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This interview reflects a very good approach towards their customers by Nikon, including respecting the wishes of owners of legacy lenses - talk of long-term commitment in opposite to ever-faster "innovation" cycles and planned obsolescence. Congratulations - in fact if I'd not be invested in a Canon full frame system already, I'd seriously consider returning to Nikon completely today (having been a Nikon user in the film era for some time, but I wasn't completely happy with their AF bodies and some of the lenses back then).
No word about when the picture was taken? Film was still supreme until just a few years ago. Anyway, an interesting "making-of" report.
Very useful article but I'd not share complaints about the MF/AF switch no longer having dedicated AF-S and AF-C positions, since the new concept with just AF/MF positions and a button at the center allows the AF mode to be stored in custom memory settings, something which was a small but serious shortcoming on previous Nikons IMO.
Btw. it would be nice if a set of deliberately under- and overexposed RAWs (esp. at low ISO) could be provided for being able to try out the sensor's capabilities regarding highlight recovery and shadow noise.
Seems a sensible move. I also appreciate backs and bodies being sold separately - and hopefully being upgradeable independently.
Congratulations! Sometimes in photography everything is about the right moment.
W5JCK: A PDF is NOT an eBook. An eBook is in a format that is readable on electronic reader devices like the Kindle, Sony Readers, Nook, et cetera. For example, a format like MOBI or ePub. A PDF is just a crappy, bloated, antiquated format developed a generation ago by Adobe to allow the secure transfer of documents designed to be printed.
"A PDF is just a crappy, bloated, antiquated format"
- obviously you haven't the slightest idea of what you're talking about. The PDF specification is pretty sophisticated and that something doesn't fit in your brain as easily as five simple HTML tags won't make it crappy. Quite the contrary. PDF is one of the most versatile formats for integrated document exchange, including full 2D and 3D vector support. Simple HTML-based formats which feature no innovation except proprietary encryption/DRM and compression might be called crappy. PDF is definitely not.
Interestingly styled, maybe except for the speaker/mic grilles. The recessed, textured grip surfaces might turn bulky protrusions obsolete.
Great article; in fact this is the way I've always worked since film days, and continue doing so in the digital era. Except that I'm not counting seconds, yet five seconds is a reasonable rule of thumb to start with.