That is down from 16 percent the previous year.īy contrast, sales of digital cameras have soared, the company said, jumping to 75 percent of total sales in the year ended March 2005, from 47 percent three years earlier. In the most recent fiscal year ended March 2005, Nikon said that film camera bodies accounted for 3 percent of the 180 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in sales at the company's camera and imaging division. The company will halt production of the film camera models "one by one," though it refused to specify when.Ī company spokesman said Nikon made the decision because sales of film cameras have plunged. Nikon said it would halt production of all but two of its seven film cameras and would also stop making most lenses for those cameras. Rivals like Kodak and Canon have already shifted most of their camera production into digital products. The company, based in Tokyo, is the latest to join an industrywide shift toward digital photography, which has exploded in popularity. 12 - The Nikon Corporation, the Japanese camera maker, said Thursday that it would stop making most of its film cameras and lenses in order to focus on digital cameras.
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Before I go, you can check out a full video review of the FE2 (by me!) right here.TOKYO, Thursday, Jan. I’m enjoying running this camera during my portrait sessions and hope to get many years of use out of this camera. If I were shooting inanimate objects, I could probably be content with the Nikon F3, but the shutter and sync speeds are just not what I need them to be. It puts a check in every box I find important to have in a film camera.
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The FE2 is a fast, durable, beautiful manual SLR camera that comes in at a decent price ($175-$200 for a mint copy on eBay). My thumb rests perfectly behind the open film lever allowing me to rapidly advance to the next frame and just as quickly shut the camera off. This is an intuitive approach that just works. To turn the camera off, simply shift the film advance lever towards the camera. To turn on the camera you simply flick out the film advance lever. I am a big fan of the “power switch” being on the film advance lever. Everything is within reach and running the camera is effortless. It has a metal alloy body that is small, tactile, and with ideally located controls. I understand, looks mean nothing compared to the image being produced, but I like my cameras to inspire me to pick them up, hold them, and shoot them! Sure, the Nikon F3 is visually appealing, but, in my opinion, the FE2 is an all-round more attractive camera. The FE2 is a beautiful camera! I own the silver and black model and absolutely love it. Sometimes machines that perform well don’t necessarily have the looks to match their functionality. Works like a charm and delivers consistent results that meet my expectations regarding image quality. I focus and recompose and the key to that working properly is to lock the exposure value prior to recomposing. I notice very little difference between the exposures on my Nikon FE2 and my Nikon F3 (The F3 has a 80/20 center-weighted meter). While it is a 60/40 center-weighted meter, it is still sparingly accurate. Regarding the light meter, it’s a Rockstar. It has aperture priority, intuitive exposure lock, and a solid 60/40 center-weighted metering. I need my camera body to enable me to lock the exposure settings, while in Aperture priority and know the image will be properly exposed. I want to set the camera to “A”, the aperture to f/1.4, and start shooting. I dial over and under exposures in by locking it in with the EV dial (no shutter speed shuffling required). I know I want to shoot max aperture so there is no need for me to constantly set my shutter speed. Registration for EMULSIVE Santa 2021, the the world's largest annual film/traditional photography gift exchange is open! Click here by October 31st to sign up.