Nikon N80 with AF Nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5 D

[PFMcFarland]

When you buy a used camera and lens from a charity auction site, you can only hope for the best. I got lucky with this combo. Loaded with Kodak Ultramax 400, I went in search of the usual subjects to test it out.

Macro mode

Macro Puff by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Bright sun doesn’t faze this combo

By-Gone by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Matrix metering at work

In The Shadow by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Good focus in low light

Forewarned by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Hand held at 1/8 sec

McFall’s Creek by P F McFarland, on Flickr

See all the photos and commentary at https://flic.kr/s/aHskvLExbn

PF

[minoly]

You got a winning combination for sure, Phil; I don't see how you could improve on it, actually. The crib/shed is great, particularly with the faint tree outlines in the background. I bet you'll use this outfit a lot.
Bill Delehanty

[Brazile]

A good find!

Robert

[Bennybee]

Yes, great combo you have there. I like the N80 (F80 over here) because of the possibility to call up that illuminated grid
in the viewfinder. I wish my F100 could do that trick.

[PFMcFarland]

Thanks, guys. I don't think I've ever gotten such good results with Ultramax 400 before, sharpness wise. Everywhere I look, folks say the 28-105 is a sweetheart of a lens.

BTW, Benny, you can get an E screen for the grid in an F100. Mine came that way. I've still got to go through the manual to see what the custom functions are, and how to select them. Still waiting for it to uncurl under some books.

PF

[Bennybee]

Phil, a few years ago I bought a minty E screen for my F3HP and had a bad experience with those. Although the screen looks like new, I discovered that the horizontal lines are not quite horizontal ! So, I tend to avoid E screens now .

[LarryD]

The N80 is a good camera.

[BillyBob]

"In the Shadow" is spectacular, but for some reason my favorite is "Forewarned". Very very nice!

I have that same lens - usually mounted on an F90 (non-S). Perhaps mine's busted; my pics never turn out that good ;->

Cheers!
Bill