Posted on 06/10/2021 6:14:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I read a story somewhere about people trying to explain to Nikon execs why they needed to make waterproof optics. Apparently they had trouble conceiving of people taking fine optics out in the rain.
Canon guy here from the early 70’s. Nikon was good too but this is like a Chevy/Ford or Glock/Sig debate. Personal choice I guess.
—”They still make photographic film for printing from your digitals.”
From mighty to mini, a sad tale.
Many interesting articles on this event, when they were on top of their game:
“In August 1945, shortly after the bombing of Hiroshima, the Kodak Company observed spotting and fogging on their film, which was at that time usually packaged in cardboard containers. Dr. J. H. Webb, a Kodak employee, studied the matter and concluded that the contamination must have come from a nuclear explosion somewhere in the United States. He discounted the possibility that the Hiroshima bomb was responsible, due to the timing of the events. A hot spot of fallout contaminated the river water that a paper mill in Indiana used to manufacture the cardboard pulp from corn husks.[148] Aware of the gravity of his discovery, Dr. Webb kept this secret until 1949”
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I still have my dad’s old Nikon F3 - it was and is so much better than any camera body Canon made at the time, and Nikon’s lenses were famed for their quality and their backward compatibility. I can’t read the article in full due to the paywall, but hopefully Nikon will be around for many more years - I’ve been wanting to take up photography again and was planning to start with a Nikon mirrorless camera.
I used to sell cameras 40 years ago. A professional photographer came in to get one of his Nikons repaired. He said Nikon made great cameras, but you have to own two because one will always in the shop for repair.
Rumors of the death of Nikon are greatly exaggerated!
Especially since the source is a political writer (Vodkapundit) with no interesting photography credentials, who apparently thinks people are willing to pay to hear his rants about something way out of his field of expertise — who belongs to his cult of followers?
Oh.
Now about Nikon....
The D-850 I am taking delivery on today was on back-order. 45MP @7fps.
And my D-6 has the finest autofocus of any SLR.
The new Nikon 70-200f2.8 FL lens I want is on back-order - demand is high.
The demise of high-end photo gear (esp DSLR’s) has been because of phone cameras, and smaller mirrorless cameras, including the new Nikon Z series. Nikon just announced 3 new Z-series lenses.
And to think you have to pay an annual subscription fee to read this crap!
Even more interesting is that roll paper film, the product that launched Eastman-Kodak, was actually invented by a gentleman farmer named David Henderson Houston in Dakota Territory who sold or was cheated out of the patent (depending whose story you believe) by founder George Eastman.
So the irony is that they are currently left with basically just the product that launched the company, albeit in a technologically advanced form.
The article was no doubt written by a young kid who thinks their observations mean a solid conclusion. The type of kid who thought Apple was out of business in 19990s because the stock hit $2.
Nikon built its reputation on lenses. They had a genius designing lenses back when computers could not. Now? Computers can design a near perfect lens.
I had and loved a Nikon FM. But now? An iPhone can take darn good pictures for most of what I do.
True, only a few more serious photographers now require a DSLR exclusively.
Ironically, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975.
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
I'm on my second Canon camera, currently using a Power Shot SX530 HS. Love. It. :)
“Nikon also dumped their rifle scopes.”
Damned shame, too. Quality gear at a reasonable price with a lifetime warranty.
I own about 4 of their BDC models.
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first thing that popped into my head...
I still own but have not used in years a Mamiya medium format camera.
I traded my complete darkroom years ago for an Imsai 8080, not the famous one with the LEDs.
Dreamed of and played with different graphics programs, now widely available I don’t use it enough to remember the basic commands.
Tri-X pushed and long exposures with a cable release... FUN!
I picked up an OM2n because the exposure is read off the film with the shutter open... more fun!
Today a nothing burger.
Many plants in the Pittsburgh area (where I live) upgraded their equipment from shuttered plants in the Rochester area.
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