Nikon porn

[BradS]

 

[Sirius Glass]

You should warn potential viewers to wear polarized sunglasses before opening this thread!

 

[mshchem]

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Ain't it great! I'm thinking you need a few more. F through F5 bodies with every possible finder. .
If you are getting a great deal, these beauties are hard to pass up.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Shaaaaaa-wing!

 

[Helios 1984]

The children, please think of the children!

 

[Alan Gales]

Brad, you are worse than Sirius. He doesn't own that many Hasselblads!

 

[benjiboy]

You're as bad as I am Brad with Canon F1's. but unfortunately, the common factor with both these fine cameras that were the pinnacle of 35mm SLR's is there will never be any more.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

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all still working 35mm-cameras are good these days but, to make it easier for buyers, there is an ISO standard to print the word 'Nikon' on the best of them.

 

[benjiboy]

all still working 35mm-cameras are good these days but, to make it easier for buyers, there is an ISO standard to print the word 'Nikon'
on the best of them.

I would dispute that Ralph, Nikon never made a professional manual focus film S.L.R as technically advanced as the Canon New F1, the Nikon F3 isn't in the same league.

 

[guangong]

It’s always wise to have a couple backups.

 

[Les Sarile]

I have really learned to appreciate Nikon's contributions. That they would release the FM3A in 2001 - against all conventional wisdom, certainly made me respect them even more!

 

[Vincent Peri]

I would dispute that Ralph, Nikon never made a professional manual focus film S.L.R as technically advanced as the Canon New F1, the Nikon F3 isn't in the same league.

Nikon sure made a heck of a lot more F3's than Canon did the New F1

 

[benjiboy]

Nikon sure made a heck of a lot more F3's than Canon did the New F1

That's true, they also made them for more than twice as long, but you can't base the comparative quality on sales figures..

 

[Sirius Glass]

Brad, you are worse than Sirius. He doesn't own that many Hasselblads!

I just feel so impoverished?

 

[__Brian]

I would dispute that Ralph, Nikon never made a professional manual focus film S.L.R as technically advanced as the Canon New F1, the Nikon F3 isn't in the same league.

Yes, totally different league- the Dead-Mount League. Canon dumped the FD mount shortly after the New Canon F1. Nikon still makes manual focus lenses. 35 years later, my F3AF still works- and I can use new Nikkor lenses on it.

My three favorite Nikons.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, totally different league- the Dead-Mount League. Canon dumped the FD mount shortly after the New Canon F1. Nikon still makes manual focus lenses. 35 years later, my F3AF still works- and I can use new Nikkor lenses on it.

And that I why when I had the choice of switching from Minolta to either Canon or Nikon. I felt that I could trust Nikon to stick with one lens mount. So I chose Nikon.

 

[Willyekerslike]

Yes, totally different league- the Dead-Mount League. Canon dumped the FD mount shortly after the New Canon F1. Nikon still makes manual focus lenses. 35 years later, my F3AF still works- and I can use new Nikkor lenses on it.

Also that is why I have never bought another Canon camera

 

[Mick Fagan]

I am in complete agreement with Benjiboy, this is from a person who bought his first F3 HP brand new in 1984/5 summer and used it alongside some people with the Canon New F1 at press events. The New F1 is capable of doing some things the F3 can only dream about; don't ask me what though. I distinctly remember standing alongside a women with the New F1 at the South Korean Olympic weight lifting entry competition for Australia in Melbourne. She was able to do things I was unable to do, I know this as she got the picture I wanted to get, but wasn't able.

Accidentally posted; continued as well as edited as I inserted the wrong Olympic games.

The biggest difference is the ability to do either aperture or shutter priority, this really is a nice difference and one many people of today don't know about.

With various add-ons the New F1 was certainly a superior camera.

That said, I've never regretted my decision to go with Nikon rather than Canon. I was deciding which way to go and took about 6 months to decide. The availability of second hand lenses was really the deciding point for me. Shed loads of Nikkor lenses compared to Canon lenses with a lower price for Nikkor lenses.

To reiterate; Benjiboy is on the money.

Mick.

 

[mshchem]

That's true, they also made them for more than twice as long, but you can't base the comparative quality on sales figures..

I'm not sure Nikon made F3 cameras for the last ten years they sold them. Bad inventory management, the F and the F2 were Nikon's big days of leadership, after that Nikon played catch-up technologically speaking. I do love my F5. I have a D3 and a D5 because of the muscle memory I have from the F2 and F5. (Everything but my first F2 I bought used)

The Canon F1 and Pentax LX are what I would love to have, if I had lottery winnings

 

[benjiboy]

I am in complete agreement with Benjiboy, this is from a person who bought his first F3 HP brand new in 1984/5 summer and used it alongside some people with the Canon New F1 at press events. The New F1 is capable of doing some things the F3 can only dream about; don't ask me what though. I distinctly remember standing alongside a women with the New F1 at the South Korean Olympic weight lifting entry competition for Australia in Melbourne. She was able to do things I was unable to do, I know this as she got the picture I wanted to get, but wasn't able.

Accidentally posted; continued as well as edited as I inserted the wrong Olympic games.

The biggest difference is the ability to do either aperture or shutter priority, this really is a nice difference and one many people of today don't know about.

With various add-ons the New F1 was certainly a superior camera.

That said, I've never regretted my decision to go with Nikon rather than Canon. I was deciding which way to go and took about 6 months to decide. The availability of second hand lenses was really the deciding point for me. Shed loads of Nikkor lenses compared to Canon lenses with a lower price for Nikkor lenses.

To reiterate; Benjiboy is on the money.

Mick.

Thanks Mick, I have owned the F2 , F3, F1n and New F1, and the F2 and F1n are more alike and the F3 and New F1 were contemporary with each other. The New F1 if it was used with the Power winder FN or the Motor Drive FN it gave the option of aperture or shutter priority AE and came out in time for the LA Olympic Games.

 

[__Brian]

The F2S, F2SB, and F2AS have the option for shutter preferred automatic mode. Some photographers actually used it. I wonder how many were sold, I have two of them with the charger. Bought dirt cheap.

 

[miha]

Was Canon New F1 the only flagship camera of the time not offering TTL flash exposure control?

 

[Les Sarile]

Was Canon New F1 the only flagship camera of the time not offering TTL flash exposure control?

I believe Canon didn't implement TTL until the T series.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

 

[CMoore]

The children, please think of the children!