Nikon F System back in the days

[Hugh_3170]

Ah yes, my Nikkormat came with a 50mm f/1.4 S.C. lens, with a scalloped metal focussing ring, and this SC version of the 50mm f/1.4 lens was released about the same time as the plastic tipped film advance lever.

[ColinM]

It may be that we will never see such a fully integrated system as demonstrated in this thread in quite the same way again.

Also, some people dislike the author of the diagram below.
And maybe the Z system has had barely enough time to move towards maturity yet.

But it was interesting to come across this,

[Jack Dahlgren]

It may be that we will never see such a fully integrated system as demonstrated in this thread in quite the same way again.

Also, some people dislike the author of the diagram below.
And maybe the Z system has had barely enough time to move towards maturity yet.

But it was interesting to come across this,

It is a bogus diagram. Anyway, compare Z system to say F3. I can control Z camera and view images on my phone in real-time. The camera senses the lens and corrects images for geometric distortion, aberration and light fall-off in the corners. The Z can use almost every lens the F3 had available + a couple of generations of auto-focus and electronic diaphragm lenses. There is no right angle prism, but the rear screen tilts up and down and can easily be seen when shooting overhead or at waist level. I could go on and on.

[Erik Lund]

Seems like the red comments has been added in the last century 


I'm quite impressed by the speed Nikon has been able to add Z lenses, superb lenses!


The F system is a unique camera system and most likely there will never come something that is even close.