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    My favourite walk-around camera

    Is the odd one in my collection: 95% of my gear is Canon, but this Nikon Df has captured my heart as a walk-around camera. I am still coming to grips with the different things about this camera: the rotation of the lens is opposite to the Canon, different control locations, but I am encouraged for what it can do as an all-in-one unit. I have the equivalent in the Canon EOS 5DMkIII, with the Canon 28-300L lens, but it weighs about twice as much and is much more bulky.

    I went on an evening photo shoot to capture textures, patterns, tones and shadows in the city. We weren't helped when the sun promptly went behind a cloud for most of the duration!

    All images are taken hand-held, using the Nikkor 28-300 3.5-5.6 ED lens.

    #1 Windows from another perspective
    My favourite walk-around camera
    300mm, f9, 1/200sec, ISO 400

    #2 Waves of shadows
    My favourite walk-around camera
    300mm, f7.1, 1/400sec, ISO 400

    #3 Off the grid
    My favourite walk-around camera
    300mm, f6.3, 1/400sec, ISO400

    #4 Textured shadows
    My favourite walk-around camera
    135mm, f5.6, 1/30sec, ISO 400

    #5 Dingy alley
    My favourite walk-around camera
    56mm, f9, 1/5 sec, ISO 800, -1EV
    Last edited by Tronhard; 20th September 2018 at 08:07 AM. Reason: Replaced Dim with Dingy in #5 Title

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Nice images, Trev.


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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Interesting set, Trevor. I like the 3rd shot. It says something about our digital age. The 5th one - Dim Alley - might look more like a dim alley if you pulled the lighting down a bit. JMHO.

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Hi Greg
    Thank you for your comments!
    The image #5 actually started off much darker but without detail and I wanted to get the effect of the lights and the rather dingy area without losing a lot to shadow. It looks a bit darker as a print I might add.

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Nice series, I really like the alleyway shot.

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Beautifully done. The alleyway shot for mine.
    Cheers Ole

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Quote Originally Posted by mugge View Post
    Beautifully done. The alleyway shot for mine.
    Cheers Ole
    Me too. Pity about the aircon unit though but under your control. Nice creative set of images..

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    Re: My favourite walk-around camera

    Nice set, Trev. With your stated goal I'd say you did well.

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