2007-12-31 06:54:32 · 6 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
What kind of photographer would buy one today?
Don't get me wrong. The F6 is an amazing machine. But with the D200, D2x, and D3 around...
2007-12-31 07:04:59 · update #1
People who have invested tens of thousands of dollars is some very specialized lenses and film based labs are interested in film bodies if they are not ready to update them yet.
Even though most of the older lenses will work with the digitals they don't always work as well. For example, I just sold off all my old lenses including items like my 600mm f4 which I loved for sunsets and wildlife. But when I put that lens on my digitals it became a 900mm which was just too much for what I used it for. Had I not been ready to buy a new lens to replace it for digital I would have held on to my film bodies.
Additionally, if you have a fifty thousand dollar darkroom with dry to dry processors capable of turning out a 30 x 40 color print in just four or five minutes for not much money you know that you're not going to be printing those from digital without major upgrades to the digital lab you may have. So you stick with film.
There may also be some industrial applications where a film based camera is needed, maybe something where you're working in an environment a film body will hold up to better than a digital.
2007-12-31 07:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by boiledcrabs 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not one of them. But some serious photographers still shoot film. The F6 is fantastic for them.
As for the FM 10, it's a great little starter camera for students, and I'm sure that's why Nikon keeps it around.
2007-12-31 09:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jim M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those who just HAVE to have a digital, get one. Digital is not the best of all possible worlds, it is merely a trade off and nothing more. True you can get nice pictures from one, but they are limited in how much enlargement you can have. Digital has yet to find what film has and I doubt it ever will.
But even with the qualities of film that digital does not answer, you do not need a big expensive camera system. I have a digital for convenience, but I have a collection of film cameras for more professional shots. You can get excellent cameras from the 60s and 70s that are just as good as the newer film cameras.
For those who have to have a camera that thinks for them, digital is fine. For those of us who like to do special effects with lenses and filters, digital does not compare to film.
To make a statement that having anything else but a digital is shallow.
2007-12-31 07:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they're still selling.... why not.
I'm trying to figure out why they dropped the Nikonos Line.
(Not that I'm complaining, I'm do fairly well re-building the old ones for people who refuse to give them up)
2007-12-31 07:13:15 · answer #4 · answered by Brad B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Last I checked, the F6 was $2,000.
That's a several hundred dollars more than the Nikon D200, and even the Nikon D300! The FM10 is a good camera as well, but I thought they discontinued it a while back. I guess not.
Nikon F6:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/352116-USA/Nikon_1799_F6_35mm_SLR_Autofocus.html
Nikon D300:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/518489-REG/Nikon_25432_D300_Digital_Camera_Camera.html
2007-12-31 07:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by electrosmack1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously because people are buying them. They certainly aren't making them just for the nostalgia.
2007-12-31 07:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋