Richard Vanek - Black and White Photography

Today morning while driving I was listening BBS RADIO 3 podcast where Wim Wenders was talking about changing America to cultural stagnation and how much he appreciate now culture richness of Europe. He was talking about provincialisms and lost of power to define future in places like New York and Los Angeles, he liked in eighties.
I was wondering than how interesting is to work and meet different people. Everyday I have chance to be with people from different countries, people who speaks different languages. I like that very much and I wouldn't like to become isolated.
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Just a today early morning thought I finally wrote down.

So today afternoon I borrowed Nikon D300 and will have two days with it to get my feelings sorted a bit about this possible digital camera for me. For now I can tell you my first impressions.
It is incredibly similar to Nikon F100 I am using currently. Weight is almost the same. Viewfinder is as bright as F100 but feels more contrast, it is of course smaller (DX, FX). And the shutter is quite nosier that shutter of my F100 including film advance. What I found very strange is that my Nikon 28/2.8 AF-D lens can not be used with aperture ring. I needed to set it to F22 and have to use the wheels to set aperture. Very disappointing, I thought that camera of this caliber should not have this limitation. I need to look more into it. (Added 3.Apr: Of course option in menu and I have set it back to Aperture ring and it is working).
Here are few shots of Nikon D300 and F100 next to each other. Some more reports and possible images will follow soon. I have camera until Saturday morning.