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With digital, there is nothing that would make me "long for" the layout or functionality or image quality of the D50 now that I have my D90. I have bought a working Nikkormat Ftn with 105mm F2.5 multicoated lens for 49 dollarsįilm cameras are in a glut there are more sellers than actual film users
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Today one can buy the same combo on ebay for 1/10 to 1/20 the price. You could buy a running junker in 1973 for that Nikkormat's price. It is 3.05 were I filled up in Ventura Cty now thus that Nikkormat system is like a 2600 buck camera. Thus that new combo was equal to 862 gallons of gasoline. My Nikkormat Ftn with 50mm F1.4 SC cost me 302 bucks in 1973 about when gasoline was 35 cents. There are many Nikons that have only 1 to 5 percent of their lives used their used cost is often a tiny fraction of what we paid for them new. There are so many used working film cameras that often it is cheaper to buy a spare at a paltry price than worry. One can even buy working nice Graflex slrs on Ebay built from roughly 1920 to 1960's.
OLD NIKON F6 SERIES
Any one of the F series are available as used. My brother has two working F3's he might give me. My used F I bought in 1962 still has never had a CLA.Ī Nikon F2 lost in Katrina was replaced by another for 160 bucks with working meter and 45mm F2.8.
OLD NIKON F6 SERIAL NUMBER
Look at it this way unless you are emotionally attached to the serial number you can just buy another working usedį,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6 there are more bodies than actual users. I had acquired a second F3 and when time came to offload the film cameras, I hesitated for a minute whether or not to keep the second body around in case the first one develops a problem since I hardly use the F3 anymore, a decision was quickly reached not to. I babied my first F3 and kind of regret that now - those cameras are made to be used not pampered. My only concern is that I cannot leave home with only one of those film cameras, just for fear that a problem occurs and the camera stops working. My first D200 suffered a "stroke" a while ago and I choose not to repair it - it still works except for the flash and the metering. Of all the cameras I have owned or still own, I sent in for repair my first camera, an FM for a displaced shutter speed indicator in the viewfinder in 1980 (the problem re-occurred within months of the warranty fix), and recently the M6 for a stuck shutter. I have a Leica M5, M6, Rolleiflex SL66 and SL66E sitting on the shelf - either Leica can still be repaired (though the metering system in the M5 might be a problem by now) no idea if parts are still available for the Rolleiflexes. Or if you choose to worry now - then there is always the option of buying one or two now and put them into storage - kind of expensive though. When or if it breaks down, then hope that a repair is still possible - pretty much the earliest point to start worrying about the issue at all. No matter what the circumstances, there is little to no point in worrying about something one has no influence on - enjoy the camera while it lasts. And as some already pointed out, the F6 does not appear to have been a mega-seller. Especially years down the road, this might be the better option than a limited production run of a camera that by then is about two decades old. In addition, while it appears impossible to convert a film camera into a digital camera (Leica R8 and R9 notwithstanding), it seems entirely possible to cannibalize a DSLR and convert it into a film camera. Special production runs are certainly possible, but since the innards to some extent were shared with the D2 series (discontinued), I doubt Nikon would manufacture those parts again once their supply runs out. Certainly a valid concern but as long as there is no official word from Nikon and the camera still listed on their website it seems fair to assume that spare parts are still available and repairs possible.Īs Shun pointed out in a 2008 thread, it is very likely that production already stopped in 2007 and that what is still available now had been warehoused then.