Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Ed Buziak wrote: > > > > Mark and Dan K, > > > > Strange indeed... I looked in my files and in Jason Schneider's PopPhoto > > "The Camera Collector" column dated April '92 (page 26, 28 and 150 - don't > > ya just lurve their pagination methods <s>) and there it is... "What's the > > greatest user-collectible SLR of all time? Hint: It begins with an "N" and > > these days it's almost a bargain" > > > > Yup folks... the venerable "F"... and he states in the article that it is > > "... one of my very favorite post-WW II cameras..." > > > > Ed Buziak / Publisher > > Camera & Darkroom magazine > > > ><Snip> > Yes the F! > But the 1949 "Contax X first successful eye level pentaprism 35mm SLR" did it first. > And was a succusful camera. The F just did MORE of them. > He could have mentioned the Hasselbald CM instead of the 1600 for the same reasons! > More CM's but the 1600s were already out there and were a success. > Mark (Camera & Darkroom loving) Rabiner The Nikon F is the camera that made 35 mm SLR photography. It may not have been first but it is still a seminal mile stone (kilo stone for those who do metric). John Shick