Luger photography, Norm's way.

Norme · 01-10-2022, 03:56 PM

Hi Mac, The photos you see above were all taken with a Nikon D610 camera that I use for wild life photography, a very advanced camera with more features than I could possibly count and certainly don't use for taking Luger pictures. I focus manually, set sensitivity ("film" speed), shutter speed and aperture manually as well. For most of my Luger photography I use an early 60 mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor that I picked up cheap and focus manually.
My routine is very unscientific, I set up gun and camera and take a wild guess at the correct exposure and take a dozen or so photos at 1/50th sec, up and down the aperture scale and then see what looks best, that will be my basic exposure. I then proceed with my photo session with a three shot bracket. I dump all the photos I don't use (remember, "film" is free!). Occasionally a shot will have to be retaken, usually a depth of field issue. Works for me!
Norm

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01-10-2022, 03:56 PM	#8
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Mac, The photos you see above were all taken with a Nikon D610 camera that I use for wild life photography, a very advanced camera with more features than I could possibly count and certainly don't use for taking Luger pictures. I focus manually, set sensitivity ("film" speed), shutter speed and aperture manually as well. For most of my Luger photography I use an early 60 mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor that I picked up cheap and focus manually. My routine is very unscientific, I set up gun and camera and take a wild guess at the correct exposure and take a dozen or so photos at 1/50th sec, up and down the aperture scale and then see what looks best, that will be my basic exposure. I then proceed with my photo session with a three shot bracket. I dump all the photos I don't use (remember, "film" is free!). Occasionally a shot will have to be retaken, usually a depth of field issue. Works for me! Norm