![]() ![]() Only in the last several years did we lose all Cosina-made bodies such as the Zeiss Ikon, Voigtlander series, and Nikon FM10, as well as Canon’s F6 competitor the EOS-1V. There’s the Leica MP, Leica M-A, and the Nikon F6. We can count the number of new, non-toy 35mm cameras still made on one hand. ![]() Not “film DSLRs” as my wife calls cameras like the F6. The number of professional film shooters in the world seems to be fairly low and those of us still trading film for income tend to prefer all manual, often archaic bodies. Since nearly as long as I’ve been into film photography, the F6 has been rumored to be out of production, and while still for sale, Nikon has just been selling New Old Stock. Today, the F6 remains the most technically refined, advanced and modern film camera, not just 35mm camera, not just SLR but CAMERA ever built or perhaps, imagined. It was the sixth camera in the Nikon F dynasty which began, 60 years ago in 1959 and totally redefined 35mm photography. The Nikon F6 was first introduced by the top Japanese cameramaker in 2004. ![]()
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