Homing in

A while back, I made a little spur-of-the-moment trip to Columbus, GA on a crisp sunny winter morning. I had the Nikon F3 with me, but in my rush to get going, I only brought one lens along, the famous 105 mm f/2.5. That was just the lens that happened to be mounted at the time. The lens is justly well respected for making portraits, but its field of view is a bit tight for walking around a city, I think. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day, and I wasn't about to leave the lovely F3 in my bag, so I thought I would just focus my attention on interesting details as I strolled through the historic part of downtown.

The lens provides sharp and contrasty images on film, but I remember that it also worked nicely paired with a Nikon digital camera I had back in the early years of the 21st century.