Cardboard Box, 2024

Nikon D700 and Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens. 1/125th at f/4. 3200 ISO.
The camera: I don't use anywhere near all of its capability. I like it because it meets my need for a sturdy full frame instrument similar to the Minolta 9000 I had long ago, but with digital images. No waiting. Instantly correct what wasn't right. Learn fast. Plus, experiment. Press the shutter freely, with abandon even.
The lens: A legend. They all say so. And amazingly dropped from the line when Nikon went AI in 1977. Why? Mad decision. It is hard to find one of these on the secondhand market (the only place they will be, of course). Copies which were factory adapted to the AI standard are even rarer. The quality of the images is sublime when you nail the focus. For all practical purposes, that is the drawback preventing daily use. Mostly you like to shoot with a wide aperture, and that means a shallow depth of field. Which in turn means it is easy to miss focus.