Two bits of old gear today, the Nikon D50 I got so cheap, and for another $40, I picked up another Nikkor 70-210mm
lens for my sister. The lens has issues with the CPU, and it REALLY needs to be babied to get shots. It goes from
smooth as silk in it's push/pull zoom action and perfect pics, to messed up, rough action that produces flashing and
erratic numbers on the LCD status display and shoots either a all black or all whited out shot when it does so.
When it starts that $hi+, I jerk off the zoom a bit and it smooths out and takes great pics again. It has fine optics
and makes the D50 look like a great camera...For the life of me I cannot figure out how it messes up it's action.
The CPU issues I can see.
This last shot is properly metered, but as the guy was smoking down the street, I couldn't exactly set in
any exposure compensation to overcome the camera seeing his headlights and the dappled late afternoon
sun. I just liked the pic. The camera perfectly stopped his motion while still giving a dynamic feel to the shot.
Yes the rider is dark, but I explained that earlier. I had to just shoot it or miss it.
And again, these are just walking around lens and body test shots, but so far, this body and lens have produced
the best test pics I have taken since I began this odyssey.