The Camera mount was a little bit too tight, but a little fine grit sandpapering to the mount surfaces has sorted all of that out. It now grips firmly, but not too firmly and we are full steam ahead with the nikon Series E fast fifty. It isn't going to win any pixel peeping competitions or bokeh battles but it is fun to use and can turn out nice pictures. I am still getting used to the characteristics of it and I love the photos it produces. It isn't as good as a modern lens in many respects, but the lack of modernity is something that is appealing. The blending of technologies that are about thirty years apart does help to get in touch your roots. The delicate touch on the focus ring and mental calculations, glancing at the barrel to check the settings reminds me of my mother taking photos of us when we were kids and gives me a greater insight into my grandfathers pride of those shots where everything came together to be just right.
Perhaps the digital cameras are finally settling in to where they should be in the progression of imaging technology. It is just another type of film, destined to be attached to the same range of interfaces. Point and click, rangefinders, SLRs and the esoteric medium formats etc.
The little tin men have become models.
As I am not doing any post processing at the moment so I thought I might play around with the creative modes. These only work in JPEG mode and as I prefer to shoot RAW they aren't on the table. Of course, you can take a RAW image and do the effects yourself but it is always fun to play around with this stuff from time to time.
Toy Camera (cool coloring) Creative Picture Mode
High Contrast Black and White Creative Picture Mode (it fires three times to take one of these then combines the images).
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