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Pentax Film Project

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Overrank
Overrank Senior Member • Posts: 5,461
Re: but why then Nikon F6 was stopped

Lothman wrote:

Even Nikon has stopped producing their "Masterpiece" F6 in the end of 2020. What can Pentax offer as a better or more successful camera than a F6?

At the same time that Nikon stopped selling the F6 they also stopped production of all camera bodies in Japan and moved production to Thailand - https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2020121500061.html?page=1 (auto translated)

“Nikon has put an end to the domestic production of the camera body that has been doing for more than 70 years. Until now, we have been manufacturing bodies in "Sendai Nikon" in Miyagi Prefecture and "Nikon Thailand (NTC)" in Thailand, but in order to reduce costs, we will consolidate them into the Thai factory.”

I would suggest that probably forced Nikons hand more than whether or not they wanted to have a film SLR for sale. It’s been suggested that they were constructed in batches anyway and sold over the next few years.

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