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So much for the Kodak Moment

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aerog said:
If someone can continue to manufacture something like SX70 film, surely there will be a market for sheet film.
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Recently bumped into an Asian engineer in Dallas, sent here for a job. Noticed he was shooting lots of photos with a remarkably nice looking SK70 camera. Since I owned one in 1970, I had to know about his camera, and film. He said their is a niche market for these cameras, some company rebuilds them to new condition, and another company is now making the film. He claimed that the cameras are good for artsy photos. Go figure.
 
DNK said:
Maybe not for that but the forum would be only half as fun

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Hey dude, I should have copyrighted that thing.
 
I'm waiting for a adapter for my SLR film camera that will fit in like a roll of film and record the images digitally enabling me to download the captures.The SLR camera's accuracy and versatility were superior to all but the most expensive high end digitals also the amount of film format equipment out there would make this a viable option rather than deligate all these fine opticals to the the junk bin
 
healeylvr57 said:
I'm waiting for a adapter for my SLR film camera that will fit in like a roll of film and record the images digitally enabling me to download the captures.The SLR camera's accuracy and versatility were superior to all but the most expensive high end digitals also the amount of film format equipment out there would make this a viable option rather than deligate all these fine opticals to the the junk bin
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I thought it would have happened a long time ago, actually.

But then Nikon Wouldn't sell as many new bodies/lenses, all the "nice-to-have" accessories, obsoleteing prior generations. I've a literal fortune in their bodies and optics, all as good as useless today. I'm done. Let the Young Lions jump on that merry-go-round.
 
I was also hoping for the manufacturers to do something so I could keep the cameras I love clicking away in a digital format.
My contax 139 lays in the drawer awaiting a "digital back" and presto, I have aperture control, speed settings, carl zeiss lens... but it will never happen :cryin:
 
DrEntropy said:
But then Nikon Wouldn't sell as many new bodies/lenses, all the "nice-to-have" accessories, obsoleteing prior generations.
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Well...Nikon's newest SLRs are happy with most AI or modified-to-AI lenses. I still use my mid-70s Nikkor lenses on my D300. Nikon <span style="font-style: italic">did</span> drop support for AI-indexing on their lowest-end cameras, but part of that was a cost-cutting move. Face it, the real market for those cameras are entry-level hobbiests that don't even want manual-focus anyway.

As far as I know, all the bodies will support regular old flashes too. Until recently I used my 25 year-old Vivitar 285HV on all three of my Nikon dSLRs. The reality is though, CPU-driven dedicated flashes really came into vogue around the time of the N8008 - over 20 years ago. That's nothing new.

The truth is, Nikon has done a very respectable job supporting old equipment. They always have - something other manufacturers haven't really done at all. I don't really blame them for not supporting technology like rabbit-ear-indexing (that was pretty much obsolete by the late 80s), that's kind of like childishly stomping my feet because nobody makes players for my vast 8-track collection :wink:
 
So I guess throwing my bulk loaders into the bin may be a bit premature. :jester:
 
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