ORIGINAL: UStik
I wish I could at least make pictures as good as Ed's. You should be right with the dating. The camera seems to be a N90 (
www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/n90s.htm), built since 1992.
That lens looks like a major upgrade compared to the one in the "link". I don't know how you can tell them apart at that resolution. I wasn't even sure I read the word "Nikon".
I have an almost new N80, that has turned into a museum piece since switching to "digital". I started with a Nikon digital but now have I now have a Canon 40D with 18-200 IS lens
I would have loved to talk to him about his photography as well. Have you been to the Noble auction site to look at his artwork??
Duane