mrjallen

<p>Thanks, Mike and Michael.</p> <p>Although I said 1997 up above for my original purchase, I think now that it was 1996. I read about the camera in, perhaps, Outside magazine, and I bought it for its supposed great lens. However, it's the right-angle finder that I liked. Realistically, I am not sure I could tell any qualitative differences with the lens as opposed to any other because I always got my film developed at local labs (Walmart, for example) or the occasional mail-out service. Unfortunately, I cannot find the negatives for those pics, or others I took back in the late 90s and early 2000s--thus, my reliance on low-end Walmart scans for the above pics. I edited the pics a bit on my computer, lightening the shadows to reveal some extra detail and smoothing out the grain just a bit.</p> <p>I plan on using it more often now and getting the film developed at a "real" place that does high-res scans. Of course, I have toyed with the idea of selling it on the famed auction site, since this camera draws unreasonable prices. Too bad I didn't keep the original packaging for it. By selling the camera, I could buy a nice old Nikkor 135mm or larger lens and have money left over. We'll see.<br> <br /> The river above is the Black Warrior River in west-central Alabama--the Redneck Riviera, as we call it.</p>

<p>After reading this forum daily for a LONG time, I finally registered a couple weeks ago. I also check in on the Modern Film Cameras (MFC) forum daily, noticing that a stray traveler traipses through it every now and again. Meanwhile, this one is heavily trafficked.</p> <p>I just posted on the MFC forum about my Yashica T4 Super, all the while knowing that I could expect few if any responses. However, that forum was undoubtedly the proper place. Now, when it comes to the genre of cameras that includes the Nikon FE/FE2/F3, this forum seems like a natural spot, since the evolution of cameras was subtle. I agree with other posters who mentioned the combining of these two fora into a single Film forum.</p>

<p>I had been cruising down the river in a boat when I decided to stop, float, and enjoy the quiet.</p><div></div>

<p>Here's one when the fog descended. Note the drop of water on the front element. I used the built-in flash since I had no tripod.</p><div></div>

<p>Here are some photos I took at dusk on the river back in 2003. I had originally bought a Yashica T4 Super around 1997, and then I replaced it with another in 1998 after the first one was stolen. I still use it.</p> <p>The first two photos were taken at dusk right after a heavy rainstorm, when fog descended on the river. I took them handheld, when a tripod would have been better. Film was Kodak BW400CN. Note that the film was developed and scanned at Wal-mart back then--quality was marginal, at best.</p><div></div>

<p>The CMC sub-forum is my favorite of the various forums I read daily, so, after 7-8 years of lurking here, I finally registered and am now posting for the first time. There are just too many neat cameras and folks here who have a better artistic eye than I. My lone CMC, which really falls under the Modern Film Camera sub-forum, is a Nikon FE2. Its more modern mate is a Nikon N8008.<br> The day's last sunlight. <br> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17835827-lg.jpg" alt="" width="511" height="357" /><br> Nikon FE2; Nikkor 50mm f/2 AI; Fujicolor C200, developed/scanned at Costco. A bit saturated as scanned.</p>