.
The grip on the Z6 is better.
The vertical grip on the D3s is lovely to have and makes portrait oriented pictures much more pleasant to take.
Having physical buttons instead of either menus or button press+ dial turn is much nicer.
The EVF usually looked washed out and I preferred the OVF.
The 24-70 on a 24MP sensor is very sharp, but that doesn't make it a better lens or the photos it takes any better.
The battery life of the D3s is sooo much better that I don't ever have to consider taking a second or third battery like I do with the Z6. Or powering it off between subjects.

I'm not going to get rid of either but its nice to know that for many different types of photography affordable kit from nearly 18 years ago is still in the fight today.
 
firewireguy said:
Took a walk today and brought both my Z6 with 24-70 f4 S and my D3s with 50mm 1.8G.

My thoughts:
The older camera is nicer to shoot with. It's just more organic, for want of a better description.
The folding screen and live view on the Z6 makes low or high level shots easier.
The Z6 is faster in many ways, but not at starting up and it gets started up a lot as I turn it off often to preserve the battery.
The Z6 files I felt needed more post production work with the D3s files being nicer.
I invariably ended up at about 50mm, give or take, on the zoom lens.
The grip on the Z6 is better.
The vertical grip on the D3s is lovely to have and makes portrait oriented pictures much more pleasant to take.
Having physical buttons instead of either menus or button press+ dial turn is much nicer.
The EVF usually looked washed out and I preferred the OVF.
The 24-70 on a 24MP sensor is very sharp, but that doesn't make it a better lens or the photos it takes any better.
The battery life of the D3s is sooo much better that I don't ever have to consider taking a second or third battery like I do with the Z6. Or powering it off between subjects.

I'm not going to get rid of either but its nice to know that for many different types of photography affordable kit from nearly 18 years ago is still in the fight today.
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Hi, this goes for the D700 - NIKKOR 1,8/50 G too, I think :


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Nikon D70s, 50mm prime F/1.8D,
ISO 250,
1/200s f/2,5
+1.0 EV Cloudy, +3

Just as the light started to fade on a dull and gloomy afternoon close to Aberdeen.
I took a few shots and its harder than I thought it would have been to get this shot lined up.
Lots of lines and frames to try and get looking square in and level.
Still I think it was worth the effort in this case.
I took nine hand held shots and this is really the only one that worked for me.

Office Work.

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Huge crop as you can imagine.

D800E with 80-400 @160mm with flash after sunset.

Not brilliant but the first wild one I have ever seen so had to take a couple of snaps.

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