Sparrow
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... look cool in the adverts?
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... look cool in the adverts?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Personally I like a camera that fills my hands so the size is fine by me ... if it's a bit lighter than the average DSLR that's good too.
bojanfurst
Well-known
Agreed. I don't think they are quite there. My FM2s and ZI keep chugging along and film is plentiful.
Addy101
Well-known
Ehm, just because it says Nikon and not Sony on the badge, it is far more interesting? I never had you down as such a Nikon fanboy....
Well, I'm also excited, I can't wait for the "Zero interest in the Nikon Fd - who's with me?" thread 🙄
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Nikon fan boy!!! ... are you for real?
I just think it's great that Nikon have finally done something different ... whether it's a success or not, time will tell!
niels christopher
Established
I think what he actually meant was this: it's getting interesting now, because this whole old-fashioned-camera-thing is apparently no longer a niche on the market, served by some small manufacturers. The trend is obviously big enough for the big players, like Nikon, to join in. 🙂
As far as I'm concerned, I do not really know what to think of this.. I believe most of us will do good by keeping the expectations down low. As somebody already said a few pages earlier, everyone expecting the camera to be a more or less exact copy of a beloved model from the film-era: You will be disappointed. After all, this will be closer to D600/D610/whatever than to all these 'Digital FM2'-pipedreams scattered across the net.
pan
Established
I agree. I don't get why people are so exiting about it?
Also it looks very big, nothing common with old Nikon like FM or F3.
It looks like we are just in a "pure" marketing thing and not a "pure" photography thing.
And i can tell i'm a Nikon guy...
Cyril
Griffin
Grampa's cameras user
This is marketing at its best: "How can we sway the last few remaining film users over to the digital realm?" Start making digital cameras that work like film cameras (like Fuji). It's a trick and this spells the beginning of the end of film!
Fraser
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granted it has a shutter speed dial on the top and the prism has sharper edges but thats it looks the same as any other Nikon dslr, its a nice/clever piece of marketing by nikon though😉
maitani
Well-known
to me this is more than pure marketing.
most excited in
D4 sensor w no AA in a smaller and cheaper package
medium size (not too small or too big)
OVF instead of a nintendo-screen
full support of my F-gems
hopefully the OVF has decent magnification and 100% view too
nice design and finish quality and aperture dial is a plus
most excited in
D4 sensor w no AA in a smaller and cheaper package
medium size (not too small or too big)
OVF instead of a nintendo-screen
full support of my F-gems
hopefully the OVF has decent magnification and 100% view too
nice design and finish quality and aperture dial is a plus
stompyq
Well-known
I don't see anything wrong with that. Good of Fuji and Nikon because in the end we are the people who benefit
jsrockit
Moderator
So you describe what's different and then say it's the same? It's got the D4 sensor supposedly, so we need to compare it to that camera... doesn't look the same to me. Also, why offend people who prefer a shutter speed dial by saying it's marketing? Perhaps it's something we like... if I buy this, it will not be because Nikon tricked me, it'll be because they finally made something that feels better than the DSLR blobs we've had for the last 10 years.
froyd
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I'm withholding judgement until the full reveal.... but I'm glad that other people on this thread are pointing out that so far the emperor has no clothes. Indeed, all I see is more of the same-old, same-old, with a shutter wheel on top (which, incidentally, iI find to be the least ergonomic feature of many old cameras).
stompyq
Well-known
Strange. I find the shutter speed dial one of the most ergonomic feature in many of my old cameras.
jsrockit
Moderator
Exactly... I'm not sure why some want to turn this back into the same **** we've had for too many years now. You have your DSLR blobs... let us have one that works / feels the way we want it.
jsrockit
Moderator
What did you expect? It's a digital Nikon from 2013. Did you really think you were going to get a mechanical camera with a sensor?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Let's criticise the camera here by all means because Nikon are big boys and they can handle it ... but criticism of what other people's choices and preferences may be really sucks and has little to do with fair and balanced discussion.
stompyq
Well-known
+1 exactly how I feel as well
Range-rover
Veteran
Why don't you guys just give it a chance, it might be something real nice. We haven't
really seen it yet, just from a blurred video. Why don't we all go out takes some
pictures and then the November 5th will be here and we'll all see it!
Range
really seen it yet, just from a blurred video. Why don't we all go out takes some
pictures and then the November 5th will be here and we'll all see it!
Range
robbeiflex
Well-known
Last remaining film users? A niche too small to interest Nikon. IMHO, this is a response to Fuji and Sony.
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