Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Ok. The Df is still on the market at B&H-so it is relevant to the thread—I thought.

Quixdraw Loc: x

If money is no object here you go https://www.wired.com/2016/04/leica-m-d/

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

My microwave talks to the stove and I love it!

Quixdraw Loc: x

Just so long as neither of them vote.

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Tommi my Nikon D3, D3x and D700 do not have Video... And my client's don't seem to mind..
Albeit they each have "LiveView" which I cherish for shooting product.

That said the Video capabilities of my Apple iPhone 12 is absolutely stellar..
And it shoots fabulous wide angle photographs...

Whatever works Tommi

All the best on your journey.
Please stay safe...

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Lumix built the G9 to be the still photo oriented version of the GH5. The G9 has enhanced stills performance and reduced video features.

You can’t build a digital camera without video ability. You can pretend to do so by eliminating video from the menu, but the ability comes with the hardware.

Nikon fully hid the video on their Df to attract certain curmudgeonly buyers, but the Df is really the same as any other camera where the video is accessible.

You should ignore video if you don’t need it. You may be benefiting from it even if you never use it.

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True ... just witness the sorry failure of the Nikon Df. Acoarst, the price was too high considering what you got so Nikon actually doomed it at its intro. The Df was basically an oversized Fuji with its video controls removed. If it had been priced like a Fuji then perhaps it would have thrived ... or at least survived.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

$2746,95 at B&H Limited availability. Awaiting more in stock 2 to 4 weeks.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I stopped following the earlier discussion that was referenced here, but what I have seen is that the imaging market is being driven by a very large group of people who are very interested in video. It's almost like we are back in the 50s and early 60s in many ways. I know that for a number of years my dad shot only 8mm movies. I had an uncle who shot 16mm movies with optical sound. Apart from that, we had only snapshot cameras that weren't used very much. But we did have a 4-lamp light bar, and fully understood the difference between daylight and tungsten film. By today's standards, the results weren't that stellar (although I remember that those 16mm movies were pretty nice). But having to learn to use a light meter and set exposure served him well when he later bought an Argus C4 and shoot transparency film.

The same electronics that support modern video also support fast and deep buffers, so I'd look at video as a plus, not a minus. And the fact that there might be some younger folks that might be interested in buying a model that includes video makes it just that much more feasible for the manufacturer to continue making it, and maybe even at a little bit lower price than otherwise. Besides that, you've got a camera in the hands of a young person that you have a possible opportunity to get interested in still photography. And one day, when you do want to video something, you will already have the capability to do so.

So I'd just look upon it as a lagniappe...a little something extra. And in the meantime, you can reprogram that little red button to do some other important function...it's already in just about the best spot there is...

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

How exactly does the addition of video capability muck anything up?

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

Adding video is just a software issue. Even if the focus of a camera is stills, they will add the video since it really costs nothing. Remember that Canon still focuses on lenses and camera bodies that use those lenses for different purposes. I depend on and trust Canon to focus on my needs. If they throw in a few extras, I do not complain. Other brands are struggling to capture market. So their offerings get jumbled.

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Post mortem salvage clearance discounts do not revive the dead. It’s just a way to clear the bodies off the battlefield.

Apparently the high price was never the entire problem with the Df. If the self proclaimed purists just put their money where their mouths are, given reduced clearance pricing, remaining production should have been long gone long ago.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

It was satire. Jeez. My only point was that there still is available on the market a camera with no video capabilities. This was in response to the opening post—only.
I said nothing good or bad about the Df except in an apparent misunderstood attempt to be humorous.
Everybody wants to fight and argue on this forum.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Fine. That was not my point, and I don’t care.
It is still on the market, and still has no video.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Another crock opinion - Df was expensive, video was never an issue. The camera was designed for folks with Nikon film experience and lots of great old Nikon glass. Still does a fine job, and isn't just another fat black plastic blob. Looks enough like a film camera that folks aren't worried about being videoed!