Calling Christine Dubois or other photographers

I helped a friend move this week and while doing so, he found an old film SLR that he gifted me. Ive always wanted a digital SLR so help me understand what Im workin with in the transition to digital.

1. Is there any significant value to the camera body or lenses?

2. Can I sell the old body and use the existing lenses with a new Nikon digital body?

The model names looks like gibberish to a novice like me....

Camera Body: Nikon N80 (Film)
Zoom Lens: Nikon ED AF Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 D
Close Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.3-5.6 G
Wide Lens: Vision Optics - Macro 0.5X Digital

Thanks

 

I have a Nikon N70. I love it and it takes awesome pics. I haven't even thought of selling it but then again I have the camera I had before that too tucked away in a drawer somewhere. :smt042

You should play around with it before you sell it at least.

 

Its the "film" factor. I just dont want to learn on film I have to take to the drug store and pay to get developed :smt012

Its a pretty Sunday, you should post some of your work in the nature pics thread while Tamstrong takes pee breaks

 

I come back to you, the type designations are different in US and outside US..That Nikon Body is a non digital camera.. The point is that I think it's possible to use the objectives with a digital camera body, but the AF won't work, the exposure won't work (what means you need an external one, what costs min. 200 usd)and the display/ detail won't be correct. But I will check it out.

In general I think you should keep the wole and use it as it is (pics are still nice)

or you start a new digital camera with a zoom for a few hundred Dollars, but mixing.. but I'll check it..

 

Some manufacturers, for example Minolta, Canon and Nikon, chose to make their DSLRs 100% compatible with their existing SLR lenses in the beginning, allowing owners of new DSLR's to continue to use their existing lenses and get a longer lifespan from their investment. Others, for example Olympus, chose to create a completely new lens mount and series of lenses for their DSLRs.

As implied by the above, lenses are only directly interchangeable within the "mount system" for which they are built. Mixing mounting systems requires an adapter, and most often results in compromises such as loss of functionality, i.e. auto focus or automatic aperture control. Further, in some cases the adapter will require an additional optical element to correct for varied registration distances (the distance from the rear of the mount to the focal plane on the image sensor or film). Additionally, there are instances where an adapter is not available.


So- it is possible with an adapter, but only with making compromises..I would say, go to a shop, put that adapter between another dslr body and one of your objectives and check a few pics out. If the price and the quality is ok for you, fine. you can change the objectives later step by step...these objectives you have were pretty expensive a few yrs ago and they are all original Nikkor , what means one of the best lenses of the world- only Leica is better.

The big Zoom 70-300mm could make problems for the adapter, but check it out!

 

Thanks CDB!!

I dont believe in selling gifts that friends and family give me but if I use all of the money toward a new digital SLR, I'll feel better about it.

Question....Are there any "starter" DSLRs that you recommend that also result in relatively good quality photos and options?

 

For the two Nikkors you should get between 250 - 300 USD, the body costs new 500.--USD, so maybe half, the digital objective Makro I don't know and find. So maybe all together has a value around 500-600USD/ used.

 

What is your budget Max?

I love the Canon SLR's but they are not cheap. You need to haunt a few photography forums and look at pics from certain cameras. And then check reviews and features.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...ourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=canon+pics+from+slr

 

where is my post?:smt017

I was telling you that the new cameras by Canon, Nikon, Olympus or Pentax are all very good. For normal taking pictures, as a tourist , portraits or your dogs, some nature, a normal middle class camera is more than ok. Take more care of original objectives and short zoom ranges.

I was always a Nikon girl, but this time I changed to Canon, one of this two I would advice, because of the quality of the objectives

 

My budget is basically whatever I get from selling the old camera plus a tad more. I dont want to throw a bunch of money at a new hobby.

Yea, I'll definitely do a few google searches. I'll Especially look through Flickr albums.

Thanks Christine. I'll mainly be taking shots of landscapes, buildings, exotic cars and a few artsy semi-macro shots..

 

Is this your specialty Christine?

 

Then you are mainly in the wide-angle range..if possible take an objective between 17-50mm (around 800.-- Euros), or you take a fix focal length objective around 24 or 35 mm (around 300.00Euros) and another one between 50mm to 70mm. I prefer fix ones, but most like zooms, so it's a personal decision.

Sample


This pic, you see has no shadows..what means you have to work with available light. It is made with a 50mm/4.0 (it means normal perspective and the light that comes through the objective is middle, the best would be 1.8/2.4, the worst 5.6). The better this is the more possibilities you have, if the object is still, you can handle with changing times (here it was 1/60sec. ) and the ISO (here 400). Another point is that with f/4.0, you have no depth of sharpness, what is intentionally in this pic.

Camera was EOS 550D


another sample


this is a typical wide-angle pic. 24mm,f/4.5,1/60s, ISO 125
The camera is Nikon D 7000

 

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/eos_slr_camera_systems/eos_digital_slr_cameras/eos_rebel_t2i_ef_s_18_55mm_is_kit

In USA they call it "Rebel T2i", in rest of the world it's "EOS550D"...

This one seems to be perfect for you. The zoom is 18-55mm..check it out, the price is very nice,too.​

 

Im in negotiations with a guy on craigslist selling a brand new Canon 600D/T3i with 18-55mm IS kit lens. He started at $635 and I have him down to $615. Yea, its not much difference but I want to get him down to $600

He also has a Canon 55-250mm F/4.0-5.6 IS zoom lens brand new that hes selling for $165. Its $240 in a retail store. It has plastic parts and is basically a starter lens but its priced very well.

 

:smt023

That is indeed great!! Then you have the full range of objectives, you just need a makro, sometimes..

 

I passed on the 55-250mm lens but did buy the brand new in box 600D/T3i with 18-55mm kit lens for $615. Not bad considering it goes for $750 plus tax in store.

Thanks for your help Christine and Jordan. I'll post a few bad shots soon....

 

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Thank you for your big effort. The hawks or birds in general are to realize, the same with horses-what I find interesting is the spider, but spiders are many times negative, because a lot of people don't like them..the natural catastrophes are difficult to realize and to make visual on a pic and you need the chance to take the pics, now.. I am looking for a situation, I can create now, controlled and out of a perspective, we are not used to see.. My idea was that a balloon explodes by a high heel, but the balloon just lost air..no explosion at all:smt043, or maybe you've seen the pics of the ants, on one you see how the ant lifts a weight...something with a clear message, controlled and to realise.