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I inherited some film-era Nikon stuff.
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 777321" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>I lost my brother to cancer recently. He had been heavily disabled tied to oxygen use for about 15 years. But before that he was a more active hobby photographer. I believe he was attempting to establish a niche for himself as an erotic photographer for a while to help fund stuff. I at least have found the business cards he made and there is a portfolio.</p><p></p><p>So I was the natural selection to take his photo gear. I think there is some darkroom equipment yet to discover, but it may have been the victim of a basement flooding years ago. But there is 2 SLR bodies and some lenses.</p><p></p><p>Nikon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F70" target="_blank">N70</a></p><p>Nikon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F-801" target="_blank">N8008</a></p><p>AF <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_AF_Zoom-Nikkor_35-70_mm_f/3.3-4.5" target="_blank">Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5</a></p><p>AF <a href="https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/7021056.htm" target="_blank">Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6</a></p><p>MF<a href="https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50mm-f2.htm" target="_blank"> Nikkor 50mm f/2</a></p><p>Promaster 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 (this is D-type autofocus)</p><p>A pretty cheap looking 2x teleconverter with no AI connectors or AF screw</p><p>SB-24 TTL speedlight</p><p>A cheap Vivitar speedlight</p><p>Nikon SC-17 remote speedlight cord</p><p>a pair of lightweight speedlight tripods</p><p></p><p>The N70 had film loaded and the Promaster lens installed. I had to buy new CR123 batteries just to find out where the film was advanced to. Only 2 exposures on it. I intended to shoot the roll out and process it, right until I misfired while trying out the autofocus, then accidentally rewound the film when I was trying to follow the manual for resetting to factory defaults. In my defense my film SLR is a 1970's Minolta XD-11 which requires you to hand-crank the film to rewind. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I will have it processed anyhow, maybe next week. There are also 2 unopened rolls of Kodak B/W 400 speed film with an expiration of 2007 printed on the boxes. I'll try shooting them, but might wait for warmer weather on that.</p><p></p><p>As I read things online, I think I find the N8008 to be the more interesting SLR. After trying to operate it, I agree that the N70 has a weird interface. If this was last fall, I would have welcomed the 3 autofocus lenses for my infrared-conversion D600 I bought about then. But I purchased a Nikon 28-105mm that is working well on that body. I will try the 35-70mm out though, it's rather compact in comparison. I already am over-equipped in speedlights with a SB-600 and SB-400 available, and I rarely mount them on a camera as it is.</p><p></p><p>So anybody have any thoughts on this stuff? Don't actually know, but I think the 2 Nikkor autofocus zooms are basically 1990's kit lenses. SB-24 was a pretty nice speedlight for old TTL metering systems. Would I choose to use a 50mm f/2 when I have a nice 50mm f/1.8G lens already? Likely no.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 777321, member: 48483"] I lost my brother to cancer recently. He had been heavily disabled tied to oxygen use for about 15 years. But before that he was a more active hobby photographer. I believe he was attempting to establish a niche for himself as an erotic photographer for a while to help fund stuff. I at least have found the business cards he made and there is a portfolio. So I was the natural selection to take his photo gear. I think there is some darkroom equipment yet to discover, but it may have been the victim of a basement flooding years ago. But there is 2 SLR bodies and some lenses. Nikon [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F70"]N70[/URL] Nikon [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F-801"]N8008[/URL] AF [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_AF_Zoom-Nikkor_35-70_mm_f/3.3-4.5"]Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5[/URL] AF [URL="https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/7021056.htm"]Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6[/URL] MF[URL="https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50mm-f2.htm"] Nikkor 50mm f/2[/URL] Promaster 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 (this is D-type autofocus) A pretty cheap looking 2x teleconverter with no AI connectors or AF screw SB-24 TTL speedlight A cheap Vivitar speedlight Nikon SC-17 remote speedlight cord a pair of lightweight speedlight tripods The N70 had film loaded and the Promaster lens installed. I had to buy new CR123 batteries just to find out where the film was advanced to. Only 2 exposures on it. I intended to shoot the roll out and process it, right until I misfired while trying out the autofocus, then accidentally rewound the film when I was trying to follow the manual for resetting to factory defaults. In my defense my film SLR is a 1970's Minolta XD-11 which requires you to hand-crank the film to rewind. :p I will have it processed anyhow, maybe next week. There are also 2 unopened rolls of Kodak B/W 400 speed film with an expiration of 2007 printed on the boxes. I'll try shooting them, but might wait for warmer weather on that. As I read things online, I think I find the N8008 to be the more interesting SLR. After trying to operate it, I agree that the N70 has a weird interface. If this was last fall, I would have welcomed the 3 autofocus lenses for my infrared-conversion D600 I bought about then. But I purchased a Nikon 28-105mm that is working well on that body. I will try the 35-70mm out though, it's rather compact in comparison. I already am over-equipped in speedlights with a SB-600 and SB-400 available, and I rarely mount them on a camera as it is. So anybody have any thoughts on this stuff? Don't actually know, but I think the 2 Nikkor autofocus zooms are basically 1990's kit lenses. SB-24 was a pretty nice speedlight for old TTL metering systems. Would I choose to use a 50mm f/2 when I have a nice 50mm f/1.8G lens already? Likely no. [/QUOTE]
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