Shades

I bought a Nikon Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 lens for £75. It dates from around 1971 and has been factory modified to AI standard. Sometimes I use it in combination with a teleconverter TC-16A which unusually is safe to mount on a Nikon D2Xs camera (beware: it is not widely compatible with Nikon SLRs). This is a challenging lens to use, especially with a camera not famed for its high ISO capabilities. Occasionally I get a decent picture with it, but I wouldn't count this amongst them. Nevertheless, it is a nice snapshot of a warm day observing interesting things and people. Measured against results from the old Kodak Instamatic camera, it starts to look quite acceptable. How things have moved on. Out of interest, this lens was priced at £203 in 1976.