don_harris3 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I have been looking at buying a digital camera. I have noticed that Nikon and Fuji look like each other in many ways. Do they own each other. Have also noticed Fuji memory and Olympus are the same with each of theire names on the chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Nikon and Fuji share the same lens mount, presumably with Nikon's blessing. Not the first time cameras from different makers have shared a mount - the Pentax K-mount was probably the most copied mount in history, shared by innumerable lens and body makers, surpassing even their earlier screwmount. Fuji uses a proprietary chip, reportedly unavailable to any other camera maker. Other digicam makers may use outsourced sensors - no way of knowing for certain unless you're an industry insider. Over the decades totally separate photo industry members have occasionally formed partnerships, sometimes official and formal, other times unofficial and informal. A local camera shop employee asserted to me that Minolta helped Nikon refine their AF technology years ago. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfisher Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Nikon supply bodies to both Fuji and Kodak for conversion to digital. The now-superseded Fuji S1 was based on the Nikon F60, and the new S2 is based on the F80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_michael Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Why does the Nikon D100 need an E-TTL flash and the Fuji S2 does not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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