On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > Nikon always made hulking great cameras that only gorillas could carry. I > couldn't carry a F3+winder for more than about 5 minutes. Pentax and Olympus > stood apart from that by making cameras that were equally good, for smaller > primates. They should do the same again.
Of course, the F3 + MD-4 winder was a setup that was designed for professionals requiring up to 6fps performance and a solid grip to hold onto, and battery power to sustain it. The F3 sans winder was about the size/weight of a Pentax K10D. :-) "Equally good" is a bit judgmental. Neither Pentax nor Olympus made a professional grade camera comparable to the F2, F3, F4, F5 or F6. These were serious photographic hammers designed to take a beating under extreme conditions and deliver the goods — while Pentax and Olympus lenses were excellent, none of their bodies (or lenses ... lot of stress on an auto-diaphragm lens to keep up at 4-6 fps) were made with that service level in mind. The smaller pro Nikons, like the FM/FM2/FM2n/FE/FE2/F3a series, were build nearly as tough as the pro-grade Fs but are a lot closer to Pentax and Olympus size and weight. Yes, Nikon SLRs were my main cameras, alongside Leica Ms, from 1969 to 2001. I also owned Olympus OM, Minolta XD, and Contax SLRs along the way, but always went back to Nikon. They just worked, and worked, and worked like no others. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
