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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / November 2004Nikon F6 - anyone actually bought one??
I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has bought a Nikon F6 and what they think of it. There are numerous "reviews" on the web, but most are from people who have never seen one. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has actually paid for one, and is using it, rather than see yet another 'review' which is basically a summary of the specs from Nikon. BTW, if you are in the UK and are thinking of buying one, I managed to get mine for 1350 pounds from Jessops in Tottenham Court Road, London. That is 175 pounds below the price on the Jessops web site and means it was cheaper than buying it on eBay from Hong Kong. I bought a 50mm f/1.4 lens too, which was more expensive than I could have got one from Hong Kong or the USA, but I could not be bothered to mess about to save a few tens of pounds. However, I intend getting a telephoto lens which I will get from outside the UK. The $ is rather weak, which is nice for us in the UK. A friend of mine works in a camera store which has the F6. I played with one a few days ago, and it just does not feel like it is made as well as the F5. I have an F5 and it just feels more solid. The F6 feels as if it is made more cheaply. > I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has bought a Nikon F6 and what > they think of it. There are numerous "reviews" on the web, but most are [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > However, I intend getting a telephoto lens which I will get from outside > the UK. The $ is rather weak, which is nice for us in the UK. There's an F6?!?!?!? Damn, I should pay more attention to the gear reviews... ;-) Jack Remarkably happy F4 and FM3A owner The F6 feels good with the batteri holder attachment. It seems a bit lighter build than F4 and F5. If I should opgrade from my F4 I would go with the F6 as AF works much faster and the F6 has the ability to use AI/AIS lenses with full color matrix metering. Max > I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has bought a Nikon F6 and what > they think of it. There are numerous "reviews" on the web, but most are [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > However, I intend getting a telephoto lens which I will get from outside > the UK. The $ is rather weak, which is nice for us in the UK. At www.photographyreview.com, there are 2 short reviews on this camera. Though not a tremendous amount of information is presented, at least the reviews are from people who actually own the camera. I'm a little tired of all the reviews from people who never laid eyes on it. Bob C. > I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has bought a Nikon F6 and what > they think of it. There are numerous "reviews" on the web, but most are > from people who have never seen one. I'd be interested to hear from > anyone who has actually paid for one, and is using it, rather than see > yet another 'review' which is basically a summary of the specs from Nikon. > At www.photographyreview.com, there are 2 short reviews on this > camera. Though not a tremendous amount of information is presented, > at least the reviews are from people who actually own the camera. Yes, as you say, not a lot of info. > I'm > a little tired of all the reviews from people who never laid eyes on > it. Yes me too. I don't feel in a position to write a review myself. I've not even stuck a roll of film in mine yet (only got it yesterday, and have been painting a new door+frame most of today.) But for what it is worth, here are two critisisms I have. 1) The placement of the controls for focusing mode and lens release on the left hand side I find a bit annoying. I find the fingers from my left hand have nowhere comfortable to sit, as these controls get in the way a bit. 2) The 'continuous silent' film advance mode, which the catalogue describes as 'for nearly silent operation at approximately 1 fps' is not exactly that silent to me. Even with no film in it, and therefore no motor moving the film on, the shutter makes quite a bit of noise. I just compared it to an old Praktica LTL-3, and it is a lot quieter than that I would admit. Perhaps my idea of 'nearly silent operation' is a little different from Nikons. Quite for an SLR may be, but nobody in their write mind could describe it as 'nearly silent'. That said, it looks a pretty impressive camera. The autofocus on the only AF lens I have at the minute (50 mm f/1,4) is much faster than any other camera I have used, but I have never used an F4 or F5, so can't say how it compares with them. Clearly needs a good read of the manual to do it justice, but those are my only two dislikes to date. I just need to sort out some decent lenses for it now. |
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