Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-12 Thread frank theriault
On 1/11/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I expect that in 2 years the only major manufacturer of 35mm SLR's will > be Cosina Voightlander. > CV makes the FM10, AFAIK. You're probably right... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Maas
Mark Roberts wrote: Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006-01-11, at 22:30, Mark Roberts wrote: Hmm. Looks like the 45mm f/2.8 is gone. Strange, it was AI-P lens, working even on low-end DSLRs like D50... And fairly recent, too. But it's a manual focus

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2006-01-11, at 22:30, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Hmm. Looks like the 45mm f/2.8 is gone. > >Strange, it was AI-P lens, working even on low-end DSLRs like D50... And fairly recent, too. But it's a manual focus lens and that web page doesn't list it

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-01-11, at 22:30, Mark Roberts wrote: Hmm. Looks like the 45mm f/2.8 is gone. Strange, it was AI-P lens, working even on low-end DSLRs like D50... And BTW - very good performer with nice build quality. -- Best regards Sylwek

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Maas
Mark Roberts wrote: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201 Nikon's discontinuing LF lenses, Enlarger lenses and all film cameras except the F6 and FM10. Also almost all the AI-S lenses are being discontinued. Hmm. Looks like the

Re: OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201 > >Nikon's discontinuing LF lenses, Enlarger lenses and all film cameras >except the F6 and FM10. Also almost all the AI-S lenses are being >discontinued. Hmm. Looks like the 45mm f/2.8 is gone.

OT: Nikon leaving film (mostly)

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Maas
http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201 Nikon's discontinuing LF lenses, Enlarger lenses and all film cameras except the F6 and FM10. Also almost all the AI-S lenses are being discontinued. Hmm, wonder who will do this next? Probably Minolta. -Adam