Today’s Bacon | Jon
Monday, June 1st, 2009
by Joe
I took this photo with a Nikon D200 DSLR and Micro Nikkor 105/2.8 lens combo on a tripod with the lens stopped down to f/5.6 - just enough to blur the background so as to highlight the front camera, but not enough to completely blur the shape of the cameras at the back and spoil the effect of the five cameras lined up. I used a light box so as to avoid having to use the harsh light of a flash, and cropped the top and bottom slightly so the final image fitted a 4:3 format, then tweaked colour and sharpness slightly using Nikon View.
I was about to pack one of the cameras (3rd from the front in the photo) to send to the US, and my wife suggested I take a “group portrait” of it with my other Nikon rangefinders before doing so. The black Nikon SP cameras in the photo are actually quite rare (only 2,500 made) so having three in the one place at the one time was special for a Nikon rangefinder fan like myself! I think most people think of Nikon as an SLR and compact camera manufacturer, and haven’t really heard about the rangefinders, so its fun to take photos of (and with) these cool cameras to share with others.
I love film and I love the look of old film cameras. Immediately upon seeing this photo I started to drool.
Exposure: 1/4
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 105mm
ISO: 100
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