{"id":35384,"title":"Venice Beach Surfers / Kodak 250D / Nikon F5 / 70-400mm VR","author":"120pages","permalink":"https://www.reddit.com/r/analog/comments/1nlk3ky/venice_beach_surfers_kodak_250d_nikon_f5_70400mm/","description":"**Sunday,  September 14, 2025**\n\nI took a Nikon F5 out to Venice Beach this morning, graciously loaned to me by a collector friend. I paired it with the 80–400mm VR & mostly stayed at 400mm. Most shots were between 8-9am under overcast skies, shot on Kodak Vision3 250D.\n\nSome black & white frames came from a 24 exp roll of Kodak Gold 400. I thought it was around 10 years old & shot it at ISO 200, but it was probably closer to 20–30 years old, so rating it at ISO 50 would have been better.\n\nI’ve been eyeing the F6 for its modern functions & autofocus, & using the F5 only made that urge stronger. Still, I was impressed— about 30 of 36 frames nailed focus, which is pretty amazing for action shots on a camera from this era. My canon 7NE could never...\n\nThis is my first post here, thanks for checking it out.","score":77,"nsfw":false,"grayscale":false,"timestamp":1758328079,"sprocket":false,"images":[{"resolution":"low","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/3762e6be-257e-4d99-9ff3-bdd132b9938f.jpeg","width":478,"height":720},{"resolution":"medium","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/03d776b8-54c9-44bf-b27c-9a2f60601972.jpeg","width":716,"height":1080},{"resolution":"high","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/b479551b-5dd8-4b1e-9cb1-f66979a0abe6.jpeg","width":955,"height":1440},{"resolution":"raw","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/dcc9d155-484a-47bb-aea7-9473d9322df5.jpeg","width":2076,"height":3130}],"colors":[{"hex":"#cbdde1","css":"gainsboro","html":"gray","percent":0.93333602},{"hex":"#97b4d2","css":"lightsteelblue","html":"teal","percent":0.0351756},{"hex":"#578094","css":"slategrey","html":"gray","percent":0.02503963},{"hex":"#974046","css":"sienna","html":"purple","percent":0.00423519},{"hex":"#593541","css":"darkslategray","html":"purple","percent":0.00221357}],"keywords":[{"word":"vr","weight":0.125},{"word":"surfers","weight":0.125},{"word":"250d","weight":0.125},{"word":"venice","weight":0.125},{"word":"nikon","weight":0.125},{"word":"f5","weight":0.125},{"word":"beach","weight":0.125},{"word":"kodak","weight":0.125}]}