Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been told by several reps that Nikon ceased producing the F3HP, FM2n and all the manual Nikkors (except the fisheyes and PC lenses) several years ago. Nikon retain them in the catalogue as long as supplies last since they haven't really been "replaced" by a new model (none of the current manual lenses nor the F3HP have a similar "new" counterpart) as was the case with the F4. The FM2n could be the exception now that Nikon have world-marketed the FM10 ( a deadful plastic Cosina which is sold simultaneously by Olympus). I have taken a cue from Noah and the Ark, and have amassed a breeding pair of each of my favourite manual Nikkors, which should get me through the rest of my career. Of course I might have considered switching to Leica but the two compact, reasonably-priced R lenses (the 2.8/90 and 4/180) I would have wanted have also been discontinued : ( Regards, NIgel 00 Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net> writes: >On 13-11-1998 21:02 David Morton wrote: > >>Particularly if the rumours are true and the FM2n is being >>discontinued. > >Excuse me? >Does that imply that manufacturing of the manual Nikkors will be >stopped >(development has stopped already a long time ago anyway now that >everything is moving to AF)? > >Pascal > >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >-------------------------------------------------------- >Macintosh PowerBook G3 - it eats Pentium notebooks for lunch >-------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]