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Haha! Yes, I still miss my F6. But I never had the desire to subject it to inclement weather, let alone such treatment! It was the only camera that I have used that actually produced images published in two medical journals, so I really only used it sparingly. Then I sold it to pay some medical bills.As a former motor sports photographer, I've used most of my hi-end Nikon bodies in pouring rain, sometimes for hours. That includes D300, D2Xs, D700 and D810. Nikon has always been conservative when it comes to written statements about weather sealing. However, photos in their brochures tell a different story, and often show camera used in worse conditions than I would normally expose myself to. The F6 brochure is my favourite in that respect.
https://cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com/e/Q5NM9...-Tmc2LI1QzE2CCBOrQ==/PDF/1799_F6_brochure.pdf
I found a relatively new F6 blog btw., with lots of good information about my favourite camera:
https://yestheworldisyours.com/blogs/news/nikon-f6
Sitting at an airport at 4 A.M. waiting for my next flight, my judgements may not be optimal, but somebody told me years ago that only two lenses are needed, a 35mm and an 85mm. Nikon offers both, as f/1.8 as well as 1.4 plus f/1.8 in Z-mount. Maybe that guy was right. With one D-body and one F-body, you wouldn't even need a back cap for the lensesHaha! Yes, I still miss my F6. But I never had the desire to subject it to inclement weather, let alone such treatment! It was the only camera that I have used that actually produced images published in two medical journals, so I really only used it sparingly. Then I sold it to pay some medical bills.
The D2x, same fate. But my "new" D2x :thumbup: is quite enjoyable as before but I don't feel comfortable using it in downpours even though a lot of people seem to have fine just that.
I would like to have lenses with the rubber gasket on the mount... but, I don't.
Hi RayyanSomehow, I feel that new versions of the Z6 and Z7
shall be announced much sooner than the usual Nikon
upgrade cycles of the past.
They have to...others have gained significant experience
and are now in a relatively strong position to consolidate
their market share and snap on the heels of new entrants.
It does not matter if one card slot is all one needs;
it is how the market perceives such an issue.
Same with lenses. No matter how good an adapter is;
does one have the native lenses for that mount now..
not tomorrow.
I shall be watching developments very eagerly.
Like is too short. If I can’t have salmon, I wouldn’t mind
a trout for dinner.
Of course, one can go out fishing; hoping to snag something
for dinner.
You tried the wrong thing. Try once the Z7 finder. Just for fun. And I know how a good OVF looks.BTW, tried the new X1D-50c II yesterday and it convinced me that it is OVF or nothing!
I wonder what cameras they are hiding under their ponchos?Just a comment to my comment on ponchos:
An excellent camera, even if is say so myself. I wrote the English instruction manual for that when I was working for Konica Minolta in Japan. If you have any other language manual except the Japanese version, then the translation is from mine.I shot this in 2005 with a Minolta Dimage A1 - certainly NOT a waterproof camera,
but it was still working ......... when I last retrieved it from the back of a cupboard.
If I remember correctly - the manual supplied with my camera was enormously thick as it contained many many language sections (all yours :thumbup.I wrote the English instruction manual for that when I was working for Konica Minolta in Japan. If you have any other language manual except the Japanese version, then the translation is from mine.