It exists the same way many old cesiums exists. I think Nikon still supports the line with spares and support. No new units produced. Killed in the high end now by UW-housed DSLRs and inte the low end by UW-housed compact digital cameras. Nikon never made a digital Nikonos.
-- Björn On Sat, March 24, 2007 14:50, Didier Juges said: > The Nikonos, a fine instrument. The line still exists. > > Didier KO4BB > > Joseph Gray wrote: >> Back in the days of cameras that used film :-) Nikon used to make a very >> nice waterproof and rugged camera. I forgot the model, but it was made >> for >> divers. I knew several people who had one, but they were all cavers. >> Needless to say, these cameras took a lot of abuse in a cave. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hal Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >> <time-nuts@febo.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:29 AM >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts. >> >> >> >>> My digital camera died recently. (Well, it was killed. I gave it a >>> bath >>> in >>> salt water when I miss-judged a wave at the ocean.) >>> >>> I went to the local brick and mortar camera store to get a replacement. >>> After I told the guy what I was interested in, he brought out several >>> possibilities. >>> >>> He dropped one of them on the floor from normal hand/chest height. It >>> was >>> still working after he picked it up. I forget the brand, but somebody >>> was >>> willing to put their reputation on the line. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list >> time-nuts@febo.com >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts