by John Crane | Nov 14, 2022 | Black and White, Inspiration
Recently I had the privilege of contributing to a unique and creative project called River Music, by David M. Merritt of Moonlight Studios. David is a hydrologist, and through the miracle of creativity and technology, used flow data from four separate rivers to...
by John Crane | Mar 13, 2021 | Inspiration
As we set out on the path there are milestones of our own making. So when one of those milestones approaches, well… it’s kind of a thing. Such was realized this past Christmas break as my 500th roll of film through the F6 approached. I wanted it to be...
by John Crane | Feb 9, 2021 | Inspiration
Recently during a trip to Utah with my son Matthew, an aspiring candid portrait photographer himself, he made a frame of me working with my F6 that I actually liked – which for me is not a common occurrence. I began wondering if this whole ‘selfie’...
by John Crane | Dec 17, 2020 | 4042n, Color Photography, Colorado Piedmont, Inspiration
Old stuff is just better. Going through images recently I came across this one, made several years ago while prowling around Colorado’s eastern plains. I’d been focused on an old fire truck parked in the shade of the volunteer fire station for an hour or...
by John Crane | Oct 22, 2020 | Longevity, Service and Repair, Technical
No, Nikon is not ceasing production of the F6. Rather, Nikon has issued a partial recall of 152 Nikon F6’s manufactured or sold after July 22, 2019. For the time being, the recall only affects the following serial number’ed cameras: 16 years and still...