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I bought my first serious camera while in the Army serving in Germany, not really knowing much about the name brands I purchased an Olympus Half Frame 35 mm film camera in 1970. This camera served me well until I realized there were more options to select from and all I had to do was get off this mountain top, go 90 miles or 144.84 kilometers to purchase the camera I wanted. One day I had the chance to go to Kitzingen, Germany, which was 160.93 Kilometers, 100 miles. I purchased my first Nikon F2 with a Zoom-NIKKOR Auto 50 - 300 mm f/4.5. If I remember correctly, the camera came with a free Fisheye 20 mm lens that I never used. This set me back $300.00 for everything, no tax in the Post Exchange (PX) then I had to have film that was something like a dollar a roll. I read the instructions on my way back up the mountain. The complete trip started at 0900 hours and returned at 1700 hours in time for chow.

Today I still shoot with a Nikon, sort of miss that F2 as I had a lot of fun taking pictures around Europe.
 
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WileyCoyote

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Welcome to Nikonites and Thank You for your service to our country. I have only been to Germany once to play in a couple of golf tournaments one in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart and one in Berlin on back-to-back weeks. Beautiful country wish I was into photography back then.
 
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SFC

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Yep an E7 SFC I was on the E8 Master Sergeant List Glad to know there is another E-7. I was drafted in 1968 and was discharged in 1983 on Disability and no I spend my time in a wheelchail or my powerlift chair.

Thanks
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WileyCoyote said:
Welcome to Nikonites and Thank You for your service to our country. I have only been to Germany once to play in a couple of golf tournaments one in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart and one in Berlin on back-to-back weeks. Beautiful country wish I was into photography back then.
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I spent 11 years in Europe all but two were in Germany. I was in Mons, Belgium at S.H.A.P.E. Hq although I loved Germany
 
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SFC

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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
Welcome to the forum

If you fill out your profile we can better answer any questions that you might have.
You can do that at http://nikonites.com/profile.php?do=editprofile

Some useful links
http://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans.../nikon-product-manuals-available-for-download
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I have tried several times, although the program did accept my Lenses, it failed to recognize my Camera Nikon D3100 and my Nikon Coolpix P100, I also tried to add my Nikon PROSTAFF Tripod with Manfrotto Ball Head with Q/R
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richnmib

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My first two of 22 years were in Germany, Kaiserslautern, actually. Sadly I never made it back. Spent way to much time at Ft Hood. 1986 to 2009.
 
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fotojack

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SFC = Sargeant First Class, right? I'm ex navy, so I had to take a guess on that one. :)

Welcome to Nikonites. I think you'll enjoy it here. Have fun. :)
 
Mycenius

Mycenius

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SFC said:
I have tried several times, although the program did accept my Lenses, it failed to recognize my Camera Nikon D3100 and my Nikon Coolpix P100, I also tried to add my Nikon PROSTAFF Tripod with Manfrotto Ball Head with Q/R​
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If they aren't in the database you need to manually add/submit them yourself... :)

Takes about 5 minutes for each entry (just Google the home page for the product and a good review page - like dpreview.com - and that will have all the info you need plus an image of the product to attach).

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SFC

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richnmib said:
My first two of 22 years were in Germany, Kaiserslautern, actually. Sadly I never made it back. Spent way to much time at Ft Hood. 1986 to 2009.
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I was in Bad Tolz, Augsburg, Heilbronn, Wurzberg, and Baumholder for a total of 14.6 years.

I was in many other countries, which I still really cannot say, one was not Vietnam and I spent very little time in the United States except for training. I went through Jungle Training from Fort Polk, LA, Home of the Infantry Soldier Training for Vietnam TIGER LAND; to Fort Stewart, Georgia. I was a Jungle Expert.

My AIT was in Signal Security, with a Crypto background, Commutations Security and Electronic Warfare were add on duties needed by the units I served in. I spent a lot of time with G-2 working with MI. BUT.......according to my DD 214 I spent my time in service at Fort Gordon, Georgia worked in an MOS I never really knew about, was promoted to E7 SFC, on the E8 Master Sergeants List.

Go figure, VA goes batty every time they tried to find out about me. I had Hepatitis B and C and after several tests by VA as I became a Type II Diabetic on two different insulin’s, the Army finally admitted I did have Hepatitis B & C just could not tell them where I was at the time. They had to tell the VA of my injuries in 1969 where I woke up in Landstuhl Military Hospital in Germany.
 
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