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Jun 04
My Fed-3, Type A
What a fun little camera. A little quirky w/ the film winding and all but who needs batteries!
It’s a bit of a learning curve at first but I’m amazed at the quality of photos this little guy can produce. Not the Leica level of production but it’s certainly a lot of fun to burn a few rolls of film w/ this guy.
Jun 03
A Classic Still Worth It's Weight in Gold
What can you say about the classic F3 except it’s insanely cool.
The Nikon F3, a fully electronic professional specification body (With a back-up mechanical shutter speed of 1/60 sec), replaced the Nikon F2. It was the longest serving camera model Nikon has ever produced. Its simple aperture priority AE uses stepless shutter speeds from a low 8 sec to 1/2000 sec. Quartz timing is used to maintain shutter speed accuracy when switched to manual mode. It was also the first Nikon pioneered to use TTL-OTF flash exposure control, a method first invented by the Olympus OM2n but the F3 has refined and turned it into a mainstream flash feature for 35mm photography. Unlike the earlier F & F2’s concept of metered prisms, the metering cell is now integrated within the body to handle both ambient as well as TTL flash metering. It came with a superb motor drive, MD-4 which provides a top performing maximum firing rate of 6 frames per second (fps) with a Ni-Cd power source at 1/125 sec and above. It was also the last remaining pro-spec model from Nikon that still provided a mechanical back up speed. System accessories include: 6 types of viewfinders, (Standard is the DE-2 eye-level finder), multiple data back options (includes two versions of 250 exp. Bulk Film Backs) and 22 types of focusing screens to choose from to suit various photographic applications. It has a simple but very accurate center-weighted (80/20) metering system and the MD-4 will take over the power supply when mounted on the camera body. F-features such as multiple exposures and mirror-lock-up were standard. The F3 was also the first Nikon pro-oriented camera that provided integrated built-in automation. While still employing horizontal travel, its ultra-reliable shutter has a lab test result of 150,000 exposure cycles which is 50% more durable than its main contender, the Canon New F1n with 100,000 exposure cycles.
Jun 03
Pop Crickle on Rachael Ray
CrickleCompany.com won an ADDY for the E-Commerce website SPINEN did. I had the privilege of designing the site so, that was a nice little treat. In addition to Crickle being featured on Food Network’s UnWrapped show, it was the Snack of the Day on the Rachael Ray show not long ago.
Way to go Crickle!
