70s Nikons: Nikomat with 50mm f/1.4 lens (taken at f/5.6, nose & body in some focus)
This was the camera that I learned photography on. All manual. You set the exposure by spinning dials and watching the light meter, the way god intended. None of this "sports mode" or "flowers mode" or "landscapes mode" crap.
These cameras belonged to my parents before I was born, when my dad was stationed in the army in Germany. There, they bought the Nikkormat (all manual) and the slightly newer Nikomat (auto-shutter, manual aperture). By the time I was given the cameras to learn on in the late 90s, they were around 35 years old.
70s Nikons: Nikomat with 50mm f/1.4 lens (taken at f/5.6, nose & body in some focus)
This was the camera that I learned photography on. All manual. You set the exposure by spinning dials and watching the light meter, the way god intended. None of this "sports mode" or "flowers mode" or "landscapes mode" crap.
These cameras belonged to my parents before I was born, when my dad was stationed in the army in Germany. There, they bought the Nikkormat (all manual) and the slightly newer Nikomat (auto-shutter, manual aperture). By the time I was given the cameras to learn on in the late 90s, they were around 35 years old.