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The 16-85 is a very fine lens. At f5.6 it is very sharp across the frame at all focal lengths. Almost as though Nikon designed it to be used at maximum aperture. It's a little heavy for a DX lens, but it is very well engineered mechanically. See here: http://bit.ly/2uts1sU It will do very well on yo...

A sky-light window.

Thanks Julio. I intended to use the 50mm f1.4 AF-D which would have given an effective 75mm focal length, but due to space restrictions I needed a tighter crop. The Helios 44 is a superb lens, I have one also.

I used one small diffuse flash & umbrella at camera high left and natural light fill from camera right. Nikon D7100, 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 @ 60mm, f5.6 @ 1/90th ISO 100.

Very nice indeed, Julio. Exposures must have been spot on as the beach sand in the last shot is retaining detail. Yes, cameras do get heavier as we age, but it doesn't take much ageing. I remember how relieved I was when I exchanged my F for an FE. My shoulder felt as though it had been relieved of ...

Alex, by today's standards, the Nikon F is built like a tank, it's heavy, and it's basic, but it will keep going when others have given up! It is also built to very fine tolerances.

Prior to owning my own SLR I had used my grandfather's Exakta VXIIa with a set of CZJ lenses, but I took all of the class and sports team photos for my high school for two years in order to earn and save up enough to buy my very own black bodied, plain prism Nikon F with 50mm f2 Nikkor-H in 1961. I...

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Then 1st one I bought was a Nikon FE2 that I bought to go on a trip of the Amazon.... stolen at Iquitos and I have no evidence of such trip
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That really sucks!

Great shot, superb tonality. I'll take a Jupiter 8 anyday.

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Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:59 pm

Well here is the one for me turning 61.

Good grief, you're still a puppy! Happy Birthday, Larry. Many many more.