MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Nikon has never made medium format cameras for anyone. Nikkor lenses however WERE used on early Bronica medium format cameras, as well as other medium and large format cameras.
Tamron acquired Bronica for their lens technology and that was the turning point for Tamrons lens quality!

drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

They made lenses for some of the 6x6 Bronicas but the cameras were made by Zenza Bronica.

Billynikon Loc: Atlanta

problems I have read include the fact the lenses for the Z's are cheap consumer types and not professional which seems to be a bad decision. One card slot is not what the market wants today. I want an adapter that will give me all the benefits I get with my DF and my 850 and my D5. It supposedly has great video capabilities to which I say woopee, or is that hooeee. I don't do video and when I do I use my point and shoot Leica.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

True. Nikon started business in 1917 making optical glass. They got into the camera business in 1945 with a 35mm rangefinder camera. Prior to 1932 they were known as Nippon Kogaku K.K.
In 1932 Nikon began making photographic lenses. Prior to that they had to import all lenses from elsewhere even though they were providing most of the optical glass for those lenses. In 1946, Nikon was born and began exporting cameras (and Nikkor lenses) around the world.

http://www.nikon.com/about/corporate/history/

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MT Shooter Loc: Montana

OMG!!! One slot is junk?? You had better throw that Df body away IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

The EFs was developed specifically for APSC cameras and due to coverage will not cover a FF sensor (PS the EFs was developed sometime after the EF mount so is actually newer and allowed for considerably smaller and lighter designs with the rear elements being able to be closer to the sensor than Nikon can do with their APSC format cameras, it was a choice and as a Canon user is not required to purchase this subset of lenses there is no loss of options). No compatibility issue as all EF lenses work 100% just fine with all the cameras no matter how old which with Nikon their AF lenses you need a chart to know which works with what and a whole raft of lenses will not even allow the meter turn on many cameras. So ALL older lenses are 100% compatible with ALL current cameras including the M series with a simple adapter with NO loss of operation features of every lens. So I think you are confusing Nikon's lack of compatibility of older lenses including numerous iterations of the AF lenses are not compatible with newer Nikon cameras including the new Z series of cameras which have even more loss of operability features with past lenses. Also all the EF bodies will mount and meter with Nikon, Exacta, Pentax Screw and other lenses and focus to infinity and have auto metering, so the options with the EF mount as currently configured are limitless nearly.

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Bronic used Nikkor-P lenses. Here's the one on one of mine.
--Bob

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Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Also for enlargers and large format cameras.
Excellent lenses.
One of my rifle scopes is also Nikon.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I've got a 120mm and a 300mm Nikkor lenses for my 4x5. One for my enlarger, too. Purchased the 4x5 lenses from Tempe Camera.
--Bob

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Bipod

Pentax made some great SLRs. I still own an MX (produced 1976 - 1985).

Pentax has always been dedicated to good value for money. Moreover, it supported
photography education: the K-1000 was in production for 22 years. Everyone who
learned on that camera is endebted to Pentax.

Too bad tht today no one makes a simple, manual DSLR for students. The reason
why sheds a lot of light on what drives the camera industry today:

* Buttons and knobs have a large footprint and increase manufacturing cost
* Plastic is much cheaper than metal
* LCDs are cheaper than optical displays
* It's easy to add zillions of menu-controlled features to a DSLR
* On-line buying relies on feature comparisons (fostering "brochure features")
* Advertising has sold the public on AF and AE -- robots are infallible! :-)
* Faith in high tech (and in Moore's Law) has become a sort of religion

Did you ever notice that the solution to any problem caused by technology is always....
more technology? Far better to be a seller of tchnology than a buyer.

gwilliams6

Fact, Sony's smaller lens mount already takes an f0.95 lens. The Zhongyi Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Sony E Mount Full Frame manual focusing lens is $839.00. The Nikon Z Noct 58mm f0.95 manual focusing lens being released for these Z cameras in 2019 will cost $6000 !!! Who is going to buy this lens ? What is Nikon thinking, again ?