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The build quality of this camera is ten out of ten. The autofocus performs better it seems than my Nikon Df and D750. The frames per second are almost as fast as my F5--it'll rip through a roll of film in a scary way. This camera feels incredible in the hand. It feels like a rubber covered block of metal--but isn't too heavy! I own many Nikons: F, F2, F3, F4, F5, Df, D750 and 35Ti, and this one even beats out my Df as the favorite. I only wish that it had the removable viewfinder like the other Nikon F cameras. Battery life is excellent; it takes the little C123 batteries that are pretty easy to find now. Do not hesitate to buy this camera. The interchangeable focus screens for this camera are plastic and a little clumsy to change out. I think the design is such that you're supposed to do it once and forget about it--not like the other F cameras with ground glass screens. I installed the "L" screen with the 45 degree split in the middle, which makes it very easy to manually focus.Read full review
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I love my F6. The F6 is the best 35mm SLR I've ever used. All AF and manual lenses work fine. Outstanding exposure metering. Nikon is very proud of the quiet and refined sounds the F6 makes. The F6 records and logs full EXIF data to CF cards with an accessory MV-1 card reader. The F6 is completely compatible with every Nikon lens made since 1977. MB-40 Battery Grip. Gives a vertical grip and controls, up to 8 FPS shooting speed and 4s rewind speed.
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The world has switched to digital, but I've still enjoyed shooting with film for the past few years. The F6 came out right at the end of film's heyday, just as digital was really taking off. The camera never got the respect it was due and very few pros switched to one. When they switched from the Nikon F5, they moved into digital for the most part. I was looking for the best film camera ever. I did have the F3, F4, F5 in the past, and thought the F6 was the next step for an up-grade. I hope to use it enough to wear it out. I do use the Zeiss Nikon ZF.2 lenses on the F6, although the Nikon lenses are very nice, for the most part I wanted an up-grade so I've bought the manual focus Zeiss prime lenses to use on the camera. The camera has top build quality, great viewfinder, removable drive to keep the weight down and allows the use of the best lenses on the market. I wont be using it for sports shooting since that's all done on digital now, but will be using it for black and white magazine work to complement my rangefinder system. -robRead full review
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars in every category is that with the heavy Zeiss lenses I use, the camera isn't balanced unless one gets the MB-40 grip. Then the camera actually becomes quieter and steadier. On the downside, the grip is *expensive*, and that the combo becomes larger and heavier than a Mamiya 7 medium format camera. I barely use the programming, so the dense menu system doesn't bother me. Focusing is *very* easy with just the matte screen, and even easier with an add-on magnifying eyepiece. With a shift/tilt lens, you can do every kind of photography -- as long as 35mm has the resolution you need, and you don't need to be discreet. My only wish is that it could meter for long night exposures (several minutes).
This isn't intended to be a technical review - there's plenty of info out there already. Rather, this is a summary of my feelings after having put several rolls through it - various color slide, black and white and color neg. Ergonomically it's beautiful to use - you don't spend much time in menus (although there are over 40 settings there), the buttons are big, and the controls easy to find and use. The viewfinder is very nice - some folks complain about the eyepoint. I have no issues with it and it is a way better eyepoint than my FM3A. It feels and responds like you would expect a professional camera to feel and respond. I like how this camera feels in my hands and as a tactile object it really does deliver in spades. The build quality is at least equal to the D3S. Value-wise it rates well - the same money won't get even get you into the Nikon full-frame digital world (incidentally I scan my negs on a Nikon 5000 ED and each frame comes out at 20 megapixels). What don't I like? Not much. I wish it had a self-timer with mirror lock-up. Technically it does have this, but the delay is 30 seconds. I think it should have been 10 seconds or at least have the option for 10 seconds. The only other comment - comment, not complaint this time - is that the F6 is still a bit big and heavy for my taste. But that's simply because I also use my FM3A (600g) which is a hell of a lot more fun to carry around (and produces image quality which I cannot distinguish from the F6, though the FM3A is nowhere near as flexible). So why did I buy the F6? I shoot both film and digital SLRs. I like digital, but I love film for the type of photography I do (scenic and travel photography and portraits mostly). That's the first reason. Second, I now have a film camera compatible with almost all Nikon glass and flash units and which is able to utilize all of their features. Thirdly, as I have previously indicated, it is a beautifully crafted and refined piece of gear. Finally, it is chock-full of features - except, as you now know, for a 10-second mirror-lock up self timer function :-(. I particularly like having the different metering options if I'm shooting color slide film. I use Nikon AI and AI-S glass in addition to auto focus lenses - moreso in fact. Thanks to the Nikon split-image focusing screen I purchased separately, these lenses are as easy to use on the F6 as they are on a manual camera. You might be aware that the F6 allows you to program up to 10 manual lenses into its database to enable you to use matrix metering (though, of course, not 3D matrix metering). Despite its 1kg weight, my F6 still feels relatively potable with a 200g 20mm f4 AI or 50mm f1.8 AIS strapped to the front. Although things get a little heavier with the 35mm f1.4 AIS or the 105mm f2.5 AIS, the balance improves (and the result is still a lot lighter and smaller than with professional G-type lenses attached). I don't use a vertical grip because I like the smaller configuration. This means I miss out on having the electrical capacity for extended shooting (the F6 is power-hungry) and also that my burst rate is 5.5 fps whereas with the grip it is 8fps (no big deal to me). Always carry a spare set of two CR123As if you don't use the grip. One battery set will get me comfortably through 20 rolls, probably more. Nor do I have the MV-1 reader. The F6 stores and retains shooting info for about 35 rolls. I access this through the menu and write it up.Read full review
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