all nikon F mount cameras .. any Nikon with a D prefix

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thought it time to start a entirely new thread for those of us that still use nikon F mount cameras and lenses .. feel free to post if your still shooting pre-mirrorless
I'll start the ball rolling D500 and tamron 150-600 G2 all hand held

air walking by jeff cohen, on Flickr
banking left by jeff cohen, on Flickr
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Juveniles are not as easy to tell apart

Is the above a Med Gull or a BBG?

 
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BillN_33 said:
Juveniles are not as easy to tell apart

Is the above a Med Gull or a BBG?

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My shot above is a Mediterranean gull note pure white wings
 
D850 + Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF
(I was planning to get a Z but I'm now happy to stick to the D850)

taken in back garden last week

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We are not Siamese whether you please or not (D600 + Tamron 28~300mm)

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Last Thursday I was taking photos at a charity track day at Castle Combe circuit and these are a few of those. All taken with a D780 and Nikon 28-300mm kit lens, except for the aircraft which was with a Sigma 100-400mm C lens attached.

First, is a very hot little Westfield that is rather rapid.
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Next, a 1950's Austin Westminster that has adorned the pages of several classic car magazines. I think the driver was about the same age as the car :)
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This beautifully restored Jaguar SS 100 has many original parts, including the windscreen clamps which carry the Swallow Sidecars "SS" emblem.
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As well as the race circuit, Castle Combe also has a go-kart track and several people were having great fun.
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The track day organiser is a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot (Buccaneers) so we sometimes get a lunchtime display from a naval aircraft. This one is a Harvard T-6 trainer and his display was surprisingly acrobatic with loops, barrel rolls, and flying inverted. Fly navy!
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There was a time when the Nikon D850 was the dream camera every Nikon user longed for, including myself only having the D810. But in the photographic world things move on and get updated. Now it is all for mirrorless cameras -phase detection etc etc.

I came up from the release of the D70s- D200-D300-D800 (never owned the D50)until the last now gone the D810. If I emember correctly the D200 was heavy on battery use. the D300 had corrected that and made several other improvements which killed off the D200 range. Te D810 again had made a huge difference regarding picture sharpness over the D800.
What let Nikon down was the built in lens image stablisation, other third party lenses did much better in this department, athough this was improved upon with later versions.
Do I miss the Nikon D series cameras? yes and no. Nikon introduced me to Digital photography and all the advantages over film cameras . Now having moved on and changed over to Panasonic MFT cameras it is a new world. Camera menus have a lot more choice in settings, I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Means loads more to learn to get the best out of, Nikon D range didn't alter that much so easier to adapt to the latest model.
Myself getting older (80yrs old) the old nikon D cameras and the lenses were getting heavier to hold and image stablisation in camera had not really improved throughout the Nikon D range.. So along comes Nikon mirrorless camera range which really knocked the D range into the ball park..
So yes I had a great time with all the nikon D cameras I owned and spent many hours using them.
 
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There was a time when the Nikon D850 was the dream camera every Nikon user longed for, including myself only having the D810. But in the photographic world things move on and get updated. Now it is all for mirrorless cameras -phase detection etc etc.

I came up from the D70s- D200-D300-D800 until the last now gone the D810.

Do I miss the Nikon D series cameras? yes and no. Nikon introduced me to Digital photography and all the advantages over film cameras . Now having moved on and changed over to Panasonic MFT cameras it is a new world. Camera menus have a lot more choice in settings, I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Means loads more to learn to get the best out of, Nikon D range didn't alter that much so easier to adapt to the latest model.
Myself getting older (80yrs old) the old nikon D cameras and the lenses were getting heavier to hold and image stablisation in camera had not really improved throughout the Nikon D range.. So along comes Nikon mirrorless camera range which really knocked the D range into the ball park..
So yes I had a great time with all the nikon D cameras I owned and spent many hours using them.
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Similar age to your good-self - like you I went thru the range from D70 to D850......both FF and crop sensor
what i like about the Nikon D cameras is that I can just pick it up and seem to know what to do

I bought a Zf but it's just not the same

I think that my favourite was the D300 followed by the D700

I don't think Nikon have improved on the sensor that is in the D850, have they?
 
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My Nikon "Journey" started with FE film cameras I got through three of them, and a bucket full of prime lenses, (never had a zoom 'till I went digital).
Went digital in about 2005 with a D70 then worked my way through D200, D300, D700, D750, D3s and a pair of D5's
I've now jumped ship with a pair of Z9's and a Zf, lens wise it's the "Holy Trinity" of Z 2.8 zooms for festivals and gig stuff.
Still got F mount lenses which I see no reason to change.
16mm 2.8 fisheye, 50mm 1.4 AF-S G, 105mm 2.8 AF Micro, 300mm 4.0 E PF ED and a 400mm 2.8 E FL ED

EDIT. Forgot the D850 (How could I :oops: :$ )
 
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there was just one thing I really struggled with all those Nikon cameras and it drove me mad. That was photographing anything red. I could never get the exact colour red straight out of camera. No problem with any other colour just red. Different make of lens and red still created the same issue. Be it a floer such as a red rose or persons clothing being red it made no difference. To anyone just looking at a photo would not see anything wrong, but up against the subject and ^^^^.
Not owning othe makes such as Canon I don't know if this is common with all makes of camera
With the pana G9 and G9ii this can be corrected in camera should it occur
 
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Through the years I went canon, Nikon changing as the gear got better or changing as it got worse . . Then several years ago heart failure meant a lighter system or give up , so I went Panasonic ,then Olympus over the years I have owned and used each of there top end mirrorless models . Now at an impasse reach wise due to lack of funds plus weight of lenses ..
So a few months back I had a touch of nostalgia and bought a d300s. Again sadly I found that lacking and showing its age , eventually ended up with a mint D500 and a Tamron 150-600 G2 .. the cost of this rig still falls short of a large zoom for my Olympus so I’m happy all round. Also acquired a few extra F mount lenses as there now fairly cheap .
Still got my Olympus kit both rigs do the same job but differently .and I’m enjoying the journey

And a massive thanks to all who have boosted this new thread on its first day .i spotted something missing on forum and good to see it’s working .keep them pics coming
 
Had a Russian twin lens in 1960 then privileged to use all of Nikons products as required for a few years in the 70's then bridge cameras on and off until......
Felt I owed Nikon so bought a new D3500 and then updated that to my current D5600 with an 18/140 lens which is my swan song camera.
I don't see a great difference between some of my 60+ year old images to todays images ....but I suppose it depends how big your magnifying glass is?
Have enjoyed every minute, even when she says you should have taken that one in portrait mode!!!
Capture One does help but it doesn't actually take the image!
PS. Joined a local Photo club a couple of years ago which has been quite enjoyable but they still can't understand how I have the ability to set up websites and FB pages and bring them at least up to date! ;)
 
my first Nikon was a D5200, still got it as a back up body. Now using a D810, have done for a few years, been round the clock on file numbers a few times ! lens wise my trusty Sigma 150mm f2.8 Macro is pretty much a permanent fixture on it as I mainly shoot macro, insects, fungi, flowers etc. Image below taken on 12 August 2025 :)

Glanville frits in cop, cropped for process to about 1/2 the frame - ISO 640, F18, 1/250sec. - just checked circa 72k shutter actuations so far :)

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Many decades ago I started off with a Nikon FM, then onto a FM2n, I'd a homemade darkroom in a small part of an attached garage, spent countless hours learning the craft of black & white printing -- I can still smell those chemicals........ahhhhh.

So, wind on the years and I've owned; D850/D810/D800 etc, but the only Nikon I own now is the legendary D700 which I've had for around 4/5 months and so loving the (film like) file output.

Here's a few random images I'll post here over time. Thank you.

Great thread by the way..!

D800 - 50/1.8



painterly by APM Photography, on Flickr


Regards.
peter
Scotland
 
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and another from the first few days with the lens ,very nearly returned it as it wasn't very sharp then I realised it was front focussing , cured with a micro adjust when I got back home
looking by jeff cohen, on Flickr
 
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and another from the first few days with the lens ,very nearly returned it as it wasn't very sharp then I realised it was front focussing , cured with a micro adjust when I got back home
looking by jeff cohen, on Flickr
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Male Cirl Bunting - where did you see it Jeff - somewhere in the S West,Dorset maybe
 
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