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Help with Nikon F90,AF Nikkor lense ((Nikon f90: 75-300mm))
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I’ve just recieved a temporary loan of a Nikon (Nikon f90: 75-300mm 14.5.6) from a retired French photographer. He’s well respected by all accounts and the work I have seen by him is great. So’s anyhoo I’m telling him about this photojournalism course I’m doing in college, I was talking about not being able to take sports photos with a Nikon d40. So he leaves the dinner table and toddles off to get a camera.
He brings back this film camera the Nikon f90 with a 300mm AF lense , I guess I’ve gotten used to digital and how easy it makes things. Now I’ve got to contend with developing the negatives and digitising as well. So anyways, I was wondering if anyone could advise me how I might find an instruction manual for this F90 as well as info on the lense (which is quite a monster, the AF is very quick, and the range is better than anything I’ve had so far).
There’s also a very specific kind of film which he warned must be used in a lot of light, 36 exposures (10-15 of which I wasted), so I’ve only got 20 left.I’ve included a pic to encourage anyone out there who might be able, to help me source instructions, or just chew the fat about this machine and how I can use it to take good photos on it :-)
Hi Don,
im pretty new to the photography scene but have been using a Nikon F80 for the past couple of months, im kinda just really getting to grips with it now.
I bought it off ebay without the manual and also bought a magic lantern guide to the F80 (im sure there is a F9o version) from amazon, which was a help. The 35mm photographers handbook is another good buy.That looks a whopper of a lens! Are you using a tripod? I use mine for almost every shot and it really does help. Some people say you need to be at 1/60 of a second to hand hold but with a big lens like that maybe it would need to be quicker?
What film are you using? If your shooting black and white you cant go far wrong with Kodak Tri X 400.
One thing about shooting film, you need to think about your shots alot more, slow down, keep a record of all settings as well.. Helps when your looking at prints.
Hope some of this helps. Im just learning myself.
Sinead.Out of intrest.. Why cant you take you take sports photos with the D40?
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