Swissblad
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Then again the F3 was produced for 22 years and outlived the F4!At a current rate of 100 units per year, the F6 must be the slowest selling camera in Nikon's history. Still, they keep it in production after 9 years.
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Then again the F3 was produced for 22 years and outlived the F4!At a current rate of 100 units per year, the F6 must be the slowest selling camera in Nikon's history. Still, they keep it in production after 9 years.
There are only 3 35mm DSLR cameras on that list, the two budget models, 6D and D610, plus the massively popular 5D III, but I agree: If Nikon had sold it for $2,200, they would have sold more. The people at Nikon obviously know this. Still, they priced it $500 higher. Maybe they don't even have capacity for the sales volume they would have gotten with a lower price. If that's the case, earning a few hundred dollars more per unit is better than having thousands of angry customers waiting for their cameras.It's not in Amazon's top 20
When the Fuji 100 was announced there was a massive waiting list.
I really think if this camera was priced between the D610 and D800 ie about $2200.- there would be a much better demand.
As such, I'll wait for the price drop.....
Jeez, it's so hard to pick out a good quote from his site, because essentially the whole "Recommendations" section is a gold mine.It's even better - a quote from KR:
"The Nikon Df is small, light, tough and intuitive, so my D800E can go out with next week's trash......"
.........hey all you D800E - I'll show you where my trash container is
Apparently he see the future.I've been waiting for this for over 10 years.
So will the unicorn and bird of paradise leftovers from dinner time.The Nikon Df is small, light, tough and intuitive, so my D800E can go out with next week's trash.
I demand my products be only crafted by the master race!I didn't buy the regular 50/1.8G because it's offshored to China; I'm hoping the special edition will be made domestically in Japan.
Not much smaller or more discreet (silver, duh) than any 35mm SLR, but how can you see KR's giant goofy grin and still look at the camera?I love that it looks like my Nikon FE 35mm camera; when I'm in public I can snap away without people worrying about who I am or why I'm taking pictures, as happens if I show up with a big camera.
Is this a NC-17 forum or a PG forum? Just asking.I just wish the Df cost a lot more so it wouldn't fall into the hands of the general public. It's value to me as a stealth camera drops if everyone has one and people figure out that it's digital.
Proactive hipster confirmed. Possibly racist.Of course I prefer the chrome version; the black one looks like everything else, so I hope all of you get black so I still look like a 35mm bumpkin with my chrome camera.
2/10 - Maybe he should get his son to help troll, kids come up with the best BS.It may be one of those products that goes away after its first model, after which the used prices of the Df might be more than we can buy it for new today.
Amazing... he compares this camera the to the D600/610 just moments earlier, and now claims it to be as potentially rare and timeless as a lens with no equals.For instance, Nikon's 28mm f/1.4 AF-D was sold for a while in the 1990s and then discontinued with no replacement. It was one of Nikon's most expensive lenses ever at about $1,500 back in the 1990s, and today, they still sell for more money used than anyone paid for them new because there is nothing like it; the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 AFS is different. If you deserve a Nikon Df, get one while you can.
Now come on Stefan, play fair, the strap lugs are in almost the same position and the hotshoe is very close!I am sorry , but if someone states they want to match the look of a classic like the FM and it looks like a pregnant FA it will NOT meet the expectations.
The old one was clean and defined, the new one is a typical example of "wannabee plastic fassade not understanding the essence of the original".
Failure Nikon. Sit dow. New try.
It's not in Amazon's top 20
When the Fuji 100 was announced there was a massive waiting list.
I really think if this camera was priced between the D610 and D800 ie about $2200.- there would be a much better demand.
As such, I'll wait for the price drop.....
Question - what is the knurled button next to the Df logo?
Exactly my point! Plus the D610 has video, which I do not understand the Df does not have, as it is already more than fully packed with controls, so the few more knobs for video would not have hurt!So for these demands there will only be the D610 or the Df. But the D610 will save me a lot of Money, and its about the same size.
thorkil
Hi guys,
I posted this on Steve Huff's site a few days ago.
-Brad
My idea for a "Pure Photography" Nikon digital basic
I was so excited to read about the upcoming "Pure Photography" Nikon digital, but when it was announced and shown I was disappointed to see it's basically a D610 dressed up with a square body and some extra dials (too many in fact).
So here's my visual concept for a Nikon Dfb (b for basic) that sticks more closely with the idea of a digital F3. No need for an ISO dial or mode dial (how often do we switch them?). No need for most of the buttons. Just set aperture and shutter speed and take pictures. And make it as thin as physically possible.
I hope you like it. I hope they build it.
-Brad
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I had a look at the IR comparison at ISO 25,600. At that ISO, all the details are gone from the both of the A7 cameras, so a comparison is pointless. Unfortunately, also the D610 lacks a lot of detail that is clearly visible in the D4 image and to make it worse for the D610, shadows and dark colours show zillions of multicoloured dots, particularly in the blacks, that render images useless for print at any decent size. A reduction to 16MP simply won't solve that problem. The choice of the 16MP sensor for the Df makes more sense for each day I look into this...Hulyss (but I think he used some gasoline for the flames..)
If I should have a second workhorse, apart from the Ricoh GR, used for Buildings, and walking inside in difficult lightconditions, the
Imaging Resource "Comparometer" ™ Digital Camera Image Comparison Page
shows that the D610 can cope with relative good result at iso 12.800, and if the Df got the sensor from the D4, then this will give an even better result at 12.800, not as detailed, but more clean than the D610. And it shows that the Sony A7, the OM-D ME-1 and K-5II etc. have been giving up at this stage.
So for these demands there will only be the D610 or the Df. But the D610 will save me a lot of Money, and its about the same size.
thorkil