Some Nikon humor to start the weekend

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2011

This is the review an Amazon customer wrote for the Nikon F6:

The best part - 35 out of 180 people found this review helpful...

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Catalin Sandu

Next complaint: no touchscreen.
- Banned
  
  Honestly, this guy is just having a field day with the amazon nazis. He knows that whenever you give less than 5 stars to a product the fanboys will get mad and throw nasty comments. He was just trolling those idiots.
  
  He doesn’t even have the tag “amazon purchased product” next to his name which means it’s obviously a joke.
  
  I think it’s funny.
  - http://bit.ly/9NIXQ David Hasselblaff
    
    Amazon Nazis … L O L
    - Ronan
      
      I LOLed at the Amazon Naazis comment xD
      - Mock Kenwell
        
        I still like “ass clowns.”
Son of FE

That review is incomplete! You can also buy “tape” that allows 36!! exposures. I think the reviewer was bi-assed.
- WoutK89
  
  He had two asses? =D
  - Son of FE
    
    Indeed. One between his ears and one ” to poop on!”
    - alvix
      
      one for output and one just for inputs…
- Mark
  
  Good point, in fact I have had times that my 36 exposure tape allow me to shoot 37!
  - http://tumbleweed-092.livejournal.com/ Slow Gin
    
    Some people can shoot even 40, using mechanical camera. I couldn’t expose more than 38.
http://www.revistaushuaia.com Fernando Arias

I got to say that I have this camera and this reviewer is right. Forgot to say is the best piece of equipment I ever bought
Glow

Yeah! Time for hybrid bodys! :>
venancio

5.5 fps ! 8fps if you have the grip!
NikkorPM

I’m sure the reviewer was just being clever, although I suppose there are youngsters out there who have never used film, er tape cartridges.
- Mark
  
  I checked out a few other reviews by this person and I do not think they were kidding.
  - Funduro
    
    Must have been the same person that complained to Dell tech support when the slide out cup holder on the desktop PC bent from the weight of the coffee cup.
    - Amien
      
      Seriously, I only use Yogurts in the side cup holder, much lighter & not hot (could melt the poor plastic constrution) !
      sometimes I also use it as a CD holder, but it only hold 1 unfortunatly & often moves back & forth intermittently…
    - PiXLPeeper
      
      May be the same moron aka person who sent me a 5″ diskette carefully folded to fit a #10 business envelope (true story!)
      - Amien
        
        Lol ! but aren’t they intended to be folded & trowed in front of the porch by the Paperboy ???
    - http://www.dungbeetle.com.au/ Scurvyhesh
      
      lol I worked at a Circut City back in the early 90s and that actually happed. Some goy came to the returns desk extremely pissed that his cup holder broke so easily. I couldn’t believe it. Of course there was the guy who botched his diy car stereo installation, and decided that taking a hammer to it would fix the problem.
    - f/2.8
      
      Duh, I didn’t know that was a cup holder. I was trying to fit a toilet roll on it. Thanks for the tip.
  - King Of Swaziland
    
    As the guy who brought this review to light in FM-land, I’m pretty sure they were kidding (trolling). Troll reviews on Amazon are a rather popular pastime.
ZinhaEq

Saw that long ago there. Back then it really made me laugh for quite a long time. But not this time.
Kaze kaze

57 and counting just now… the “most helpful” apparently
and hey, better then someone who would confuse the “big button” and the “other big button” when taking pictures. Glad he returned it…
John Bowen

I wish I could afford an F6…
CreativeAngle

LOL. This is the best review of F6 I have ever read. Very informative.
PiXLPeeper

There’s a niche to sell tape readers to those 35 geniuses
http://www.truphotos.com gnohz

This is classic. This made my weekend. Thanks Admin!
Erik

Any news about the F7?
- http://tumbleweed-092.livejournal.com/ Slow Gin
  
  Fear that we won’t see any film camera in the future.
adam

why didn’t he complain about the lack of a lens too?
- PiXLPeeper
  
  He probably bought a bunch of them primes AFTER returning the body!
- TapeApe
  
  Who needs a lens. Just punch a tiny hole in the body cap and you have the world’s most expensive pin-hole camera. Oh, and by the way, don’t forget to insert your 8-track tape cartridge so you can listen to a few tunes.
  - PiXLPeeper
    
    You are right!
    And just attach a Brita filter to get rid of those pesky UV rays!
- UPI
  
  BULLETIN: Ken Rockwell has just announced that he is starting a new website devoted to reviews of the latest Nikon 8-track tape cartridge players.
  - PiXLPeeper
    
    He now has a growing server family too?
    We need to put him on the pill, asap!
PiXLPeeper

Based on his Amazon nickname, does anybody know how to send this guy a link to this blog?
Just in case he decides to start replying to all our posts
- LennyLens
  
  Sorry, he only responds to messages that are sent to him on 8-track tape cartridges.
  - http://tumbleweed-092.livejournal.com/ Slow Gin
    
    Or maybe perfocards. Or even Morse code.
    - Funduro
      
      I can mail him/her a cup with a string attached so we can talk about it and avoid long distance charges.
      - PiXLPeeper
        
        He probably doesn’t want relationships with strings attached.
      - Greg Schmidt
        
        Then when he in’t busy talking to the Progresso kitchen, he can talk with you.
Kosta

What… No touch screen on the F6, is that possible … This is a deal breaker

Sorry for my English

lol
http://www.onsitemn.com MPLS Photographer

I thought it was a joke until I read his other reviews.
http://www.fotografmesteren.no Hans E Johannessen

Some have to much money, I cannot afford a F6, but I can buy the FILM. Stupid rich guy should take a class and learn about photography
- PiXLPeeper
  
  We should get his credit card information and go on a photo gear shopping spree
  - Funduro
    
    You get a D3s! You get a D3x! You get a D700. You get a D.. . . . .
longzoom

Stop kidding! I have an extra complain on that camera! There is now video, too! So what I paid my big $$$$ for? And stop call me stupid idiot! You are, not me!
Chris P

Thanks for this Admin, really cheered up on a, weather wise, gloomy day. It just goes to prove that, if he can afford to buy an F6 without having a clue about film versus digital capture, you don’t have to have to have intelligence to make money.
BeckySawyer

I am the wife of the man who wrote the review at the top of this page. After visiting your planet, my husband and I became disappointed and returned to Mars. That’s why my husband ended his review with the following statement: “Very disappointed and returned.”
- PiXLPeeper
  
  I see, so you returned the camera because there’s no tape refills in Mars.
- PiXLPeeper
  
  You could have kept the camera and returned your husband.
TCD

So I read some of his other reviews on amazon and he says he owns a D700.

One of his reviews is stating that a 16-35 f/4 is better than the 14-24 f/2.8 because it is cheaper and accepts filters… wtf?

Then he “reviews” the 70-200 f/2.8 VR II (1 star) saying that it is worse than the VR1 in every way…

I think his review on the F6 is not just a made up review, I think that guy has a lot of money and no … clue.
- PiXLPeeper
  
  He should apply for an engineering job at the Nikon Labs and, sadly, he would probably get hired!
  - Son of FE
    
    Only in the Coolpix division!
- PiXLPeeper
  
  Or we could find out his mailing address and keep sending him photo gear to review if he agrees to write profusely about his findings!
WalterCronkite

From Dallas, Texas, the flash, apparently official: The Nikon F6 died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time, 2 o’clock Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago.
PiXLPeeper

Let’s get lots of people go mark this review as useful, it may well show up as the first one on the F6 Amazon page!… Too bad this isn’t trending on the internets or it could go viral.

P.S. Wish we can keep this thread alive: it’s a long cold weekend.
T. Sawyer

hi,

I’m Tom, the reviewer you are talking about is my father, I’m really disappointed that you doubt his photography skills and consider him a noob because he doesn’t shoot with a D4.

Just to prove you wrong, I’m willing to trade an apple and the change to paint a wooden fence for a chance to shoot with the F6.

Tom
- T. Sawyer
  
  PS : I did manage to get fantastic shots with the F6 while on a cruise on my raft with my friend H. Finn . Sadly I can’t show you those amazing pictures as we used the tape to tie down out raft to the pier.
  - MarkTwain
    
    Don’t miss my new book, “The Adventures of Huckleberry F6″. It’s an exciting novel, in which Tom Sawyer comes out of the closet and marries Ken Rockwell.
    - T. Sawyer
      
      The case is solved.
      Mark Twain = Ken Rockwell.
      
      Elementary, Mr Watson.
    - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12075897@N05/ KsOfW
      
      Jeeze, I am in tears!
    - PiXLPeeper
      
      You are probably right: they both moved to their Tee Pee and lived happily forever! (see his news page dated today)
      - PiXLPeeper
        
        (notice he has two extra tents for his growing family)
JohnKennedy

Ask not what your Nikon can do for you. Ask what a tape cartridge can do for your F6.
JohnGG

By the way: “apologia” is a greek word and means “apology”, “excuse”. What is this guy apologizing for? The fact that he has to by (=buy) a cartridge of tape (=film) or the fact that he is so stupid?
Have a nice weekend all.
PS
apologia = απολογία (I don’t know if the greek work appears correctly).
http://micahmedia.com Micah

I found this review helpful.
Rahul

Maybe he meant to apologize as it was all Greek to him
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diverso/ Eduardo Romero

I’m one of those that found the review very helpful. I laugh every time I remebered!
lolly

Well, he’s being sarcastic and implying that film is dead. R. Sawyer, “apologia”, if you’re reading this then I suggest you go to Flickr.com and search with these key words “I shoot film”. You’ll be amazed with what you find.
2cents

Oh, wow. The reviewer must have experienced an ID-10T error with the camera.
Fred

You guys think that’s funny?
Try looking up the Denon AKD1 ethernet cable on Amazon and read the reviews!
Or the 3 wolves T-shirt.. now that those are funny!
dino

Such a person should be banned immediately from the photographic community…
It’s like purchasing a Ferrari and then complaining because it’s not diesel…..
DianeSawyer

I am R. Sawyer’s daughter, and I am also the anchor of “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer”. Don’t miss our ABC special report next week: “The Secret Story Of Tape Cartridges And Why They Are Destroying Our Nation’s Teenagers”.
- ConcernedMother
  
  Diane, I am so glad that you are covering this important issue. I have been extremely worried ever since I found a hidden roll of duct tape in my son’s room.
LennyLens

“R. Sawyer” is actually the pen name of Tsuneji Uchida, the president of Canon. This is all part of a secret Canon plot to destroy Nikon by convincing Nikon to switch back to film.
chris

he gave 5 stars to “obama zombies” … i am guessing he is a middle aged fellow with too much money and a lot of time.
PiXLPeeper

Aren’t you worried, or at least curious, to know where did he stick all his CF cards?
- X. Sawyer
  
  I am R. Sawyer’s cousin. I am sorry, but I cannot answer your question because I promised my cousin that I would never reveal to anyone where he sticks his CF cards.
- X. Sawyer
  
  And trust me: you don’t want to know what he does with his tape cartridges.
  - PiXLPeeper
    
    OMG, his entire family is getting involved…
    This begins to “smell” fishy: we should probably call Dateline NBC and have them investigate thoroughly, especially the apertures.
http://photoartbymark.zenfolio.com photoartbymark

this tape you have to feed it into a sprocket to advance and rewind by hand?????
what a moron
this moron should use a point and shoot a PHD camera in his case PHM camera
translation press here dummy or moron
Qwerty

I just have one question for R. Sawyer: were you on the grassy knoll at the time of the Kennedy assassination? I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but if you look very closely at the Zapruder film, you can see a person holding a tape cartridge.
anon

The same on here:
http://www.amazon.de/review/R74MN5I46BHU3/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R74MN5I46BHU3
broxibear

Since were talking about camera humour I came across this earlier…

http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2010/11/i-want-to-buy-a-rangefinder/
Bob

Is it possible that R. Sawyer’s “review” is not really a review, but is actually an encoded message for international tape cartridge smugglers?
- PiXLPeeper
  
  I think it’s just another Labor dispute: Camera refuses to work with CompactFlash
PiXLPeeper

OT – Where’s Admin today?
ROFL, AWOL or gone fishing in Winnipeg?
- http://nikonrumors.com/ [NR] admin
  
  I am here, monitoring…
http://nikonrumors.com/ [NR] admin

The real R. Sawyer just contacted me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/nikonrumors):

@nikonrumors Hey look, my Amazon comment is up on NikonRumors[dot]com – Glad to see someone understands my sense of humor. I’m R. Sawyer!!!

You can check his flickr stream (he is a D700 user):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barronkerry/5223082186/
- PiXLPeeper
  
  Oops, if he’s for real we’re in trouble: set lawyer watch ON…
  Bummer, this might scare further posts and I was hoping for a couple more days of F6 digital fun
http://www.amanochocolate.com Art

More camera funniness …..

Here is another comment by a photographer with a sense of humor ……

http://i.imgur.com/GrmKQ.jpg

-Art
- Pierre
  
  That’s a nice one.
Son of FE

Uh, so does this mean no film advance lever on the new D4/D800/D400?
jerl

I thought that the F6 actually uses a compact flash card to store exif data (focal length, exposure compensation). Let me double check.

Ok, you need a special accessory to do that.
cirtap

F- is for Film

D – is for Dumb Cluck.
http://uspandey.com/ umashankar

The best part is, you felt like reiterating the the best part! Do you really believe your readers to be so dumb?

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