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Test Drive with the F100

December 21, 2011 / Film, Neighborhoods, Plant Life

Earlier this month I hunted around for a used Nikon F100 and finally got it in my hot little mitts last week. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it — going back to 35mm feels so good. It’s great being able to spend more time on a single scene again instead of being uber-deliberate, which is how I am with medium format since it’s more expen$ive to shoot and develop.

To put it simply: I’m in L-O-V-E. I’m never putting this puppy down. The things I love most about it aren’t evident in the photos it produces, though…

For example, how it’s built just like my dSLRs (or, I should say, how my dSLRs are built just like my F100). One issue I’ve been facing when I shoot on my manual SLRs is the difference in handling. I always get tripped up when going from one camera to the next — they feel different in my hands, knobs turn this way, aperture rings turn that way, etc. — and in turn it takes me time to get used to it, every time.

But I can go back and forth between my D700 and F100 in a completely fluid manner. They might as well be the same camera. Except when I instinctively look at the back of my F100 after taking a photo I just get flushed and my best friend laughs at me. :)

My F100 also came with a battery grip, and as you can tell from the photos that I promise are coming soon (Just shut up already and get to the photos, Kim!), I’m super duper in love with having an extra shutter release. No more T-Rex hand when I want to shoot vertically!

(…Are we there yet?!)

The following photos were taken today and yesterday, around Mississippi and Irvington, as I feverishly blew through a roll of cheap film so I could see what this bad boy is made of. As luck would have it, it’s made of awesome. This bad boy’s gonna fit right in with my Portland lifestyle.

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

Nikon F100 - Portland lifestyle photographer - Portland Oregon

I saw lots of cats on my walk, too. :)

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