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Also, they would include a brand new (and much brighter) finder screen, reduce shutter sound, and improve weather resistance. Nikon wouldn’t be pioneering any of those capabilities with the F4, but they would be the first to gather them all in a single camera body.
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Nikon followed suit with the F-501 and the N8008. Minolta’s Maxxum 7000 was the first through the door with true autofocusing while Canon rebuilt its entire business around autofocus starting with its EOS 620/650 cameras.
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High-speed shutters were released in the FM2 and N8008, a higher flash sync in the FE2 and Nikon’s Matrix Metering was first released in the FA. The F4 would come to have all of these components, but none of them were unique to it. With the F4, Nikon hoped to include four key features multi-pattern metering, a high-speed shutter, faster flash sync, and automatic focusing. But with the development of improved electronic light metering, ever more critical automation, and the brand new technology of autofocus, Nikon would have to build the fourth F from scratch.
#Old nikon f6 series#
Until the F3, each iteration of the F series had evolved and improved on its predecessor. But development of new photographic technologies accelerated to breakneck pace in the 1980s, and Nikon quickly realized that it would have to approach development of the F3’s successor differently. As soon as the F3 went into production, work began on its successor. It would become one of Nikon’s most respected cameras (and one that Josh placed among the greatest cameras ever made.) The market agreed the F3’s popularity would keep it on shelves for an astounding twenty years!īut before that success story had a chance to write itself, Nikon went about their business. The F3 was Nikon’s first flagship to offer electronic control and automatic operation. When Nikon debuted the F2 in 1971, engineers immediately began working on its replacement (the F3 didn’t release until 1980). What Makes an F4īelieve it or not, there was a time that manufacturers would put nearly a decade of work into the creation of a new camera. Research after that fact impressed me further, as I learned just how much effort went into making the F4. My curiosity about the camera quickly changed to amazement. It also seemed to be pulling me out of the photographic malaise that had been haunting me for months. Photographer error aside, this beast of a camera delivered on every single image.
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I was finding myself getting up from my desk and walking across the room just to hold it.ĭuring travels through Central Europe over the next month, I was able to put the F4 through its paces in numerous challenging environments and wildly differing light conditions. Even before running the first roll through it, the F4 was already feeling like the one. It’s tough and durable, boasts a wide array of creative controls and metering modes, and was built to define reliability. The company’s fourth flagship SLR seemed to check off all the boxes on my list. Then, a few months ago I finally found it.Īfter years of ogling and online stalking, I finally pulled the trigger on a Nikon F4. Three years and numerous misfires later (with my bank account begging for mercy) I started to wonder if the perfect camera even existed. I spent countless hours researching for a camera that could do everything I needed a camera to do, in the style I wanted it done. We’ve written about this phenomenon before, and if social media is any indicator it’s an affliction with which plenty of people are familiar.įor me, GAS presented as a search for the perfect camera. Like most photo geeks, I long suffered from Gear Acquisition Syndrome, a disease that makes us think that our photography will jump to the next level if we only had that new, expensive lens, or a different camera body. The Nikon F4 is the perfect camera for me, but it took a while to get there.