In your bag No: 1419, Steve Hayman
Steve has been with us before, not all that long ago in fact. But he is back, and with not only a very cool camera bag, but a rare image of a lesser spotted giant Nikon in the wild.

Decided it’s about time I sent an updated “what’s in my bag” photo + something I created in Photoshop for fun, in dedication to all those film camera repair technicians.

Last time around I had been enjoying and collecting film cameras for a while and never really landed on a single brand, well that all changed after my Nikon FE.
Something about the quality of old Nikon film cameras and AIS lenses, hooked me in to Nikon.
Which is a bit bonkers as I shoot digitally Canon and have spent a fair bit on canon glass and a 6D (which is hardly used since I discovered film)

I’m now mentally partitioned you could say, digital it’s canon and film it’s always Nikon.

Currently I’m shooting every weekend either my Nikon F2 or my F3.

The F2 members page on Facebook is fantastic and made up of the most helpfully and kind collection of people.
Any repair question, advice etc…is answered in minutes typically.
It’s almost worth getting an F2 just to be a part of such a great community of Nikon enthusiasts.

The grip was shipped to be from one such member, all the way from Japan, and really completed the look of the F2. The cameras a heavy lump so it helps in that regard to.
I’m Shooting mostly B&White film, Kodak Trix 400, Ilford XP

Bag wise it’s some old Lowepro Nova 160 AW.
Which is just big enough for two lenses and a third on the cameras body.

It’s usually a 35mm, 50mm and 135mm set of prime lenses I have with me.

I can be found on FLICKR at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/namyah/

And Twitter at:
@steveNamyah
Steve (UK Bristol)

Thanks for coming back to share your gear with us, Steve. I love that giant camera scene, great stuff.
Check out the links and please come and comment.
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Cheers
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