Back in 1984, when I was in College, I owned a Nikon FE2 and used it occasionally for several years. However, the usual early 20's financial issues forced me to sell it, but I promised myself that one day I would replace it. Then in 2009, I found an FE2 with some lenses on eBay for $90, a little beat up, but still functional and very similar to mine, even with the bent rewind knob.
I brought the FE2 along with me on several shoots just to make me slow down and think more about lighting, composition, and color tones. I also wanted to sharpen my Manual Focus skills and try my hand at developing some Black and White film, as I did back in High School and College.
Recently, Ive been having mechanical issues with the FE2 and decided it was time for an upgrade to another Film camera. My buddy Brian, not Robert, purchased a Nikon F100 and although it was newer, I wanted something a little beefier.
After some quick research and reviews on photo blogs, I found a used Nikon F5 in Excellent condition on KEH.com. Without hesitation, I purchased it and eagerly awaited it's arrival.
I picked up some rolls of Portra 400, Portra 800, Tri-X 400, and Ilford XP2. I also ran 4 rolls of expired 400 MAX film. Below are the images taken so far with the F5. Although not a great developer, I took the film to a local Walgreens and paid $8 per roll to have the images developed and scanned to CD.
I've tried all my Nikkor "G" lenses on this camera and they work great, and my next goal is to use it with my PocketWizards. So hopefully in the next month, I'll be creating images with the F5 using my speedlights and Paul C. Buff strobes.
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Wow!
ReplyDeleteThat F5 looks real similar to my D1.
(Nikon's first full digital camera-Not made by Kodak)
Great work Alan!