Why the Nikon F6?

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6? With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera? Would it really offer
features that you can't live without, if you are already shooting with an F5
and waiting for digital to be reasonably perfected?

Scott Chapin

"Scott Chapin" wrote:

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?

Presumably because they expect to sell some, and make a profit in the
process. Having put in all the research and development $$$, it would
be silly not to manufacture the camera, even if it isn't the
film/digital hybrid that Nikon originally intended to make.

"Scott Chapin" wrote:

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?

Presumably because they expect to sell some, and make a profit in the
process. Having put in all the research and development $$$, it would
be silly not to manufacture the camera, even if it isn't the
film/digital hybrid that Nikon originally intended to make.

"Scott Chapin" wrote:

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?

Presumably because they expect to sell some, and make a profit in the
process. Having put in all the research and development $$$, it would
be silly not to manufacture the camera, even if it isn't the
film/digital hybrid that Nikon originally intended to make.

"Scott Chapin" wrote in message
...
I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?
With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera? Would it really offer
features that you can't live without, if you are already shooting with an
F5
and waiting for digital to be reasonably perfected?

Scott Chapin



I've known several photographers to purchase F5's, and then trade down to
first the N90x, and then the F100 after its release, just because the F5 was
too heavy and bulky. This new camera offers all of the cutting edge the F5
offered, and then some (except the 1/3 of a stop slower flash sync speed),
and put it in a smaller, highly ergonomic body. If you want the bulk, and
need the 8 fps speed (as opposed to 7.4 fps without) there's always the
battery pack addition.

As a Nikon user, and a person who intends to stick with film for life (with
the addition of digital when I can get 14 megapixel full frame for $1500,
which could be awhile) I find the F6 quite exciting.

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Scott Chapin" wrote in message
...
I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?
With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera? Would it really offer
features that you can't live without, if you are already shooting with an
F5
and waiting for digital to be reasonably perfected?

Scott Chapin



I've known several photographers to purchase F5's, and then trade down to
first the N90x, and then the F100 after its release, just because the F5 was
too heavy and bulky. This new camera offers all of the cutting edge the F5
offered, and then some (except the 1/3 of a stop slower flash sync speed),
and put it in a smaller, highly ergonomic body. If you want the bulk, and
need the 8 fps speed (as opposed to 7.4 fps without) there's always the
battery pack addition.

As a Nikon user, and a person who intends to stick with film for life (with
the addition of digital when I can get 14 megapixel full frame for $1500,
which could be awhile) I find the F6 quite exciting.

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

"Scott Chapin" wrote in message
...

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?
With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera?

Nikon seems to be willing to bet a considerable sum of money on a viewpoint
that differs from yours. If that fact won't convince you to reconsider your
opinion, it's hard to believe that anything that anyone says on this
newsgroup will do so.

"Scott Chapin" wrote in message
...

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?
With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera?

Nikon seems to be willing to bet a considerable sum of money on a viewpoint
that differs from yours. If that fact won't convince you to reconsider your
opinion, it's hard to believe that anything that anyone says on this
newsgroup will do so.

"Scott Chapin" wrote in message
...

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6?
With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera?

Nikon seems to be willing to bet a considerable sum of money on a viewpoint
that differs from yours. If that fact won't convince you to reconsider your
opinion, it's hard to believe that anything that anyone says on this
newsgroup will do so.

Scott Chapin wrote:

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, but why would Nikon manufacture the F6? With
digital technology moving the way it is, is their anyone desirous of
spending the motherlode on a new film based camera? Would it really offer
features that you can't live without, if you are already shooting with an F5
and waiting for digital to be reasonably perfected?

The sales will tell all.

Somebody with an F5 probably will not immediately buy an F6.
Somebody considering an F5 would now, more likely, opt for the F6.

Film is not dead. I'm not tryiong to be sarcastic.

Cheers,
Alan


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