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Posts: 19 (07/19/2007 10:30 AM) |
Matthew Lin wrote in his article that for some reasons, chrome Nikkor F bodies seem to be much harder to find than the black ones.
I want to know the reason because as I know black F bodies are rarer than chrome one.
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Posts: 2120 (07/19/2007 12:30 PM) |
He makes that statement, but I believe it is rather subjective. It is interesting that he shows a chrome model! Less than 5000 of these bodies exist, so it may
be that Nikon simply converted a batch of black bodies?
More interesting is that Zeiss Icon thought Germans so easily confused, that they might ask for a "Zeiss Icon" camera and get a "Nikon" (marked Toyko) by accident! What would the salesman say? "I am out of Zeiss Icon cameras, but I have a Nikon F, made in a small suburb of Hamburg, called Tokyo." See his article in full at F Nikkor. 
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Posts: 49 (07/19/2007 02:44 PM) |
Fred, why not be serious?
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Posts: 2141 (07/19/2007 05:48 PM) |
"More interesting is that Zeiss Icon thought Germans so easily confused, that they might ask for a "Zeiss Icon" camera and get a
"Nikon" (marked Toyko) by accident!"
Well Jan, The reason Zeiss argued to stop Nippon Kogaku from selling their products in Germany was just that, Nikon being too close of a name to Ikon. Granted at the time the Japenese were known for their practice of "Copying" but arguing about names is not the only reason Zeiss did this. I FEEL THERE WAS MORE TO IT THAN THAT. This is normal practice in USA too, a good example is Exxon oil Corp. using the same argument when Minolta came out with their first AF camera using a logo
with crossed X"s. Exxon(Esso in Europe) argued the crossed double X's were their trademark and Minolta had to discontinue using that logo. Guess who
won?
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Posts: 62 (07/19/2007 05:54 PM) |
Since we're talking Nikkor's, here is another pitch for a Nikkor name plate. I still need a name plate and a finder, (or finder plate).
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Posts: 2120 (07/19/2007 06:02 PM) |
What me serious? Can we take a man in this hat seriously?
Kiu do you think a lot of people drove into an Exxon gas station, said "fill 'er up," and got a gas tank full of camera parts? Those cameras really clog up the fuel lines! Oddly Exxon did sell the first fax machine in the US, the Qwip. I actually worked on a collaborative artwork with those early machines. 
Carl himself - with microscope
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Posts: 2141 (07/19/2007 06:57 PM) |
Nikon HS Webmaster wrote:! What would the salesman say? "I am out of Zeiss Icon cameras, but I have a Nikon F, made in a small suburb of Hamburg, called Tokyo."Well Fred, I have to argue about Mr Zeiss not selling stuff around 1959....as your friend says often " don't have enough intelectual inspiration to look it up" or something along those lines. Nice picture of Mr. Zeiss. PRICELESS 
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Posts: 2141 (07/19/2007 07:01 PM) |
F wrote: And Epson made the first Digital Rangefinder camera 
Confusing 
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Posts: 2120 (07/19/2007 07:08 PM) |
Oh I give up all too confusing... cigarette companies now have sites to help you quit, and sell baby food. George Bush is president (opps that is a different
forum).
Where was Nikon when I needed help with my terrible camera addition? I will try to be more serious -- as befits a man of my years, various degrees, and widespread respect in my community. I will promise to stop watching Sponge Bob Square Pants after I have seen the new episodes next week.
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Posts: 2141 (07/19/2007 08:29 PM) |
Nikon HS Webmaster wrote: 
"Good luck with that"
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Posts: 2120 (07/20/2007 08:07 AM) |
VERY SERIOUS POSTING:
In 1959 these are the cameras that Zeiss-Icon thought would be confused with the Nikon F. Ikoflex Favorit Ikoflex Ib with meter Bullseye - introduced in 1959 alongside the Nikon F, Zeiss thought this was the finest [funniest] 35 ever built. 
The original Contarex, known by collectors as the Bullseye or Cyclops. Special, Super, Super Electric, and Professional There were also a slew of other odd little Contaflexs like the III, IV, 125, Alpha, and Beta but mercifully this company quit making cameras in 1970. Carl Zeiss is actually reviving the Zeiss Ikon name, which is kind of like bringing out a new Edsel and hoping everyone from the 70s has forgotten.
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