Nikon DF

minnnt said:
Hey, no need for the pity peeps, it's all good. I do this with most hobbies. :LOL:

The camera is now in the classifieds should one of these beauties be tempting you. They really are the beeez kneeez as @wibbly and @Ruffmeister will attest to.


Wonderland - Explored by David Raynham, on Flickr


Sunrise from Great Orme by David Raynham, on Flickr


Thor's Cave by David Raynham, on Flickr


As far as the eye can see by David Raynham, on Flickr


The Ivory Tower by David Raynham, on Flickr


A Snowy Blowy Curbar Edge by David Raynham, on Flickr


Peak Light by David Raynham, on Flickr


When you're on your own and start doing all sorts of random sh*t... by David Raynham, on Flickr

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There's something wrong with your DF, I'd be sending it in before selling it. There's a weird ginger blemish that show up in all the pics ;)
 
You're one of 2% of the population, but you are definitely you.

I give you 3 months and you'll be back..
 
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minnnt said:
it's all good. I do this with most hobbies. [emoji38]
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And the wife is very lucky, she's still about [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]
 
I would have broke your arm off for your df in a months time , be long gone by then no doubt
 
My name's Adam and I'm a DF user, is it something like that? I've just purchased one from the classified, saving it from MPB! I've just purchased a 50 and 85 1.8g to start me off, hopefully upgrade the 50 to its Sigma Art counterpart in the future. I haven't used a Nikon since selling my D700 years ago and moving into mirrorless land, I just had that itch for full frame again and the DF is a beauty! I'm going to have a wade through this thread, ignoring the slow autofocus abuse of course ;)
Any set-up tips for me?

Adam
 
Hope you enjoy it!

Should be with you before 1pm tomorrow.

A few hours to save the silver one from going to MPB tomorrow.
 
AdzJackson said:
My name's Adam and I'm a DF user, is it something like that? I've just purchased one from the classified, saving it from MPB! I've just purchased a 50 and 85 1.8g to start me off, hopefully upgrade the 50 to its Sigma Art counterpart in the future. I haven't used a Nikon since selling my D700 years ago and moving into mirrorless land, I just had that itch for full frame again and the DF is a beauty! I'm going to have a wade through this thread, ignoring the slow autofocus abuse of course ;)
Any set-up tips for me?

Adam
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Nice one! Enjoy... :cool: Give me a shout if you want to know anything re set up. Mine is a bit trial and error, but works OK I think!
 
AdzJackson said:
My name's Adam and I'm a DF user, is it something like that? I've just purchased one from the classified, saving it from MPB! I've just purchased a 50 and 85 1.8g to start me off, hopefully upgrade the 50 to its Sigma Art counterpart in the future. I haven't used a Nikon since selling my D700 years ago and moving into mirrorless land, I just had that itch for full frame again and the DF is a beauty! I'm going to have a wade through this thread, ignoring the slow autofocus abuse of course ;)
Any set-up tips for me?

Adam
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Nice one Adam. The DF is great! I wouldn't say I've overly gone into the setup of mine. I reset the settings and checked the lenses for fine tuning. Most of the time I keep it set to it's manual ISO unless doing a shoot for someone and stick to mainly Aperture priority or manual when I need it. The 50mm and 85mm are great starting lenses. I've the 20mm too.
 
AdzJackson said:
Glad to hear you like yours, seen some nice photos from it on IG :) read a couple of reviews now and seen a few of the quirks so I'll expect those! Just really looking forward to using full frame again! Eyeing up a 20mm 2.8 to join those two lens actually!
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I forget you're following me on there haha.

Yeah I really enjoy shooting with it. More so than the 6D I had. Also, the files are lovely to work with too.
 
So the DF is now in my hands, I have not used a DSLR for years and it feels good to have one back! Spent a good amount of time admiring the camera (sad I know!)
Picked up the 85 1.8g and 50 1.8g (hopefully being replaced with the sigma ART soon) and took some boring shots around the garden to test it out:

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Will follow up with more photos soon, hopefully go for a wander in the local woods later :)

Also took a snapshot inside at around ISO 11,000, the low light performance is insane!

Adam
 
I have my " Want " face on at the moment but alas my wallet hasn't :(

One day hopefully :naughty:
 
So as promised, some actual photos from the camera, taken with a mixture of the 20mm and 85mm, still getting used to the files in Lightroom! One thing I will say about the DF, the dial on the front for changing the Aperture is strange, can I change it to the rear dial? I will read the manual at some point...

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Adam
 
AdzJackson said:
So as promised, some actual photos from the camera, taken with a mixture of the 20mm and 85mm, still getting used to the files in Lightroom! One thing I will say about the DF, the dial on the front for changing the Aperture is strange, can I change it to the rear dial? I will read the manual at some point...

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Adam
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Nice set of photos. As far as I'm aware you can't change the dials for aperture, but muscle memory kicks in after a while and it soon becomes second nature
 
Nearly a year and no DF posts? Where is everyone? Ha ha.

I've had just over a year with the DF now and what a year it has been. Yes, it has it's niggles, but I don't see me parting ways with it anytime soon.

Here is a link to my digital gallery. 95% all shot with a DF: http://www.danielian.co/digital
This is just a small slice as the site is a work in progress.

I've been shooting some portraits today with the 85mm, which is just an amazing lens to use. Hopefully a bump to this thread brings up some new users :)
 
Nearly joined the club but not quite :(
 
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