Nikon announced it will stop making film cameras!!!

[ken_jeanette]

I just read a piece on CNet news that Nikon will phase our production

of most of its film cameras, and all lenses for them.

 

Although I use Digital, I'm startled by the rapid demise of film and

film cameras.

 

How long before Kodak announces there will be no more film made?

[eric friedemann]

Uh huh:

 

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Epfz&tag=

 

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Ep4U&tag=

[Brian]

<P>Ken, how does your question relate to the rest of your post? Will existing Nikon cameras stop working when Nikon production ceases? Is Kodak film only usable in Nikon cameras?</P><P>Questions have been raised repeatedly about the future of film and the consensus is that a continuing user base will keep the whole show going regardless of individual suppliers dropping out.</P>

[Michael R Freeman]

"I just read a piece on CNet news that Nikon will phase our production of most of its film cameras, <i>and all lenses for them</i>."

<P>

You misread, or CNet got it wrong. Nikon will discontinue <u>most</u> of its film cameras, and all <b>large format and enlarging</b> lenses, along with many of its <b>manual focus</B> lenses (nine remain in production). The <b>ENTIRE</b> autofocus lineup remains in production, and <u>most</u> of these lenses fit (and were originally made for) film cameras.<P>

<a href="http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201">http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201</a>

[Michael R Freeman]

... should read "The ENTIRE autofocus <u><b>lens</b></u> lineup"

[constance_cook]

Only about a dozen manual focus lenses are discontinued. Nikon continues a fair list of zooms and more popular slower primes. I saw the Nikon list in Japan almost 3 weeks ago.

 

Conni

[andrew_hall1]

>... should read "The ENTIRE autofocus lens lineup"

 

This is the latest list of discontinued Nikon products. You will find more than a couple of AF lenses: http://www.nikon-image.com/jpn/products/discontinue/others/index.htm

[andrew_hall1]

>Only about a dozen manual focus lenses are discontinued. Nikon continues a fair list of zooms and more popular slower primes. I saw the Nikon list in Japan almost 3 weeks ago

 

The Jan 11 list is different from, and a lot shorter than, what you presumably saw: http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201

[Michael R Freeman]

"You will find more than a couple of AF lenses"

 

Okay then - the CURRENT autofocus lens lineup remains in production.

 

Most of the autofocus lenses in the list at the above link have been replaced with newer versions, or superceded by a different lens. The 400/500mm telephotos have been replaced by the AFS-II versions, the 300mm by a VR, the 80~200mm AF-S by the 70~200mm VR, the 35~105mm by the 28~105mm (long ago), etc, etc. Some of these have been discontinued for a couple of years (50/1.8AF, TC-14E, TC-20E). I think the 28/1.4D is the only one on the list that doesn't have a current counterpart.

[mawz]

The 28/1.4D was plagued by nasty QC problems. Probably the reason it was discontinued.