This is the 3rd & the last part of the series of tests I have been running with the 1970s Nikkormat EL & the Nikkor 43 – 86mm lens. The camera, though over 40 years old, has been rarely used & so far has proved to be excellent in metering, speed & easy of use. [...]

In this second round of test of the Nikkormat EL for performance, handling & metering, I put on an equally competent lens – the Vivitar 55 – 135 mm f/3.5 Manual Lens. The lens is also from the 1970s and was very popular at that time. I shot over 3 rolls of Kodak 400 BW [...]

I recently got hold of a 1970 Nikkormal EL camera body & a couple of 1970 Nikkor manual lenses. I ran a series of test shots, in indoor-light conditions as well as a few outdoors with the Nikkor 135 mm f/2.8 Manual lens (that is from 1970 too). And the results were stunningly beautiful! A [...]

Although I am more of an outdoor photographer, shooting indoors with models & props could be lot of fun. We used props from military clothes, renaissance dress & armours but they are very costly. Most of the time we had to do with simple props like fancy hats, pipes & cigars .