In a moment of madness a few days ago I bought
myself a rather old and venerable Nikon D700 full frame camera to use with a
28mm PC lens I picked up. It was cheaper than buying an adaptor for my current
system! I also bought a rather nice 24-120 zoom for normal photographic use.
I love
photographing architecture and I had been aiming to get a PC to get it right in
camera without using post processing. I bought the camera to sit behind a lens.
But I did not quite expect the other qualities of the D700 to be so
marked.
To my surprise, when I started
experimenting with this camera, I found it gave me files that had a certain magic
that my current M43 system does not have. Lovely creamy files with subtle
colour transitions.
I have been suffering a photographic block
of late; I really felt I had run out ideas and that I was repeating myself. In
a strange sort of way, I was stimulated to explore the magic that I have found
with this new camera.
I think
it has also stimulated a new direction in my photography. Even though the D700
has a sort of cult following for its output, I think an up to date Nikon FX is
a temptation that will be difficult to resist. The lager sensor does make a
difference for some types of photography.
Here is a series of pictures that are just
about shadow, light, texture and colour.
They were taken in Reggio Emilia and
Sabbioneta near Mantua.
