Stuart Richardson
Active member
Well, I cracked...I bought a mint F6 and 17-35mm lens from Camera West, so I will soon begin to experience Nikon. If I like the results I get, I will probably look into a 24-70 or a 50/1.4 and 105mm. And a digital body to put them on...Hmm. It will be my first autofocus camera (well, in 35mm anyway), and I am interested to see how the miracles of modern science like 3D color matrix metering, 11 zone AF, self-checking shutters and 5fps film transport will effect my photography. Though these are top of the line Nikon items, they are still comparitively cheap (after Leica, Rollei and Hasselblad, Nikon seems quite a bargain). I don't doubt that I could turn them around for very little loss if they are not to my liking.
So we'll see, I am not going to sell all the R stuff yet, but I am interested to see the comparison. At times I feel like the R system is too close to the M system for what I use it for...mostly travel, landscape and portraiture. The Nikon promises to offer much faster performance and more accurate metering, along with more versatile digital options. I have a feeling that it may work better for me, allowing me something that truly offers something different and unique when compared to the M system (my primary system).
Or it could just be the gearhead in me rationalizing.
So we'll see, I am not going to sell all the R stuff yet, but I am interested to see the comparison. At times I feel like the R system is too close to the M system for what I use it for...mostly travel, landscape and portraiture. The Nikon promises to offer much faster performance and more accurate metering, along with more versatile digital options. I have a feeling that it may work better for me, allowing me something that truly offers something different and unique when compared to the M system (my primary system).
Or it could just be the gearhead in me rationalizing.