Personal favorites, Nikon F3 film photography!

Lights

New member
Hello everyone, I just recently got into photography less than 6 months ago. I really only shoot with my Nikon F3, so here are the personal favorites of a newbies film photography, would LOVE some advice:]
(I only take pictures in automatic, and these are the digital copies of the negatives I developed in CVS so the quality is not superb as the manager told me they still use windows 98 so no 1080i pristine photos here :p)

Messing around at a friends house
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Jam session, probably my favorite photo I've taken. Just seems so crisp considering
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Train station
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NYC
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more of NYC
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my car & filthy habit :p
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writing music, this was actually taken on a Minolta XG1
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This was also taken on a Minolta XG1, I like it just because it was on my first roll of developed film
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If anyone has advice I'd love to hear it, I finally bought another lens so I'll be able to mess around a bit more as only having a telephoto can be quiet restricting
 
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LensWork

Senior Member
Congrats on the F3, you will enjoy it. Do you have an F3 or the F3HP?

Edit: I saw in another post of yours that you have the HP.

The F3 has the distinction of being Nikon's longest production camera. It first appeared in the Nikon catalog in 1980, and remained a catalog item until 2003, even after its successors, the F4 & F5, had come and gone. It was not officially dropped until the F6 debuted in 2004. Quite a statement.
 
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Lights

New member
Yes it is the HP model & I couldn't ask for a better camera! Although it was in my car during a terrible accident, and the DE-5 viewfinder is now is sort of messed up. It works but the LED display on the top right can no longer be seen because the top is dented in, I had to cover the gap with electric tape so no light can get it. It's a shame because I got a VERY good deal for a mint quality F3HP after stalking ebay for a solid week, $140! Which is quiet good considering my father said he bought an F3 back in the day for near 2 grand :]

I just now purchased some goodies for it, considering I've been using it as is for months. The Type A focusing screen, as well as DK-19 & DK-17m eyepieces. I've been looking for a replacement DE-5 viewfinder but have had no luck finding a reasonably priced one, also the feature of the MF-18 databack to print the date in between frames is something I would love to have but yet to look into.

With all the addons and features for this camera it makes for a very enjoyable experience, in a few years time I can see myself with dozens of parts giving the F3 a new and different feel for every shooting.
 
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