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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taylorkh" data-source="post: 645833" data-attributes="member: 44240">HelloI have been running a Nikon FG since about 1985.  Honestly, I have not done much with it in recent years.  When I took a premature early retirement in 2005 my company offered me a choice of retirement trinkets. I selected a Point and Shoot camera (who's manufacturer will remain unnamed).  While it would take some rather amazing pictures for a PAS camera it turned out to be a POS. It was designed for alkaline batteries which are nominally 1.5 volts. Rechargeable batteries are nominally 1.2 volts and thus the camera thought that a fully recharged charged battery was almost dead. I did take a lot of snap shots with it until it recently died.  After threatening for many years to purchase a DSLR I took the plunge.Following several days of reading reviews I deciphered Nikon's numbering scheme and decided to start with the current camera in the entry level family - the D3400.  Comparing its specs to the original D1 pro camera... amazing what the march of technology has done. My old FG could take as good a picture as any other film camera - limited by the quality of the lens to which it was attached.  I suspect that the D3400 will be able to take a better picture than I can - at least for a while.My first subject (victim) is of course my dog <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and my first photo project is to document collectibles etc. for insurance purposes.  I think that will give me a good opportunity to exercise the camera from long range to macro. And then... who knows.  I have looked at a number of the fantastic photos posted on this site and I am challenged.That said, I have a couple of "green" questions which I will post to the appropriate forum as soon as I figure out which one to use.Ken</blockquote>

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