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

Here's the link to Nikon's press release:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm


- Peter

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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Here's the link to Nikon's press release:
http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm
- Peter

Thanks for posting. Nikon make a great sales pitch about reducing noise,
and then forget to put a figure in the specifications against which we might
do some checks!

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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk\oddimage.htm

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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Here's the link to Nikon's press release:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm


- Peter

The specs seem almost identical to the F5......I really don't see anything
that warrants a new model.....Perhaps quieter, and perhaps better flash
control, but an F6?

perhaps its smaller than the F5 . I never liked the intgrated battery pack
of the F5
Nikon has got it right to to keep at the forefront of film too
B
"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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Here's the link to Nikon's press release:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm


- Peter

The specs seem almost identical to the F5......I really don't see anything
that warrants a new model.....Perhaps quieter, and perhaps better flash
control, but an F6?

"Bhup" wrote in message
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perhaps its smaller than the F5 . I never liked the intgrated battery pack
of the F5
Nikon has got it right to to keep at the forefront of film too

Yes....I think TP's post is the key....The two engineering departments at
Nikon saw a chance to profit from each other's work, so they came out with
the F6 along with the D2X.....They wouldn't have normally replaced the F5
with so few improvements otherwise......

"Bhup" wrote in message
...
perhaps its smaller than the F5 . I never liked the intgrated battery pack
of the F5
Nikon has got it right to to keep at the forefront of film too

Yes....I think TP's post is the key....The two engineering departments at
Nikon saw a chance to profit from each other's work, so they came out with
the F6 along with the D2X.....They wouldn't have normally replaced the F5
with so few improvements otherwise......

The specs seem to imply that it comes with a "data back" as standard.

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David Edwards
nitehawk01 at verizon dot net


"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
om...
Here's the link to Nikon's press release:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm


- Peter

The specs seem almost identical to the F5......I really don't see anything
that warrants a new model.....Perhaps quieter, and perhaps better flash
control, but an F6?

"David Edwards" wrote in message
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The specs seem to imply that it comes with a "data back" as standard.

*gasp!*

--
Martin Francis http://www.sixbysix.co.uk
"Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and
no, and yes...."

"David Edwards" wrote in message
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The specs seem to imply that it comes with a "data back" as standard.

*gasp!*

--
Martin Francis http://www.sixbysix.co.uk
"Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and
no, and yes...."

William Graham wrote:

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
om...
Here's the link to Nikon's press release:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm


- Peter

The specs seem almost identical to the F5......I really don't see anything
that warrants a new model.....Perhaps quieter, and perhaps better flash
control, but an F6?


No. F6 is all the features of F5 with all the features that have been added
to the digital cameras - including D2H - moved over to film. You should
re-read teh specs ;-) While its true the difference isnt as big as it has
been in the changes in top dSLR-s, the fault there is with dSLR-s having
stated off really primitive in comparison.

--
Sander

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