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Mark M wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message Don't worry ... this has been Nikon's one point of long standing honor (with its many exceptions...). If they changed mounts now they would have a stampede heading for Canon and they know it. That doesn't sound like honor. That sounds more like hanging on for dear life! I used the word 'honor' because it is a strategy that Nikon adopted back in the 70's (80's?) to maintain a lens mount back to 1959. They maintained that strategy through the present which is one of the strong pillars of their success and user loyalty. If Nikon make a new F-mount film camera in 2009, it will work with lenses built in 1959 (with some *wee* compromises to be sure). 50 years of consistency can't be sneezed at. If Nikon do do a new mount, the benefits of it will have to be astounding to retain their customer base. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Mark M wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message Don't worry ... this has been Nikon's one point of long standing honor (with its many exceptions...). If they changed mounts now they would have a stampede heading for Canon and they know it. That doesn't sound like honor. That sounds more like hanging on for dear life! I used the word 'honor' because it is a strategy that Nikon adopted back in the 70's (80's?) to maintain a lens mount back to 1959. They maintained that strategy through the present which is one of the strong pillars of their success and user loyalty. If Nikon make a new F-mount film camera in 2009, it will work with lenses built in 1959 (with some *wee* compromises to be sure). 50 years of consistency can't be sneezed at. If Nikon do do a new mount, the benefits of it will have to be astounding to retain their customer base. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Peter Chant wrote:
In article rEP2d.210255$mD.1162@attbi_s02, "William Graham" writes: It hangs on to me.....I would hate to have to only buy the latest AF glass for my camera.....I don't even use the AF when I have an AF lens attached. I love the old glass. Partly because it's so cheap, and partly because those old lenses have no plastic in them....They are all glass and brass, and they feel solid to the touch....I actually had a Nikkor AF lens once that had a cardboard lens mount! - Ugh!!! Fortunately, it was broken, and I only bought it so I could take it apart to see how it was constructed.....(Not too well, I can assure you.) Hmm, something to note when people are Cosina/Sigma bashing. We (the people) often use stock phrases along the lines of: "Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Pentax, etc. ... all make superb lenses as well as their share of dogs." -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Peter Chant wrote:
In article rEP2d.210255$mD.1162@attbi_s02, "William Graham" writes: It hangs on to me.....I would hate to have to only buy the latest AF glass for my camera.....I don't even use the AF when I have an AF lens attached. I love the old glass. Partly because it's so cheap, and partly because those old lenses have no plastic in them....They are all glass and brass, and they feel solid to the touch....I actually had a Nikkor AF lens once that had a cardboard lens mount! - Ugh!!! Fortunately, it was broken, and I only bought it so I could take it apart to see how it was constructed.....(Not too well, I can assure you.) Hmm, something to note when people are Cosina/Sigma bashing. We (the people) often use stock phrases along the lines of: "Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Pentax, etc. ... all make superb lenses as well as their share of dogs." -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Peter Chant wrote:
In article rEP2d.210255$mD.1162@attbi_s02, "William Graham" writes: It hangs on to me.....I would hate to have to only buy the latest AF glass for my camera.....I don't even use the AF when I have an AF lens attached. I love the old glass. Partly because it's so cheap, and partly because those old lenses have no plastic in them....They are all glass and brass, and they feel solid to the touch....I actually had a Nikkor AF lens once that had a cardboard lens mount! - Ugh!!! Fortunately, it was broken, and I only bought it so I could take it apart to see how it was constructed.....(Not too well, I can assure you.) Hmm, something to note when people are Cosina/Sigma bashing. We (the people) often use stock phrases along the lines of: "Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Pentax, etc. ... all make superb lenses as well as their share of dogs." -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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