[SeekAndFind]

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.

[redgolum]

Nikon also dumped their rifle scopes.

And their lab glass is slipping.

[Red Badger]

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[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Anyone else having problems getting to the article as it is behind a paywall?

[Andyman]

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.

[Hatteras]

Originally a Minolta X-700 film guy. Went digital with a Canon T5i. No need to look any further. Awesome camera.

[PIF]

The End of a 40-Year Love Affair: Saying Goodbye Riddance to Nikon

[PIF]

Members only can read the story ...

[Vigilanteman]

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.

[mylife]

I moved to a sony dslr when minolta tanked as it used their lenses.

had a mimiya sekor that had wonderful lenses

[1Old Pro]

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.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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.

[aimhigh]

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.

[zipper]

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!

[Mr Rogers]

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.

[dfwgator]

I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away

[catnipman]

paywalled ... useless post ...

[Paleo Pete]

Never had a nikon till recently, have a "bridge" camera Igot a few months ago. Also called super Zoom.

For 35mm and digital, I've always used Pentax, that's what I got started on. Somebody gave me a 35mm Pentax K1000, been at it ever since, around 35 years now.

Pentax is the only one that didnt change their lens mounts when they went digital, so I'm still using the same Pentax 50mm lens I used over 30 years ago on a 35mm camera, and several older kmouont and M42 scrw mount lenses too. Couple of inexpensive adapters and I can use m42 and T mount lenses.

Currently using the K30 DSLR, love it. Only have one weather resistant lens, but I can put that one ona nd use it in the rain. Have a couple of 50mm lenses, 2 or 3 at 135mm both Kmount and M42, a 200mm and 300mm M42, and a 50mm T mount that I just got recently. Have a couple others but don't use them much, and use various combinations of lenses and extension tubes to get macro shots.

Might come out pretty big, for some reason the size tags haven't been working right but here is a sample.

Taken with Pentax Kx DSLR before I got the K30, and a Vivitar 200mm M42 lens.



Current camera, K30, grabbed this one of a Red Bellied woodpecker.

[oldtech]

My first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix 4800 & I still have it....still looks like new.

[KC Burke]

Since Sony, Nikon and Canon came out with their Mirrorless full frame cameras, many have felt that Nikon lost its edge. Its adapter for its SLR lens only worked for. a few lens and was way behind Canon in introducing an effective system.

Sony who was way behind the curve in SLR systems, leap-frogs with a good set of new lens for its mirrorless system. Nikon’s great color rendition systems loose their edge because operationally their cameras fall short of the new mirrorless Canons.

Any number of camera reviewers have said that Nikon has completely lost their edge and Canon is the way to go. I am into Nikon (D750) in the SLR world but if I upgrade I am going to the Fuji medium format and skipping over mirrorless systems entirely. I’m in my 70s and not going to waste time and money at a full reconfigure.

[KC Burke]

Good comparison review from a few years back:

https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/comparisons/nikon-vs-canon-vs-sony-full-frame.htm