In article ,
David Bindle wrote:
Nowadays... people interested in manual focus cameras can pick up incredible
Canon FD L lens optics for cheap, due to the fact that Canon changed their
mount. Cheaper than MF Nikon equipment but just as good and sometimes
better...

That suggests that Nikon basically got the right strategy.



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