Why do Nikon still make..

[jeremy rundle]

The F6

 

Why would anyone want to spend £1,500 on one

 

 

[ChrisLumix]

Why do they still make vinyl records? Because the demand is still there! And I for one, think the quality of sound beats the tired old CD hands down. I'll use MP3 because it's just so convenient in every way, but if I wanted sound as it should be heard, I'll dig out an LP and put it reverently on the turntable.

 

I guess there are people who still feel the same way about film. As for the price, wouldn't you say that's precisely because film aficionados are now so few and far between, that it costs more to cater for them than it does to mass produce a digicam of equivalent quality?

[Black Pearl]

What he said.

There is still a small demand for film bodies so why not and I to still love my vinyl.

[GrahamNfk]

There's still a market for good quality film gear. I recently put my Pentacon Six stuff (two bodies, five viewfinders and six lenses) up for sale on Gumtree and spent a week fighting off buyers from all over the UK and Europe. Almost all wanted it to use, though there were one or two collectors. I was staggered by the prices offered for some of it. A lens I thought was worth thirty quid went to someone in Finland who emailed and offered 130 and the bodies which I thought were going to be twenty quid apiece fetched 50.

 

In fairness, if you want a 'film look' then you can't beat... film.

[jeremy rundle]

Ok so there is a demand, as for vinyl, in the process of transferring my Elvis stuff to MP3

[Guest]

You mean when you could instead buy a Leica M7 (yes they still make them ) for £3,600?

[ChrisLumix]

You mean when you could instead buy a Leica M7 (yes they still make them ) for £3,600?

 

Watch this : 

 

A guy enthusing about a Zorki 4K, a Russian copy of a Leica IIIb. Cost? Peanuts!!

[GrahamNfk]

Nothin not to like about the Zorki. I always had a reference for rangefinders. Wish they made a digital one today, I'd buy it (except a Leica, I don't need another mortgage). I think the overlapping image focussing would be handled better by my ailing eyesite than a focus screen.

[ChrisLumix]

Nothin not to like about the Zorki. I always had a reference for rangefinders. Wish they made a digital one today, I'd buy it (except a Leica, I don't need another mortgage). I think the overlapping image focussing would be handled better by my ailing eyesite than a focus scree

 

Have a look at this and be amazed...

 

 

I have a bad feeling that it's just a one-off project and not commercially available

[Black Pearl]

Interesting bit of history the Zorki's and Fed's but Leica's they were not...not by a long shot.

Very nearly bought a Leica IIIF donkey's years ago but chickened out - dig buy a Nikon SP which was fun but I didn't keep it long...wish I still had it now though.

 

[ChrisLumix]

Interesting bit of history the Zorki's and Fed's but Leica's they were not...not by a long shot.

Very nearly bought a Leica IIIF donkey's years ago but chickened out - dig buy a Nikon SP which was fun but I didn't keep it long...wish I still had it now though.

 

 

Well, certainly not any RECENT Leica! But I have read that the Zorki came out of the Leica IIIb after the Soviets took over the East German optical industries after the war. Not the lenses though, but the Russian Jupiter lenses - while no Summicrons - were no slouches either; excellent contrast and pretty good sharpness too. I got superb results from mine.

 

This guy talks at great length about the whole Russian rangefinder history, but basically looks at the Zorki 4K.

 

 

Were all these cameras based around the same screw thread mounts? Could I use Nikon and Canon, even Leica, lenses in the Zorki? (Edit: he's just got to that part on the video - the Zorki uses the LTM - Leica Thread Mount - so it will take Leica lenses and probably quite a few other makes too.)

Edited January 24, 2014 by ChrisLumix

[Leon]

5.5 FPS you could go through a lot of film!!

[jeremy rundle]

in just 6.5 seconds

[ChrisLumix]

5.5 FPS you could go through a lot of film!!

 

The Zorki 4??? You MUST be kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[colinb]

thing is for me I would love to try a really good film camera, I think I have learnt so much from using digital and the 'cost freedom' digital gives you against film I feel I could now waste less film/money than I would have done back when it was just film.

 

Oh! anyone interested in a few hundred singles 12" & 7" pre 1990 ?

[ChrisLumix]

Oh! anyone interested in a few hundred singles 12" & 7" pre 1990 ?

 

List all that were released before 1970 

[colinb]

List all that were released before 1970 

 

can we wait until the attic warms up a bit before you send me up there? 

[ChrisLumix]

can we wait until the attic warms up a bit before you send me up there? 

 

Sure. No rush. I mean, they are 45 years old or more