by John Crane | Aug 2, 2024 | Inspiration, Long Term Review, Power Consumption
Nikon F6 Power Consumption. Q: Are the Nikon F6’s electronic advancements worth its ability to provide power for those advancements? You decide. A: When I purchased the F6 I also purchased the MB-40 battery pack. At the time it made sense. I had been used to...
by Jim Schinner, Jr. | Jul 25, 2023 | Auto Focus, Inspiration, Technical, Technical Features
The Nikon F6 has many amazing features. There’s one that often gets overlooked, the autofocus. Perhaps this is because those who continue to shoot film tend to take photographs over which they have complete control, i.e., the ability to meticulously set-up the shot,...
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...