Nikon F100 in Late Spring NYC

[minoltaman]

Well, I'm still a Minolta fan at heart, but I recently sold off some of my camera collection as well as a bunchload of 8mm film equipment in order to buy a Nikon F100 with 2 Tamron zoom lenses, 19-35mm and 28-200mm, as well as the MB15 battery/vertical grip and an SB28 flash unit.

Man, this camera is insane! Lots to learn but I'm hooked!

I recently took it out to shoot a test roll at Wave Hill Gardens which is located in my northwest Bronx neighborhood of Riverdale.

I found this film I've never seen before at my local drugstore: Kodak Color Plus 200....which is new stock with an expiration date of 7/2010! Price: $4.35/roll.

I will be going back to this drugstore today or tomorrow to buy at least 3 or 4 more rolls.

I love this film!! Long live film!!

Thank you for looking!

Looking West from Wave Hill Gardens towards the Palisades and New Jersey
with a glimpse of the Hudson River.


A bee feasting on the bounty.


Small field of tiny flowers.


Detail of the bark of a unique species of pine tree.

[renaldo]

These pics are quite nice. Says a lot for the Tamron lenses as 3rd. party quality.

Among my Nikon stable of 6 cameras...it is always a hard choice which to shoot...my F4s or the F100.

[minoltaman]

Hello Renaldo and thank you!

I'm very happy with the Tamron lenses so far. The lenses came with the camera so I just started shooting away. I had no previous experience with Nikon gear (aside from using my brother's N65 on 2 trips to Europe years ago) but I think I'll enjoy using this system to the fullest.

I had used some Vivitar Series 1 zoom lenses with my Minolta Maxxum and was pretty happy with the results they produced. I think Tamron zooms might be just a bit better than the Vivitar ones.

So you have quite a few Nikons? What lenses do you recommend? I guess Nikkor, right?

If I were to get a 2nd Nikon body, which one do you think I should get:

F4, F5, F6, or another F100? What about the N80 or N90's?

Cheers,
Tommy

[renaldo]

Hi Tommy...

My Nikon cameras consist of EM, FG, FM2n, F3HP, F4s, N80 and F100. Hm...guess that adds up to 7 and not 6 as I previously stated.

I have a set of various focal length lenses, E series, for the EM. My AF lenses in Nikkor are...
50/1.4, 20-35/2.8, 24-120, 105/2.8, 80-400 and a Nikon mount Tamron 28-300. The ones I use the most are the Tamron 20-300, Nikkor 24-120 and Nikkor 80-400. Both the Nikkor 24-20 and the Tamron 28-300 are great walkaround lenses. The Tamron I like so much and the zoom range is nice, so it tends to be most used lens.

As to cameras...I do not particularly care for the F5 and F6. They enter the realm of being too sophistacated with lots of 'bells and whistles'. For my purposes of scenics and portraits the F4s serves the bill excellently and is the last of Nikon's pro models not offering all the gimmics.
The N80 and F100 also have more gizmos than I really use, but are both fine cameras...with the F100 being more pro-oriented.

For simplicity and having a backup that operates exactly as the main camera, I would go with another F100. And a good used one can be obtained for a reasonable price. Yes...from one of your NYC houses. Also...I have and really appreciate and like the battery grips that allow for shutter and other controls when holding the camera vertically.

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If you have an F100, get an F4 as your second body. The last F model with a real shutter speed dial. No other Nikon has the feel of an F4. And it will meter with virtually any Nikkor ever made.