Bye bye film.

[bruko]

Mi spiace riportarlo in inglese, ma il riassunto e':
pare che nikon voglia smettere di produrre quasi tutti i corpi macchina/lenti/ecc per l'analogico.
(non mi pare ci sia gia' un thread aperto a proposito)






"A colleague of mine just pointed out that Nikon UK has posted a press release here indicating that they are all but ending production of their 35mm film cameras, medium- and large-format lenses and enlarging equipment. The F6 35mm SLR will remain in production and be available in Europe and America, and the all-mechanical FM10 will be available outside of Europe. A handful of manual lenses will remain in production as well. Film in general isn't going away any time soon as digital cameras cannot replace medium and large format cameras, but this is clear evidence that the resolution and popularity of the digital medium have surpassed that of the 35mm format. 35mm took another step into the grave."
-Slashdot.com

The complete article from the Nikon website is as follows:

"Following the success of our digital line-up over the last seven years, which has resulted in more than 95% of Nikon’s UK business being within the digital area, Nikon Corporation has made the decision to focus management resources on digital cameras in place of film cameras. This decision will allow Nikon to continue to develop products that match the demands of an increasingly competitive market place.


Despite this growing competition Nikon Corporation has continued to outperform the market, and has recently reported positive financial results which saw group net profit climb by 20% in the fiscal first half which ended in September. Group sales also increased by 9.8% to 342.85 billion yen in the same period. Sales of high end digital SLR cameras and the success of products like the D70s and D50 have helped contribute to these positive figures.


As the film camera market shrinks and the popularity of compact digital cameras increases, demand for products that offer advanced features and extra value is continuing to grow. High performance digital SLR cameras are performing well as users shift from film-based SLR cameras or upgrade from compact digital cameras to digital SLR cameras.


As a result of the new strategy Nikon will discontinue production of all lenses for large format cameras and enlarging lenses with sales of these products ceasing as soon as they run out of stock. This also applies to most of our film camera bodies, interchangeable manual focus lenses and related accessories. Although Nikon anticipates that the products will still be in retail distribution up to Summer 2006.


In recognition of Nikon’s commitment to professional photographers we will continue to manufacturer and sell the F6, our flagship film model, as well as a number of manual interchangeable lenses. Sales of the manual FM10 will also continue outside Europe."

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And so it has begun...

[Filippo Rubin]

C'era questo:
http://www.photo4u.it/viewtopic.php?t=62802

Comunque grazie per la segnalazione

[bruko]

ooops. Sai che ero completamente all'oscuro di quell'intera sezione del forum?

occhei, direi che possiamo sopprimere il thread o convertirlo ad un altro annosissimo problema: io volevo fare le foto con la mia macchina giocattolo di quando ero bambina (quelle che si trovavano nei detersivi) solo che la pellicola da 110 la trovo solo su e-bay, ormai, e comunque nessuno mi sviluppa le foto.
Tutto questo e' estremamente doloroso.

[Filippo Rubin]

Vedi, questi sono i vantaggi di non aver avuto una macchina fotografica del detersivo da piccoli

E non pensare che abbia avuto un'infanzia triste

[PietroF]