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Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote:
I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/11...itle_0_2#specs Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-n...3dkits_bundles -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote:
On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 2013-11-05 10:03:12 +0000, Me said:
On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote: On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. Unlike many Nikon D's, this one specifically works with all the old (I mean OLD) lenses- the pre-AI manual lenses with the coupling forks. One reason I bought my (DX format) D5000 was that it could do that also, but when I found it too tedious to use those lenses fully manually, and I wasn't taking 35mm film anymore (I still take 120), I sold my entire Nikon F system to KEH when they came up to my city on one of their traveling buying trips. I got decent money for it. But now those lenses would be useful on the DF, if I could figure out a good reason to drop nearly $3000 on yet another camera. All that said, for those of us who grew up loving the Nikon F, this camera looks like a camera again. -- Michael |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 12/11/2013 2:17 PM, John A. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:39:41 -0500, Michael wrote: On 2013-11-05 10:03:12 +0000, Me said: On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote: On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. Unlike many Nikon D's, this one specifically works with all the old (I mean OLD) lenses- the pre-AI manual lenses with the coupling forks. One reason I bought my (DX format) D5000 was that it could do that also, but when I found it too tedious to use those lenses fully manually, and I wasn't taking 35mm film anymore (I still take 120), I sold my entire Nikon F system to KEH when they came up to my city on one of their traveling buying trips. I got decent money for it. But now those lenses would be useful on the DF, if I could figure out a good reason to drop nearly $3000 on yet another camera. All that said, for those of us who grew up loving the Nikon F, this camera looks like a camera again. If only this were real... http://re35.net/ Back before I bought my first DSLR I did in fact look around to see if something like that was available. Maybe this will come to fruition some day... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/12/17/ni...-cameras.aspx/ JA I recall a company back in 1997 Imagek later renamed SiliconFilm that was pushing that concept. But seemed more like investment baiting scam. Never fielded a working model for anyone to examine. -- Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
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wrote: Maybe this will come to fruition some day... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/12/17/ni...for-35mm-film- slr-cameras.aspx/ I recall a company back in 1997 Imagek later renamed SiliconFilm that was pushing that concept. But seemed more like investment baiting scam. a scam is exactly what it was. Never fielded a working model for anyone to examine. of course there wasn't a working model. such a device is not possible. |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 2013-11-12 19:17:01 +0000, John A. said:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:39:41 -0500, Michael wrote: On 2013-11-05 10:03:12 +0000, Me said: On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote: On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. Unlike many Nikon D's, this one specifically works with all the old (I mean OLD) lenses- the pre-AI manual lenses with the coupling forks. One reason I bought my (DX format) D5000 was that it could do that also, but when I found it too tedious to use those lenses fully manually, and I wasn't taking 35mm film anymore (I still take 120), I sold my entire Nikon F system to KEH when they came up to my city on one of their traveling buying trips. I got decent money for it. But now those lenses would be useful on the DF, if I could figure out a good reason to drop nearly $3000 on yet another camera. All that said, for those of us who grew up loving the Nikon F, this camera looks like a camera again. If only this were real... http://re35.net/ Yup! That was an April fool's day prank from a year or two back. There was a siilar idea which flew for a few months and the proved to not be viable. Back before I bought my first DSLR I did in fact look around to see if something like that was available. Maybe this will come to fruition some day... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/12/17/ni...-cameras.aspx/ I seriously doubt that that is much more than wishful thinking. -- Regards, Savageduck |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
On 2013-11-12 20:04:17 +0000, Usenet Account said:
On 12/11/2013 2:17 PM, John A. wrote: On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:39:41 -0500, Michael wrote: On 2013-11-05 10:03:12 +0000, Me said: On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote: On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. Unlike many Nikon D's, this one specifically works with all the old (I mean OLD) lenses- the pre-AI manual lenses with the coupling forks. One reason I bought my (DX format) D5000 was that it could do that also, but when I found it too tedious to use those lenses fully manually, and I wasn't taking 35mm film anymore (I still take 120), I sold my entire Nikon F system to KEH when they came up to my city on one of their traveling buying trips. I got decent money for it. But now those lenses would be useful on the DF, if I could figure out a good reason to drop nearly $3000 on yet another camera. All that said, for those of us who grew up loving the Nikon F, this camera looks like a camera again. If only this were real... http://re35.net/ Back before I bought my first DSLR I did in fact look around to see if something like that was available. Maybe this will come to fruition some day... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/12/17/ni...-cameras.aspx/ JA I recall a company back in 1997 Imagek later renamed SiliconFilm that was pushing that concept. But seemed more like investment baiting scam. Never fielded a working model for anyone to examine. I believe that either Hoodman or Delkin had a short lived concept at about the same time. Ultimately it wouldn't even be able to keep pace with the least of the P&S of the day. I seem to remember they were talking about 1.7MB. -- Regards, Savageduck |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
In article 2013111212432453930-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
says... On 2013-11-12 19:17:01 +0000, John A. said: On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:39:41 -0500, Michael wrote: On 2013-11-05 10:03:12 +0000, Me said: On 5/11/2013 9:49 p.m., David Taylor wrote: On 05/11/2013 04:47, RichA wrote: I'd sooner pay $3000 for this than $1800 for a lame D610 body. Strange, really. I suppose it will appeal to some folk, but what a price! Too many dials! It's large, pointless, and overpriced. D610 is a much better camera, or for the same retail price as the DF, a D800 kills it in every way. Unlike many Nikon D's, this one specifically works with all the old (I mean OLD) lenses- the pre-AI manual lenses with the coupling forks. One reason I bought my (DX format) D5000 was that it could do that also, but when I found it too tedious to use those lenses fully manually, and I wasn't taking 35mm film anymore (I still take 120), I sold my entire Nikon F system to KEH when they came up to my city on one of their traveling buying trips. I got decent money for it. But now those lenses would be useful on the DF, if I could figure out a good reason to drop nearly $3000 on yet another camera. All that said, for those of us who grew up loving the Nikon F, this camera looks like a camera again. If only this were real... http://re35.net/ Yup! That was an April fool's day prank from a year or two back. There was a siilar idea which flew for a few months and the proved to not be viable. Back before I bought my first DSLR I did in fact look around to see if something like that was available. Maybe this will come to fruition some day... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/12/17/ni...-cameras.aspx/ I seriously doubt that that is much more than wishful thinking. I suspect it will be invalidated on the basis of prior art--Leica actually sold such a product, the "Digital Modul R" for the R9. |
Nikon's retro DSLR launches and it looks good
In article , J. Clarke
wrote: I recall a company back in 1997 Imagek later renamed SiliconFilm that was pushing that concept. But seemed more like investment baiting scam. Never fielded a working model for anyone to examine. It's a nice idea but until someone figures out a way to make a sensor thin enough to fit into the film-plane of a 35mm SLR and durable enough to survive handling, I think it's pie in the sky. that's minor. the pressure plate has some flex to it. there are many other issues that are far bigger obstacles. |
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