Re discovering my old Nikon F60

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I have just been having a rummage in my loft, and I have found my old Nikon F60 film camera. I have had the camera for years I bought it brand new and only used it a couple of times. It has been safely packed away in it's original box, and it looks brand new.

I am just toying with the idea of shooting with some film, I know it will sound silly, but I am just thinking where to start :thinking: With digital it's simply, stick in the memory card, snap away and view results!

For some reason it seems a little daunting, I have to track down where to buy some film. Then I have to take care as to what I am shooting, well I don't want to waste those 24, or is it 36 shots ? Then I have to take them to get developed, then I have to pay to be able to see the results.

I know I said is seems a little daunting, but maybe I mean exciting.
 
If you want some cheap film, Poundland sell Kodak film.
 
jonbeeza said:
I am just toying with the idea of shooting with some film, I know it will sound silly, but I am just thinking where to start :thinking: With digital it's simply, stick in the memory card, snap away and view results!



I know I said is seems a little daunting, but maybe I mean exciting.
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With film its simply stick some film in it, snap away and get it developed..:D

If you can use a D60, you can use an F60, its that simple.
You do have to be mindful that you only have 36 shots but you do not need to see what you have shot there and then, if you take care with your subjects and framing, and the camera meters well, why would they be any different to what you see on the back of a D60 ?.....apart from having a physical copy on film that exists as a real object that imo looks better anyway, its exactly the same..:)

The caveat with film is that in the 21st century we force it to compete as a digital file, that means adding a 3rd party to render your film image as a digital file, often scanners and their technology do not live up to our expectations or do justice to the film frames we produce, but that's something we gotta live with if we want to display as digital media.
 
Oh, and live with the fact that you'll spend your first couple of rolls taking a shot and then instinctively looking at the back to check the exposure on the LCD! You'll only look like a numpty to those who know :)
 
joxby said:
With film its simply stick some film in it, snap away and get it developed..:D

If you can use a D60, you can use an F60, its that simple.
You do have to be mindful that you only have 36 shots but you do not need to see what you have shot there and then, if you take care with your subjects and framing, and the camera meters well, why would they be any different to what you see on the back of a D60 ?
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Just with me getting used to digital, I was not too worried about making a mess of a shot, as I like most people would simply view the image, then simply take another if it did not seem to be a good one.

Most of my shots would not be too good, I might get a really good one out of 20 to 30 shots, maybe more. So on that basis, I would need to through a few rolls of film, before I got a really good one :gag:




Cuchulainn said:
Oh, and live with the fact that you'll spend your first couple of rolls taking a shot and then instinctively looking at the back to check the exposure on the LCD! You'll only look like a numpty to those who know :)
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I did half wonder where the memory card slot was :cuckoo:
 
I was in exactly the boat as you 18 months ago and now I own umpteen film cameras and use them much more than my digi stuff. There is something about the waiting for the films to come back from the developers that makes it much more exciting than just uploading to a computer.

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
There is something about the waiting for the films to come back from the developers that makes it much more exciting than just uploading to a computer.
Andy
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Yes that's what I mean, it's the anticipation of finding out. :)
 
I also just dug my F60 out, was given it a few years back but never used it....

can I ask one question re the lens I have a 28-200 sigma 72mm is it of any real use with any dslr?
 
I use my old F60, often for capturing candids of other toggers amongst other things.

Usually put a HP5 through it.

Only hiccup it gives me as I sometimes get hold of non DX film....Unlike my canon eos slr, the F60 won't work with non DX coded films!

Get out there and hacve some fun with it!
 
zad said:
can I ask one question re the lens I have a 28-200 sigma 72mm is it of any real use with any dslr?
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It will give you a FOV of around 300mm at its long end on an APS-C body. The superzooms don't have the IQ of shorter zooms, but most are still pretty good at normal enlargement sizes.
 
Cheers for the info :) I need to find a cheap Nikon dslr then.....
 
zad said:
Cheers for the info :) I need to find a cheap Nikon dslr then.....
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Just not any of the cheap Nikon dslr's that don't have an AF motor built in (like the D40, D60 etc). Your lens won't AF on them.
 
Dave1 said:
It will give you a FOV of around 300mm at its long end on an APS-C body. The superzooms don't have the IQ of shorter zooms, but most are still pretty good at normal enlargement sizes.
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sorry to be a bit of a pedant but a 200 mm lens on a 1.5 crop sensor will give the same angle of view as a 300mm lens on a full frame ( 35mm ) sensor
 
Dave1 said:
It will give you a FOV of around 300mm at its long end on an APS-C body. The superzooms don't have the IQ of shorter zooms, but most are still pretty good at normal enlargement sizes.
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donutagain said:
sorry to be a bit of a pedant but a 200 mm lens on a 1.5 crop sensor will give the same angle of view as a 300mm lens on a full frame ( 35mm ) sensor
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:thinking:

aren't you both arriving at the same place via slightly different routes..:)
 
donutagain said:
sorry to be a bit of a pedant but a 200 mm lens on a 1.5 crop sensor will give the same angle of view as a 300mm lens on a full frame ( 35mm ) sensor
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I don't get what you mean, pedant or not ;)

I said
It will give you a FOV of around 300mm at its long end on an APS-C body.
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You said
a 200 mm lens on a 1.5 crop sensor will give the same angle of view as a 300mm lens on a full frame
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How is saying the same thing in a slightly different way being a pedant?
 
lol you both lost me even saying it in different ways ;)
 
zad said:
lol you both lost me even saying it in different ways ;)
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Simply put, an APS-C body has a smaller sensor than full frame 35mm, to work out the field of view when you attach a lens to an APS-C body you need to multiply by 1.5 (Nikon) or 1.6 (Canon). So in the lens example above the 28-200mm will give a FOV of around 44-300mm.
 
Thanks Dave1,

I have borrowed a 300D and had a few good practice shots etc but its not really been looked after, so now have borrowed a 20D while I search for my first Nikon D70 so I can keep costs to a minimum..
 
Cuchulainn said:
Oh, and live with the fact that you'll spend your first couple of rolls taking a shot and then instinctively looking at the back to check the exposure on the LCD! You'll only look like a numpty to those who know :)
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:lol: Do this all the time
 
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