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Twenty seven hundred US dollars.Bit puzzled by the negative sentiments here seemingly outnumbering the positive ones.
That you need to lift or press a pin to rotate. PASM dial is redundant. Exposure comp is on the left side. shiggy diggy doo.I am thrilled by the specs on this camera. The user interface matters a lot to me. Look at that top plate: crammed with analogue dials, dials, dials!
If it gets the shot, I don't mind any kind of control layout, it simply has to be laid out well, whether the focus is on automation or direct control.I think that with this design direction, Nikon have been strongly influenced with what Fuji has been doing with their successful X series...they took that ball and ran even further with it! Hurray, I say; let that be the way forward in camera design. My Canon 5DII has all the charm and attractiveness of a TV remote control. My Mamiya 645AFD's design falls somewhere in between; the later Mamiyas from AFDII to DF+ are progressively worse, more Canon-like. People talk about Olympus doing retro well, but I disagree: their Pen and OM-D bodies are still all fiddly Canon-esque buttons.
Interesting, if this is the most appealing Nikon, then I no longer have to wonder why I never got into using one.So for me it's not perfect, but it's the most appealing Nikon since the F4 or F5, and definitely the most appealing thing they've ever produced in digital.
Bit puzzled by the negative sentiments here seemingly outnumbering the positive ones.
I am thrilled by the specs on this camera. The user interface matters a lot to me. Look at that top plate: crammed with analogue dials, dials, dials!
I think that with this design direction, Nikon have been strongly influenced with what Fuji has been doing with their successful X series...they took that ball and ran even further with it! Hurray, I say; let that be the way forward in camera design. My Canon 5DII has all the charm and attractiveness of a TV remote control. My Mamiya 645AFD's design falls somewhere in between; the later Mamiyas from AFDII to DF+ are progressively worse, more Canon-like. People talk about Olympus doing retro well, but I disagree: their Pen and OM-D bodies are still all fiddly Canon-esque buttons.
Everyone is saying that in appearance it's very like the FE2/FM2/F3, but to me, with the PASM exposure mode dial and the drive-mode dial on top, and the focus mode switch on the front, it's functionally a lot more like the exquisitely designed F4. All it's missing really is the F4's interchangeable viewfinders and focus screens...I'd settle for a tilting LCD screen instead, but they didn't go for that either, pity.
So for me it's not perfect, but it's the most appealing Nikon since the F4 or F5, and definitely the most appealing thing they've ever produced in digital.
Ray
(...) Seriously, my guess is Nikon is going after an elite market with this one, a-la Leica. (...)
Thanks, Jorgen. Kudos to Nikon at least for that. I've filled it out.Nikon seem to take things seriously this time. They have a survey online:
https://webc.nikonimaging.com/form/pub/info/df_en
:thumbup:
I bet you they spent more money on the teasers on the whole than any new tooling.My guess: Nikon is making the Df at a loss. Small series, lots of metal hardware, made in Japan. Production cost is probably closer to D4 than D800. Of course, if it turns out to be a huge success then unit cost for tooling will drop.
My guess: this is like Nikon 1, another attempt to carve out a niche where they can raise margins. There are lots of cost-saving design decisions in the Df, beneath the cosmetic glitz.My guess: Nikon is making the Df at a loss. Small series, lots of metal hardware, made in Japan. Production cost is probably closer to D4 than D800. Of course, if it turns out to be a huge success then unit cost for tooling will drop.
+1 Jordan Drake :thumbs:
Like what?There are lots of cost-saving design decisions in the Df, beneath the cosmetic glitz.
Thom Hogan has laid these out clearly. Keep in mind that this is a camera aimed at hard-core photographers:Like what?