Back to the future: the Nikon FM3A

First time I hear someone non Russian pronouncing Nikon normally.
Indeed it is nikOn, not shoe brand name.
 
Actually, Nikon itself has stated that it considers any of the three pronunciations correct:

1. Nick-on
2. Nee-kon
3 . Nigh-kon
 
I think Nikon are happy with any pronunciation as long as it rhymes with Ker-ching :)
And yes, I'd like to see a manual film Nikon produced again. I'm happily using a 1975 Nikkormat FT2 at the moment.
John Mc
 
css9450 said:
Same situation with Rolleiflex. I am probably saying it wrong, but I rhyme the "Rollei" with "jolly". Too many years listening to Gregg Rolie I think....
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I had a former colleague who was not German, but attended university there, also pronounced it he same way you does. I still pronounce it as "rolly" out of habit.
 
Knee-kon was my dads preference, I assume that’s the way it was said in Japan back in the early 50s when he was stationed there...
 
It took a Worldwide pandemic for people to learn Canceled is spelled with one “l”, not two.
 
LOL. Not something to get bent out of shape about. Of course the same word is pronounced differently in different countries. Americans say "Par-iss," the French say "Par-ee." Don't get me started on Mosk-va. Don't believe me? Just ask NPR's Maria Hinojosa. You guys slay me. . .

[At the risk of getting back on topic: the Nikon FM series is/was my favorite. I still have an FM2 that is just so solid . . . great, great cameras.]
 
Whenever reading the glowing testimonies on film revival world-wide, one has to wonder why none of the established camera makers are bringing an analog camera to the market. Cheers, OtL
 
That and the availability of used equipment. A new FM3a at twice the price of a used camera probably won't attract many buyers. Now if you changed the name to Leica …
 
Out to Lunch said:
Whenever reading the glowing testimonies on film revival world-wide, one has to wonder why none of the established camera makers are bringing an analog camera to the market. Cheers, OtL
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If Nikon ever does make another run of FM3As, I would be very interested. However, it's pretty clear to me that, except for Leica, every camera manufacturer is only interested in selling digital cameras that they can obsolete every 18 months when they push the new model out to "social media influencers" to do the "You NEED to upgrade NOW!" videos and blog posts. Nobody is interested in making and selling cameras that will last you the rest of your life. Also, I don't think Nikon is interested in producing anything that doesn't work with their "G" autofocus lenses without aperture rings (which is why I believe the Df was hobbled without a proper focusing screen for manual focus).

Happily I have two forty year old Nikon FEs that are doing just fine. If the electronics in those ever die, I have even older Pentax cameras that work just fine with no electronic mumbo jumbo.
 
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