Nikonos III
We love the weather here in the Pacific Northwest. Whether it loves us back is a different question. Regardless, we're not ones to let a little drizzle or the occasional downpour get in the way of making photographs. When it's raining, we put on the boots, a wide-brimmed hat (no umbrellas, please), and grab the right tool for the job. And when it's raining, a better tool than the Nikonos III is hard to find. It's lightweight, has a big, clear viewfinder, and can take any weather we encounter.
For street shooting, pre-set your focus with the help of the depth-of-field gauge and the aperture knobs on the lens and off you go. 6 to 12 feet is my standard, but you're free to fine tune that range between the aperture and focus knobs. Want to shoot with a colored filter or even a neutral density filter? No problem. As you're not looking through the lens, the viewfinder remains as bright as ever - the world will look just fine to you.
While the Nikonos III was the last of the Nikonos designs originally made for Jacques Cousteau, the age of these cameras and the condition of the weather seals means they're really not well-suited for underwater use any longer. If you can find a qualified service technician who can replace the seals, by all means have that work done. As for us in our corner of the woods, we'll let the rain find us and revel in the fact that when the water comes down, we can still keep shooting.
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