Yup

Nikon

My little Nikon family.

That’s Nikon with a long i sound, not a short i. America, yeah?

My Forgotten Camera

I’ve been blathering on and on about the two film cameras I recently acquired, and the digital DSLR they have re-inspired me to obsess over, but there is another camera that I have ignored through all of this.

I bought a little Nikon Coolpix S7000 back in 2015 (I think) in order to have something tiny to sneak into a couple of Rush concerts.

The last couple of times I used it the images came out bad. They were washed out and overexposed. I didn’t know why. Now, after a month or two of watching how-to-shoot in manual mode tutorials on the YouTube it occurred to me that I might want to take a look at the settings and see if anything jumps out at me.

Yup, the White Balance setting was set to always expect daylight, that’s probably why only things shot in daylight looked good. Huh. I’m charging her up right now. Let’s see if that solved the issue, shall we?

In parting, here’s a bunch of S7000 pics from the pre-pandemic, pre-“why is my white balance set like that” days.…

Just Hanging Out

I’m in the car in the driveway but I’m afraid to get out. I don’t want to scare off our new friend.

Mickey Talks

Describe Your Day

Describe your day so far with one photograph:

This was before I realized the sub rolls I bought had mold on them. Jerks.

Stranger Food

11 fans will get it.

Holy Expensive Cameras, Batman

Wow. Like…wow.

Nikon has had about 36,000 different camera models through the years. At least. My DSLR is 12 years old and it’s not going to last forever. So today I went to their website to see how much their top of the line cameras cost.

The flagship DSLR, the D6, only costs about $6,500. Not bad. The flagship non-professional class DSLR, the D500, is a veritable steal at just $1600. Groovy.

The cheapest DSLR is the D3400 at $500. Yeah, I think my friendly D90 and I are going to stay together until it disintegrates in my hands. I’m guessing it will still take good pictures even after it crumbles to dust.

What about mirrorless models? I know nothing about mirrorless cameras so don’t ask for opinions. The cheapest is the D30 at $710. The top of the line is the Z9 at $5,500. The coolest is the Zfc because it looks like a design from the 1970’s and it only costs $960.

Bargains galor!