Today's nonsense: The D40X with my Nikon Nikkor-Zoom 100-300mm f/5.6 manual lens from the 1970s.
One thing I particularly like about this combination is that it accidentally recreates the experience many photographers had in the late film era: long manual-focus glass, deliberate composition, and no safety net. The D40x's CCD sensor and the old Nikkor seem oddly well matched in temperament. Neither is especially forgiving, but together they produce images with a lot of personality.
I'm not underestimating the historical coolness factor here. A Zoom-Nikkor 100-300mm f/5.6 was introduced when Jimmy Carter was president. I'm mounting it on a DSLR from the mid-2000s and photographing flowers in 2026. That's nearly half a century of camera technology collaborating on a single image.
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