Sorry - That's what I meant. Slip of the brain pan.

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Actually the F5 is a lot more reliable than the F2 -- if it wasn't
Nikon
would be out of business. As to Nikon being more reliable than Canon,
I
still see Ae-1 Canons in use. The only 2 Nikkormats I've even seen are
on
friends shelves - unrepairable.

Hmm. Wouldn't the FT-b be the contemporary to the Nikkormat?

As I recall, Nikon grabbed the pro SLR market in the '60s. In the
'70s, Pentax, Canon, and Olympus decided to take them on with the
Pentax LX, Canon F-1, and Olympus OM-1. Canon eventually made it in
the market; the others didn't. I think it was basically a matter of
market timing and luck that this happened.

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