[location | home]
[have you had a violent moodswing today | accomplished]
[the sounds of | Hollywood Nights ~ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band]
A while back I snagged a lot of “As-is” Nikon SLR cameras on eBay. There were six in all and based on the pictures three of them were actually intact, so I figured at least one would work.
Two of those SLRs were a Nikon N70 and A Nikon N80.
I put batteries in both and they both powered on. The N70, however had a flashing error message on the screen and, allegedly, a steep learning curve.
With that in mind, I went with the Nikon N80 It is compatible with the automatic lenses that I own for the D40X and D3100, so I decided to start with that one.
I went out with my slightly broken 18-55mm lens and over two days shot a very nice roll of film.
Here are some samples from yesterday:
Here are some from today:
The weather was a little better today, but you can only do so well on a dreary mid-west December day.
Also, I’m happy with the developing, which I started doing myself in the kitchen last month.
I plan to give the N70 a spin fairly soon, if I can get the error message to go away. I’ve read that it is a fairly odd ball camera. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to that one.
