Nikon announces new flagship **FILM** SLR – the F6!

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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Very few people 'round here have reported owning R8/R9's so I
can't see there being a huge population of such... although their
desire to have such capability is probably no less than mine for
Minolta to get off the pot with the D7

No, following the expression you invoke, "either **** or get off the pot",
you don't really want Minolta to get off the pot, you want them to ****,
which, by analogy, would make the D7 a piece of ****...

Don't look at me, you chose the expression!
;-)

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Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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snip

Very few people 'round here have reported owning R8/R9's so I
can't see there being a huge population of such... although their
desire to have such capability is probably no less than mine for
Minolta to get off the pot with the D7

No, following the expression you invoke, "either **** or get off the pot",
you don't really want Minolta to get off the pot, you want them to ****,
which, by analogy, would make the D7 a piece of ****...

Don't look at me, you chose the expression!
;-)

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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In article , Alan Browne
wrote:
Good point. Many companies end up in a state where two product
lines begin to cross and threaten each other in the marketplace.
Managing this is not as easy as many would think. The managers
of the D2 line would probably not be happy if the F6 was sold as
a "future digi-back" body as that would offer to many open
possibilities, threatening the D2H and newer D2X ... but after
the D2x peaks then an F6 back appearing would be welcome for
everyone ... of course such a back would probably start modestly,
somewhere around 4 to 6 Mpix and 1.5 crop, but with great growth
potential.


That's what I think they did with the F6. It's a FILM D2x. It has the
"look and feel" of a D2x and uses many of the same parts. The idea being
if you want to shoot digital today, you pick up a D2x. If you want to
shoot film you pick up an F6. Same accessories except the D2x uses memory
cards and the F6 uses film.

Nice idea for a pro, you can but one set of "stuff" and different bodies
as you need them.

Now the $64,000 question. Which will Nikon release? A full frame Digital
camera or a focusing screen for the F6 the crops off the area the digital
only lenses cover?


As Alan points out in another thread, the F6 is the only real wide angle
option of the two cameras, thus, kidding though you may be, a focusing
screen crop would not make perfect sense.

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Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
...
In article , Alan Browne
wrote:
Good point. Many companies end up in a state where two product
lines begin to cross and threaten each other in the marketplace.
Managing this is not as easy as many would think. The managers
of the D2 line would probably not be happy if the F6 was sold as
a "future digi-back" body as that would offer to many open
possibilities, threatening the D2H and newer D2X ... but after
the D2x peaks then an F6 back appearing would be welcome for
everyone ... of course such a back would probably start modestly,
somewhere around 4 to 6 Mpix and 1.5 crop, but with great growth
potential.


That's what I think they did with the F6. It's a FILM D2x. It has the
"look and feel" of a D2x and uses many of the same parts. The idea being
if you want to shoot digital today, you pick up a D2x. If you want to
shoot film you pick up an F6. Same accessories except the D2x uses memory
cards and the F6 uses film.

Nice idea for a pro, you can but one set of "stuff" and different bodies
as you need them.

Now the $64,000 question. Which will Nikon release? A full frame Digital
camera or a focusing screen for the F6 the crops off the area the digital
only lenses cover?


As Alan points out in another thread, the F6 is the only real wide angle
option of the two cameras, thus, kidding though you may be, a focusing
screen crop would not make perfect sense.

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

No waist level finder option, obviously.

No waist level finder option, obviously.

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
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Alan Browne wrote:
Sander Vesik wrote:



I've shot shaddowgraphs of the sun at 1/12,000, f/22 and a 4xND
in place on ISO 100... but certainly not something I'd do every

Ah. Ok. Have you tried projecting the sun through a telescope
on a white screen? (*NEVER* look at the sun. esp not through a
telescope).

As a kid I had (still have it somewhere) a telescope with a special filter
just for looking at the sun. It was cool, I could see the sun spots and
everything! I can still see them, they're right there, before me, ever
since... ;-)

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
...
Alan Browne wrote:
Sander Vesik wrote:



I've shot shaddowgraphs of the sun at 1/12,000, f/22 and a 4xND
in place on ISO 100... but certainly not something I'd do every

Ah. Ok. Have you tried projecting the sun through a telescope
on a white screen? (*NEVER* look at the sun. esp not through a
telescope).

As a kid I had (still have it somewhere) a telescope with a special filter
just for looking at the sun. It was cool, I could see the sun spots and
everything! I can still see them, they're right there, before me, ever
since... ;-)

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
...
Alan Browne wrote:
Sander Vesik wrote:



I've shot shaddowgraphs of the sun at 1/12,000, f/22 and a 4xND
in place on ISO 100... but certainly not something I'd do every

Ah. Ok. Have you tried projecting the sun through a telescope
on a white screen? (*NEVER* look at the sun. esp not through a
telescope).

As a kid I had (still have it somewhere) a telescope with a special filter
just for looking at the sun. It was cool, I could see the sun spots and
everything! I can still see them, they're right there, before me, ever
since... ;-)

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

Matt Clara wrote:

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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Very few people 'round here have reported owning R8/R9's so I
can't see there being a huge population of such... although their
desire to have such capability is probably no less than mine for
Minolta to get off the pot with the D7


No, following the expression you invoke, "either **** or get off the pot",
you don't really want Minolta to get off the pot, you want them to ****,
which, by analogy, would make the D7 a piece of ****...

You've been in a nasty mood the last couple days.

Don't tell me: your arch rival at work borrowed the D70 for the
weekend?

Cheers,
Alan.


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