| This is the equipment used to create these photographs. | |
 Camera |
Nikon F SLR with FTn viewfinder, vintage 1969 (Bought new). The Micro-Nikkor 55mm f-3.5 close-up lens with lens ring (shown) is used for the extreme close-ups and incredible sharpness and detail. |
 Film |
All wildflowers and most scenics were photographed with Kodak Kodachrome 25 (no longer made), some Kodachrome 64 and now Fujichrome Velvia 50. Formerly used Kodachrome 10 before that was discontinued. Now all Kodachrome has been discontinued. I'd still be using Kodachrome 10 if they made it. |
 Scanner |
Minolta DiMage Scan Elite 5400 is incredible. It captures all the color, contrast, sharpness and detail that the Kodachrome captures. |
 Digital Camera |
Sony DSC-F717 Cybershot camera is superb. Five-megapixel images are excellent, but not up to the quality set by the combination of the Nikon and Kodachrome. Five-megapixel images cannot compete with 32-megapixels, which is the equivalent image from the scanned slides. |
 Digital Camera |
Sony DSC-T100 Cybershot camera is also superb. Its extremely compact size and eight-megapixel resolution make it ideal for recording images during difficult and challenging hikes where weight and bulk come at a price. The DSC-T100 has not let me down yet. |
 Digital Camera |
Nikon D-200 is another superb digital camera. Ten-megapixel images are excellent, but not up to the quality set by the combination of the Nikon F and Kodachrome. Using Photoshop, and especially with panoramas which consist of several images stitched together, the resolution of Kodachrome is now approached. But, it is still not the same, sadly. However all the lenses that I've used for years with the Nikon F, work fine with the D-200. No autofocus and autoexposure, but somehow I manage to survive. |