Ten years of photography equipment party

Old memories are so much that I always think of what I had played in my childhood and talking to my friends is also what happened. I recently chatted with my friends about the digital SLR cameras that I had played. To say digital SLR, my first contact was almost 10 years ago.

The first contact with the digital camera was the Nikon D50 . Although Nikon's most popular camera was the D2X, as a newly graduated student, the D2X was simply out of reach. However, I was still engaged in a few years later. Nikon D50 is listed in April 2005, and I was only in January 2006, came into contact with this digital SLR camera, the boss was brought over from the United States to take my photo with the product.

Thought no longer need to wash the film, the heart has inexplicable excitement (in fact, digital card machine has already had). Actually, digital cameras do bring a lot of benefits. You can take Kakaka casually without worrying about the cost of the film. Some students said that although the film does not need money, the life of the shutter should also be taken into consideration. In fact the basic shutter life can reach 100,000, which is 20,000 times a year you have to use this camera to 5 years to ensure that the manufacturer's life span, but it does not mean it is bad! My friend's D200 is said to have shot 300,000 times before the shutter.

Because I have dealt with Nikon for a long time, I have embarked on the path of mud pits.... Although in the following years I often used Canon cameras to take pictures, such as 1Ds markIII , 5D markII , 7D , 5Ds, etc., the personal line was gone. Nikon line. So in November 2006 , Nikon introduced the first entry-level SLR D40 . I just bought it on the market. This is my first digital SLR camera (the first film machine is a child's DF ), just like the first car, cheap entry SLR. The picture above is my D40 . The lens attached to the camera body is Nikon's old auto 35 2.8 . The most painful is that the D40 simplifies the metering function of the manual lens, so I have to use an external meter to measure the light.

By the way, my full set of white auto shots are displayed , and the middle of the EL is asked by a friend (in order to match the white lens). My brother uses a used Nikon F3 . In those years, there was really no money to play with photography. They were old shots of hundreds or thousands.

The auto 35mm f2.8 was often taken as the main head. The above shot was taken with the D40 . Although the old lens does not automatically measure light on the D40 , but fortunately, when the digital camera shooting, the basic estimate under the shutter value, after finishing the small screen to see, can not be adjusted.

Shanghai does not have to go to photography, but I like to play old footage, so I basically mix the third floor with the second-hand equipment area.

In 2007 , when the first digital external flash SB600 was purchased , it quickly became clear that the 600 had a lot of bad moods. In 2008 , it entered an SB800 .

This year bought the Sigma 17-35mm f2.8-4 is to update the full frame prepared (August 2007 Nikon introduced the first full-frame digital SLR camera D3, D3 of course, nothing to do with me), vision To buy a camera farther away, you must consider full-frame. For the D40 , the lens is just a little more aperture than the header, but fortunately I have no need to measure the light with the naked eye (manual focus does not matter). But later on the full frame, it was discovered that although this lens can be used, the edge imaging is poor.

Finally, after using the D40 for more than a year, I couldn't help but update my body (the lens has been written too much in all kinds of tumbling), Nikon's D200 . I can save for a long time before I can afford it. The D200 is a Nikon mid-range camera that supports manual metering. The D810 now also supports less people. Although this is an old machine released in 2005 , it is still much better than the D40 . The D200 was equipped with a 10.2 million APS-C format CCD sensor that produced very sharp images.

Although the D200 is a half-frame camera, the full-scale dream can not be shattered. I bought the second-hand full-frame lens AF-S 28-70 F2.8 for the D200 , real-time proof that this lens is right, from the D200 until the D800 this lens to accompany me through many places.

If the first full-frame camera released in 2007 , the Nikon D3 , feels that it has nothing to do with me, and in 2008 Nikon released the first full-frame quasi-professional camera D700 , which has exactly the same 51- point focus as the Nikon D3 . The system FX3500 uses the same photosensitive element as the 12 million-pixel full-frame CMOS on the Nikon D3 , and the D700 's image processor also uses the EXPEED system on the D3 . In so many respects, Nikon D700 has completely transplanted these technologies from D3 . It also became the reason that I can not D3 but must have D700 .

So in August 2009 I had the first full-frame SLR camera, then I spent 15,500 yuan. Due to the D700 's battery handle and D300 universal, so the friend's D300 set to 6,000 yuan, the original handle to install the D700 , and then sold the camera to 6,500 yuan. This is equivalent to 500 yuan to buy a second-hand original handle, to know that the original handle can be 2,500 yuan, second-hand is also at least 1000 + .

The D700 is the camera that has been following me for the longest time so far. From 2009 to 13 years, I took it to Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Northeast China, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

With full-frame, I can't resist touching a fisheye lens. I prefer to take a photo with a fisheye lens rather than a landscape.

A photo of the former Taiwan Locomotive Squad.

With fish-eye, you can easily take the top of the most beautiful subway station in Taiwan.

The first telephoto lens is Nikon's AF 80-200 F2.8 (small steel gun). But the upgraded D700 always felt that this lens is not enough, so he staged a AFS 80-200 F2.8 (large steel gun) probably cost me 10000 Ocean. At that time, the mainstream telephoto lens was the AFS 70-200mm f2.8 (bamboo cannon). It was said that the sharpness was not as good as that of the big steel cannon and therefore the bamboo shooter was not considered (the price is really an important reason). Of course, after the cannonball 2 was out, I couldn't hold the temptation to change one.

For the first time in 10 years, contact the axis shift lens, Nikon PC-E 85 mm/f2.8 D Micro . Nikon launched three shift lenses that were 24mm/f3.5 , 45mm/f2.8 , and 85mm/f2.8 . The reason why I would buy 85mm is because there are friends rushing out, so I ended up with a very cost-effective price, probably playing for 2 months feeling 85mm lens is too long, so I added 500 yuan to let go. The following is the shift lens shooting effect.

Here I'll talk about some tips for buying second-hand lenses. I think buying second-hand equipment, especially lenses, is really a way to save money. Not only can you save money but you can often earn more.

The lens looks more convenient, mainly to see if there are mildew, if the lens is moldy and then cheaper, it doesn't make sense. The observation method is very simple, just dial the aperture ring lever (Canon's no use) to see the light on it. To ensure that each lens is perfect, as to how much the internal dust does not have to be too tangled, of course, dust is also an important factor affecting the quality of second-hand lens, if the lens more dust, or there is a large particle dust is a good opportunity to bargain definitely can not put Over.

For the lens, the coating is very important, a good coating can prevent glare, dispersion, but also increase the light transmittance. Since the lens coating is directly exposed to the air in front of the first lens, its integrity is directly dependent on the user's maintenance. If properly maintained, the lens still has considerable use value, but if the lens coating is damaged, the value of the lens will be greatly reduced. When selecting, you can align the lens with the sun and carefully observe the integrity of the coating to see if there are any scratches. It should be noted that when viewing the lens coating, remove the UV lens in front of the lens and observe it. If the coating is seriously damaged, then there is no need to bargain. Both the image effect and the re-sale.

In addition to the optics such as the lens and coating, the mechanical part of the used lens should also be a focus of investigation. In a good-looking lens, the hands of the zoom ring and the focus ring are moderately damped, smooth, and free from overhangs, indicating that the internal mechanical parts are working well. If the zoom ring is too loose, you can bargain for this reason. If you become too loose, you can't use it to change another one. However, when rotating the zoom ring, there is a problem with the damping feel. For example, when the rotation process feels stuck, too tight and too loose, there is no need to consider buying it. Although I often sell used shots, I don't think much about the body.

It wasn’t until 13 years ago that I sold the D700 and sold it for about 8,000 yuan, including the original handle. Then the 13,500 yuan bought a Nikon D800 . At the time, it also considered the D800E . However, the gap between the imaging effects of these two cameras did not reach the point where I could spend 3,000 yuan to pay for it.

The Fuji X-Pro1 is my first rangefinder digital camera, which has a 16 -megapixel APS-C format 6- by- 6 pixel array X-Trans CMOS sensor, an opto-electric hybrid viewfinder, and 1.23 million pixels. 3 inch LCD screen, but unfortunately this machine does not use the FX format sensor, plus Fuji's early micro-focus system compared pit father, so play six months also point the bottom of the box. However, I prefer the X100T over X-PRO1.


By the time of 14 years, the camera was taken out of the camera and turned into a aerial camera. Dajiang Wizard 2 was the first drone I had contacted. This aircraft has a 5200mAh battery and the actual flight time is about 20 minutes. The maximum pitch angle is 35 °, and the maximum flight speed is 15m/s . The actual highest flight altitude can reach the 12th floor. The camera sensor is 1/2.3 inch 14 million pixels and can shoot 1080P video.

The strange design of the early Xinjiang drone was the repeater above the remote control. This device was used to transmit video data. Strangely weird that this device is independent of the remote control exists alone, that is if you want to take out with Dajiang Wizard 2 to shoot, you must charge three things, the aircraft, remote control and repeater. Fortunately, this humanity design wizard 3 was canceled, although the lowest elf with 3 and 2 on behalf of almost the same, but the relay is still in the design of the remote control.

From Dajiang Wizard 2 we have been playing to Elf 4 , and after experiencing almost all Elf products, we have some experience. Here are some little experiences I have with drones.

What is the difference between 2999 yuan and 8999 yuan drone? In recent years, drones have swept the world, whether it is used for aerial photography, pesticides, delivery ... ... abound. Even if there are many choices of drones for domestic leisure aerial photography, from hundreds of small planes to large planes with several tens of thousands of dollars, then how many different are the performance of these drones?

to sum up:

Since the video editing was done, more cameras have been contacted, be it Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Sony Olympus, etc. However, due to the busy work, not only did not go out to shoot proofs but also how to go out to take pictures, and some years have not been to the secondary market, and always feel that now has not been able to find that feeling back then. However, it is also confirmed that playing photography is not only three generations old but also the better the equipment is.

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