My Dad's Nikkormat

Myky D

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Hey fans,

Having been impressed with my stuff on Flickr, but not really approving of the digital world of processing, my dad has leant me on long-term loan his 1967 Nikkormat and all his gear. It includes a 200mm zoom, a bellows for macro work, and a 90-degree viewfinder for taking candid/pervy shots.

It looks like this:

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I'm jolly excited, as, obviously it's all manual, and it means I'm going to have to be all grown-up about stuff, and really proper learn ISO etc, and will be able to take pictures nearly as sharp as my wit.

What my question is, however, is ...

what the blooming flipping heck is infinity focal length, and how does that tie in with your f-stops and shutter-speed settings? Considering I thought one just focused on the subject and used a smaller and smaller aperture the greater the DoF you wanted?
 
Myky D said:
What my question is, however, is ...

what the blooming flipping heck is infinity focal length, and how does that tie in with your f-stops and shutter-speed settings? Considering I thought one just focused on the subject and used a smaller and smaller aperture the greater the DoF you wanted?
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Just about. You can do it two ways - with an SLR you can look through the lens and focus on what you want. Before SLR (and coupled rangefinder) cameras you would look at the lens and set it at the distance - 5ft, 10ft whatever - from the subject and take the picture. At some point away the lens will be at ∞ and you don't need to bother to focus. It will be sharp.

Also the smaller the aperture the greater the DoF and the less accurate you needed to be with your focusing at closer range.
 
Thanks for the replies, peeps.

I'll check that video when I get home (can't access them at w**k).

Apparently with this old kit you can even get the "film", and the "negatives" put onto one of those "CD" things they used to have, which will run on most old computers!

I'll post the results.
 
looks like an Ftn
 
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