"Its in my hands again..."

[Takkun]

I'm excited just because I want to see what the darned thing is. I used to be a huge Nikon history buff when I sold cameras.
And for the fact that I own the same overcoat ad the gentleman in the video.

Thanks to this thread, I nearly spilled my coffee twice (at 'blood pumpkin' and 'inception').

 

[zuiko85]

My computer won't play the video, just get an error message. The 'learn more' notation with the error message is useless, offering no viable information on what to do to correct the problem.

Somewhat not trusting anyway. Just because they mold a plasti-blob camera into the shape of a classic like an FM does not mean it was designed by photographers instead of computer geeks. Will it have a big, bright, manual focus matte screen that has 'snap' when you hit focus? Will it have a dedicated shutter speed dial? In fact, why bother with a whole camera. Just make a digital module that will go on the back of a real FM with out adding twice the bulk or weight.

 

[Highway 61]

And for the fact that I own the same overcoat ad the gentleman in the video.

At least here comes the first tangible information about that thing !

Brand, model, color, size please ? 😉

 

[bonatto]

IF the sound on the video is from the camera, it sounds like mirror slap, so maybe we can expect a real optical VF?

 

[jsrockit]

IF the sound on the video is from the camera, it sounds like mirror slap, so maybe we can expect a real optical VF?

Of course, it's still a DSLR.

 

[Rogier]

Wow this would be very cool.
Kind of a brother to the Fuji X100. Classic styling with full manual controls and a real viewfinder.

Lets hope they keep it pure enough and omit the AA filter ;-)

 

[jsrockit]

I agree Rogier. I really feel like we might get the first DSLR a RF fan can appreciate.

 

[David_Manning]

I wonder if my wife would notice it being different from the 5DmkII? I see an opportunity...

 

[Range-rover]

Now that I got a few lenses for the F3 I just got, this is getting real interesting, maybe
at Javits this week we'll see something (Maybe), Hey JS I think your right something a
rangefinder fan would like, Oh well poor Pentax still under the bed using the Olympus
all the time now.

Range

 

[uhoh7]

You don't care to create the tread for not caring about the camera? That's some Inception-level non-interest! 😉

haha, you it's so beside the point, we don't bother to trash it. 🙂

Seriously, good for nikon. Late, long flange, heavy and expensive, I doubt it's any sort of real competition for A7r, but I know Nikon people will love it, and buy it. And to be fair, I bet it's cool as hell.

Wake me when they announce the digital SP.

 

[lynnb]

I wonder if you'll be able to buy packs of 36 single-use sensors in a handy roll from Wal-Mart 🙂

If the vf is as good as an FE and the focus screen is optimised for manual focus it might hit the mark with all those SLR users with a bag of mf Nikkors..

 

[jsrockit]

Now that I got a few lenses for the F3 I just got, this is getting real interesting, maybe
at Javits this week we'll see something (Maybe)

Nope, my friend already said the Nikon booth won't talk about it.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Is there any evidence that this teaser marketing actually works? Other than generating a lot of heat, little light and many threads.

 

[jsrockit]

Seems to get people interested... the only issue is that once it is revealed, it might be a disappointment because you are letting people think of their dream camera and no camera ever really fills those dreams.

 

[Rodchenko]

Certainly Leica shot itself in the foot recently by raising expectations of a new M, for it only to be a (quite decent) compact.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Certainly Leica shot itself in the foot recently by raising expectations of a new M, for it only to be a (quite decent) compact.

That's what I had in mind. The reality can't live up to all the individual expectations. For every ten whose interest is piqued half must be disappointed at the features at launch and most of the others at the price 😀

I worry that Nikon have a history of overpricing, for the market, their retro efforts. eg S3 Millennium etc which now sell at the price they should have been pitched at although even at that launch price Nikon were barely recouping costs. Let's hope that was a lesson learnt.

 

[jonmanjiro]

I worry that Nikon have a history of overpricing, for the market, their retro efforts. eg S3 Millennium etc which now sell at the price they should have been pitched at although even at that launch price Nikon were barely recouping costs. Let's hope that was a lesson learnt.

Nikon may have originally hoped to make money on the chrome S3 Millennium, but I think that plan died very early on and certainly was not a factor in the release of the S3 Limited Edition Black (just 2000 sets) or the Nikon SP Limited Edition (just 2500 sets). The S3 Limited Edition Black was Nikon's response to people saying "The chrome S3 Millennium is nice and all, but why didn't you make it in black instead?" and the Nikon SP Limited Edition was Nikon's response to people saying "The S3 is ok and all, but its just the basic model. Why didn't you remake the top of the line SP instead?". Nikon basically did it to prove they could, and both were money losers even at the original asking price.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Nikon basically did it to prove they could, and both were money losers even at the original asking price.

That is where I fear they may be going, not into the loss, but into "to prove a point", at a price.
I fear disappointment all around. Everyone has a favourite "old " style they are different, for personal reasons, whichever they make it close to will disappoint the rest. As you say they made a chrome S3 and the market said no, black please.

 

[FA Limited]

the very bright looking aperture dial and shutter speed dial look pretty uggg IMO

this type of product is going to have disappointment for everyone anyways, not going to be able to satisfy everyone. enough/not enough gadget

i do find it interesting how everyone is excited about this very squarish pentaprism finder but the sony a900 was professed to be so ugly

 

[Tejasican]

the very bright looking aperture dial and shutter speed dial look pretty uggg IMO

this type of product is going to have disappointment for everyone anyways, not going to be able to satisfy everyone. enough/not enough gadget

i do find it interesting how everyone is excited about this very squarish pentaprism finder but the sony a900 was professed to be so ugly

I think that is more a factor of time and trend on your latter. The R8 was dubbed the "Hunchback of Solms" but by the time the Sony A99 rolled around the same look and design was considered quite differently.