Vacationing with the D700 is not for the weak and it’s harder to be sneaky with your street photography. People know you’re taking a camera of them as you clack-clack-clack away. But man it was so nice to shoot in the old way. I feel like one day, shooting digital SLRs will be like shooting medium format cameras. It’ll just be enjoyable to do because the process is so much slower. You really have to understand how your shutter and aperture, exposure compensation will react because you have no live view of the scene. It’s actually very refreshing.

We went into the famed Starbucks roastery to start our day and it was a photographic treat! Warm rich tones, soft ambient lighting and cool textures everywhere.

2 gentlemen, I think a father and son checking out the pastries.

I loved the architecture and design elements. Sometimes a 50mm is all you need. I love the leading lines in this shot. In low dynamic range situations like this, the D700 performs so well.

A couple that I sent this photo to after I got their number. Shot at f3.5, pretty good detail but still nothing compared to modern mirrorless cameras. I’m starting to understand what people mean when they say the D700 or any low megapixel Neo-vintage SLR has a “filmic” look.

The D700 misfocuses more often than not due to lack of auto focusing patches. Being a mirrorless shooter for the last 6 years, you really take that stuff for granted.

experimented with f6.3 in broad sun. Tones are lovely on this camera, I don’t know why I wrote this off in favor of Canon!

Wide open during full sun at F1.8. I thought the juxtaposition of the boats was funny. It does remind me that I need to hang out with the boys more often.

Went deep to f14 I believe. Things still look kind of muddy, but I think it’s viewing 12mp files on a high definition 5k monitor haha.

My love enjoying some chai, shot at f1.4

Overall, a great outing with this camera, just so difficult to carry and pack when trying to travel light. Where will I take my Nikon D700 next?? And what is the slimmest F-mount lens that I can get??? Did Nikon ever make a 40mm pancake? Leave a comment and let me know!