Comments on: Nikon F6 still in production according to Nikon Germany

By: ace

ace — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:52:02 +0000

email me in late FEB. When the news about new sigma lenses comes out

By: Why?

Why? — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:54:45 +0000

Why another DX lens for a dying format? I think you are not only mistaken, but deluded.

By: ace

ace — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:35:17 +0000

we will see new sigma 10-20 f2.8 for Nikon soon,Also 70-300 with optical stablizer,and 70-200 f2.8 OS to follow

By: Your Eyes

Your Eyes — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:22:14 +0000

ohh…ah…my leica is better than your Nikon…..

bluff. I don’t think Sony has anything nearly as dominating as you suggest, as a matter of fact, I don’t think you test for any company.

I found that there’s no mystique surrounding Leica, glass or otherwise. this myth was created based on past reputation and held dear by leica fanatics like you.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:13:34 +0000

ace, how do you know?

By: Willis

Willis — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:42:33 +0000

I just bought a Nikon N8008 off EBay the other day for $20… can’t wait to see how the pictures come out compared to my D40. Costco scans at around 6MP, so I figure they should be roughly comparable.

By: NikonMan

NikonMan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:22:40 +0000

Pure speculation on my part.

However, unless they have stock of the parts on hand, I can’t see that it would be financially practable to make a batch of silicon components for just the volume of F6.

If (yes I said IF) they can “shoe horn” the AF sensor from D3/D300/D700 into the F6 body (or a similar body) it would make more financal logic, equally the processing for the light meter (I know the sensor is the same but the processing is new in D3/D300/D700).

Pure speculation on my part based on an understanding of batch manufacturing techniques. It is easiest to make an affordable low volume product by reusing as many parts as possible from your existing high volume products.

By: My Eyes

My Eyes — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:34 +0000

And that list you have just written is why they are going to be swallowed up by Sony – for breakfast!

I have been testing a new pro spec Sony and it is going to blow everything nikon (yes, nikon officially has had the right to be given a capital letter withdrawn today!) has right out of the water.

Of course, if you are a serious photographer you will not have any Japanese electronic toys… you will have a piece of German engineering excellence in the form of a Leica.

Rather like my cars, I only BUY German – though I do borrow others and regularly I am provided with the very latest by almost all the manufacturers so they can decide whether to go ahead with production.

By: RThomas

RThomas — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:07:42 +0000

Just took a look at that ridiculous price ($3737.99) from “Amazon” – it’s a third party vendor named “Action Packaged, Inc” with an Amazon storefront and a feedback rating of 92% (not so good!). I don’t know anything about this seller but the price is just silly; I hope nobody has paid that much for this camera.

By: ace

ace — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:40 +0000

What we should expect to see from nikon this year: full frame rangefinder digital camera with 3 lenses set in nice wooden box with res satin cover for $10000.00 ,limited quanity ,maybe only 5000 unit for the world,New 200-500VR F4-5.6 $1499.00,New P/S camera with d60 chip in it(P7000)

By: Lester

Lester — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:37:43 +0000

Yeah, but I do remember getting scratches on the film from somewhere in the camera or film cassette. That was never any fun. Always seem to happen on the important jobs that were rushed.

By: ace

ace — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Nikon has several of F6 cameras in stock and new MAP as of FEB. 1ST will be $2669.95 ,Ace Photo in Ashburn has THE CORRECT PRICE ON HIS Amazon store,check it out

By: Pablov

Pablov — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:18:02 +0000

Chris, thanks a lot for your answer.
Much appreciated

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:04:23 +0000

The D3 viewfinder is 100% and the D700 is not (98%?). IMHO there’s not much difference between the two. The display of information as well as the brightness is the same for both.
I checked this with 24-70/2.8 on both.

By: john

john — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:26:03 +0000

Imagine it would be nice if there is a F7 that have a 3 inch LCD screen frm the D3 where you could preview your pics … ie image preview, menus, etc… but it loads film at the back.. think about it.. best of both world!

By: Pablov

Pablov — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:45:09 +0000

no one can tell how a D3 Viewfinder compares to a D700 viefinder (regarding to magnification of the frame, the magnification of info displayed, the Size of the Frame Field Appearance) ?

in simple words: do you see the viewfinder bigger in a D3 than D700 or just very similar, or smaller?

Thanks!

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:27:56 +0000

I do appreciate a camera that doesn’t require batteries, even if it does require film.

By: Sarté

Sarté — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:01:29 +0000

true, they come with a brand new full frame chip every shot

By: dan

dan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:08:00 +0000

I’ve heard they’re using the new FX format for these film cameras now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:06:29 +0000

I see your grainy (albeit atmospheric) 3200 and raise you a clean and wonderfully useable 3200.