Why Nikon at all

[roman]

Ok...first off, if comparing cameras from competing brands isn't a "why Nikon at all" kind of topic, which topic area did you wish it to appear in? Also....what DO you want in here....as it really doesn't say what should and shouldn't show up here.

Second....where DID you move my posts to?

Roman

 

[old_admin_CI]

... since you asked a question about the D100, we moved it to the D100 section.

This "why Nikon at all" thread is supposed to offer a "history like" story about everyones way to Nikon.

Read the topic (overview) page and the explanations below each topic. There you find the alert "no camera-specific discussions in this thread"

hope that helps

 

[roman]

Ok...thanks!

Roman

 

[bobar57]

Why Nikon?
First of all, during my years living in Cuba, when I happened to got interested in photography and happened to be lucky enough to met and befriend Alberto Korda, a great Cuban photographer -most of you may know one of his work, the photo of Ernesto "Che" Guevara that has been used everywhere and in every form- , anyway, he tutored me and lend me during this time one of his cameras, you guessed, a Nikon, which I don't recall the model, but was one of the firsts, we're talking of 1979 or 1980.
Nikon always represented to me a name that carried with it quality, versatility and reliability.
When the FM3A came into the market I got the itch, now I own an FM3A and an FM2n.

Robert

 

[phiggy]

Why Nikon?
Well I always had this passion to own a Nikon F throughout my childhood in the 1960s.
But I did'nt get my own first Nikon untill 14th Jan 1991 why so long ?
Well I had received a Canon A series camera as a gift in the late 1970s.
I built a larege system around it and untill af arrived I had never thought of changing.
Eventually I took the plunge into AF but with Minolta the Dynax 7000i being my first purchase. I then built my system up over a number of years.
And would probably have stayed with it, but someone deciceded to relieve me of it.
It was stolen out of the locked trunk of my car,
all I had left was a set of old Tamron adaptall II fit lenses.
With that in mind I scoured the magazines/revues and the Nikon 801 appeared to be the ideal camera to purchase, I would be able to use my old MF Tamron lenses and as funds became available I could upgrade to Nikon AF lenses.
And so that's what got me into the Nikon system and I have never looked back.

 

[matthew]

In the February issue of Popular Photography & Imaging, Herbert Keppler states, “However, Nikon won’t abandon film SLRs. A high level 35mm SLR is in the works.†Has anyone heard about a new Nikon SLR?

 

[capturedimage]

I got my first camera after working all summer as a kid on our farm. It was Yaschica FR1, that and 2 cheap lenses and a 2x multiplier a tank and some chemicals was my pay for the year.
Got older, proirities shifted, got away from shooting. A few years back I decided to get back in, looked around a got a Minolta HTsi+. Started to get more serious and relized they didn't seem to be aiming towards a digital SLR. So having used Nikons in some contract work I do and looking at the complete system and quality of lenses I decided I would swap over to Nikon.
About that time I ran across a good deal on a used Hassie system bought it, love it.
Finally about 4 months ago bought a F100 and a couple lenses. Just bought the S2 Pro. So after some a little more time the Minolta will go to strictly BU and then Ebay or a closet shelf.

 

[tbirdjoe]

Why Nikon?
My Dad gave me my first camera in order to join my high school photo club back in 1986. It was a beat up FG with 3 "E" series lenses. That little camera introduced me to the wonderful world of photojournalism. After Graduation, I traded it in (and a year's worth of waitering) for my F4 and N6006 and headed of to college. I was very impressed with the seemingly indestructable construction of my F4. Surviving a direct hit by a hockey puck and being stepped on by the occational wayward basketball player. My N6006 was deligated to more "safer" duties like Frat parties and Adirondack hikes where it's light weight and numerous functions exel brilliantly. After achieving every top rung in sports / photojournalism during my collegiate career, I found out a weird fact about me. I'm stuck with the Nikon brand! Every photo equipment I own or ever owned from my point and shoot to my brand new F5 is a Nikon. I even broke up with my girlfriend (a Canon user) to fall in love and marry my wife (guess which brand of camera she lugs around). Now that I'm older and more laid back, I've gone back to MF. and have purchased an FA and a FE. The slower pace of taking pictures just seems to fit me better now. So why Nikon? I don't know...maybe it's just plain brand loyalty or maybe it's something else. FG's are selling cheaply at ebay these days, maybe I'll pick one up and give it another whirl.

 

[mkovuri]

It's funny that there are hardly any comments on Nikon lenses. I remember an old advertisement of Nikon in a magazine (which I am sure did influence me after more than a decade of seeing one to purchase a Nikon). This had a picture of an aged man (probably a farmer) with uncombed hair and unshaved beard. The clarity in the hair and the wrinkles was so high that you could actually feel them as if they were right in front of you. And there was this comment at the top of the picture which stated something like "What kind a nut would one want to pay ???? dollars for a camera?" and then continued at the bottom with "only those who want a Nikon picture". I always felt that NIkon lenses were extremely good (with the exception of Leica which are truly remarkable), and that was the reason people buy a Nikon. And in those days, 1990s, Nikons were doubel the price of Canons at their starting price. I do not have Canons, but felt Nikons were better for lens, based in pictures I saw of both. I have not seen any testing though. <font color="ff0000">Any comments?

 

[benwang]

Mallik, try www.photodo.com, I think that a good starting point for lenses coment

Ben