Happy Birthday, Nikon! In this day and age, it’s truly amazing a technology company has been around and moving forward for 100 years! They had to survive WWII and so much more to give us, whether you love or hate, the tools we can capture our amazing world and share it with others in our photographs. Thank you for that!
Western Meadowlark
captured by F3T / 400f5.6 EDIF Kodachrome
And when I first looked through a Nikon, if you told me I would be where I am today, I would have said no way. I was seven years old when my cousin came to our house with his Nikon F and 200f4, put them in my hands and I looked at the Union 76 Ball in the sky across the valley. I was hooked on photography and Nikon ever since. My got first Nikon was in 1978, a 1972 F2Phot with a 55f3.5 Micro. It was a matter of months I had the F3 and then F3T in my hands and there was no looking back. My first telephoto lens and long favorite was the 400f5.6 EDIF. The first “wildlife” photo I ever took with that combo is above and I’ve been in love with it ever since. It’s that passion that the brand has always nurtured in my photography back then and still today is why I’m so thankful and grateful to be one of their Ambassadors. So on this well and hard earned day, I thank Nikon for all the memories I have and will capture with their tools. Happy Birthday!