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The End of a 40-Year Love Affair: Saying Goodbye to Nikon
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| 06/10/2021
| Stephen Green
Posted on 06/10/2021 6:14:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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IN AN EXAMPLE OF JOSEPH SCHUMPETER's CREATIVE DESTRUCTION,
It’s been a long, slow decline from the world’s top cameramaker in the ’70s and ’80s, to third place behind Canon and upstart rival Sony today.
But Canon knocked Nikon out of the top spot more than 20 years ago, with faster autofocus craved by sports photogs. Sony bumped them into third with innovations like 20 frames-per-second shooting.
Sadly, Nikon just can’t match the other two company’s deep pockets, and third place in a rapidly shrinking market is a bad place to be.
So here we are.
To: SeekAndFind
Nikon also dumped their rifle scopes.
And their lab glass is slipping.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:18:09 AM PDT
by
redgolum
(If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
To: redgolum
damn shame as they made good scopes
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:21:22 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SeekAndFind
35..........................
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:21:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
To: SeekAndFind
Anyone else having problems getting to the article as it is behind a paywall?
To: SeekAndFind
I moved from Nikon to Fuji a few months ago. A cousin shoots weddings and moved from Canon to Fuji over a year ago. Great choice. My X-T3 is a heck of a camera and the 16-55 2.4 lens is a super sharp.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:25:25 AM PDT
by
Andyman
(The truth shall make you FReep.)
To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
PJ Media puts some of their content behind a “VIP” paywall and a lot in the free side. This one is “VIP.”
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:26:46 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Pour les vaincre il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace")
To: Andyman
RE: I moved from Nikon to Fuji a few months ago
Nikon, Sony, Canon, Fuji... gosh, don’t we make things in America anymore. What’s Kodak doing nowadays?
To: SeekAndFind
Originally a Minolta X-700 film guy. Went digital with a Canon T5i. No need to look any further. Awesome camera.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:27:50 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: SeekAndFind
The End of a 40-Year Love Affair: Saying Goodbye Riddance to Nikon
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:31:39 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: PIF
Opps speed reading at its worst - I thought it said Nixon ... Love my Nikon. Hard to find a battery for the light meter these days.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:34:25 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: SeekAndFind
Members only can read the story ...
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:35:33 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: SeekAndFind
> don’t we make things in America anymore.That's not true.
For example we are now the world's largest exporter of Critical Race Theory !
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:36:33 AM PDT
by
SecondAmendment
(This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
To: Andyman
That was my one beef with the excerpt. I too got my first SLR in the early 80s, graduating up from a Kodak Hawkeye, but I liked to feed it Fujicolor, which I liked better than Kodacolor.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:36:36 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: mylife
It was a hard sell for a Japanese company to make sporting scopes.
My last prostaff failed on me, and I am worried about sending it back.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:39:12 AM PDT
by
redgolum
(If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
To: SeekAndFind
Anybody remember Petri? They used the Nikon specs to try to compete. You could interchange their filters and lenses for a lot less money than the Nikon brand commanded back in the 1970s. My eldest daughter showed the most interest in photography, so gave her all my gear.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:42:24 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:43:24 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: mylife
Leupold is American made.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SeekAndFind
What’s Kodak doing nowadays?They still make photographic film for printing from your digitals. CVS is their biggest customer. Walgreens uses DNP brand.
Kodak is still better in this one small niche.
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:45:19 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: SeekAndFind
I moved to a sony dslr when minolta tanked as it used their lenses.
had a mimiya sekor that had wonderful lenses
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posted on
06/10/2021 6:46:55 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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