The Nikon D4 in 2025 ~ Photos & Thoughts

In June 2023, I got a cheap Nikon D3 to document a series of relatively rare vacuum tubes (starting with the 6CS7 family) for the Swiss Radiomuseum and Wikipedia.

The project reignited my interest in visual art, leading to a number of photo series—perhaps a few too many (see an overview here).

In December, I treated myself to an early Christmas present: a Nikon D4.

Below are my first three shots with the Nikon D4, which I bought used on MPB with a shutter count of just under 190,000.

One is from Enghaveparken in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark, which was shrouded in fog on an early evening.

The second is of a single Harbeth loudspeaker.

The last photo, so far, are of a Russian 5U3C rectifier tube produced by Svetlana in 1976 for use in a preamplifier project, and the same tube mounted in the preamplifier.

Flora Excursoria Hafniensis 18338

First edition from 1838 of 'Flora Excursoria Hafniensis' by Danish botanit Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer.
1838 edition of ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’ Danish botanit Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer.

Black | ICE | 1982

Interpretation of William 'Gibsonian' Black ICE / bitcoin poetry illustration.
Interpretation of William ‘Gibsonian’ Black ICE 1982. Source: Poem Burnt Into the Blockchain | Immutability & Permanence. In this context ICE stands for Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics, used in Gibson’s short story ‘Burning Chrome’ from 1982, not ‘Immigration and Customs Enforcement’. Also illustration for: Viktor Shklovsky: On Flax from ‘On Freedom of Art’.

Kondo Audio Note KSL-M7 Clone

Back-lit 5U3C rectifier tube in the centre of the photo, two General Electric 12AT6 driver tubes to the right, and the preamplifiers transformer to the left.
Back-lit 5U3C rectifier tube in the center of the photo, two General Electric 12AT7 driver tubes to the right, and the transformers of a Kondo Audio Note KSL-M7 amplifier to the left.

Enghaveparken at Night