Derrel
Mr. Rain Cloud
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- Jul 23, 2009
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Fuji is innovative, and has that FILM background. Fuji kocked colossus Kodak off of its pedestal in the USA, an incredible feat. And then...the film camera and film business shrivelled to next to nothing. Fuji worked with Nikon way back, before the D1 came out. Fuji has designed some amazing, all-new cameras. I bought their S1 Pro, S2 Pro, and S5 pro d-slr cameras: ALL of them were, in most ways, BETTER picture-makers than the Nikons of the era. Even built on second-tier Nikon bodies, and using Nikon F-mount and Nikon speedlights.
Better picture-makers from Fuji. Not better machines, but better picture-making devices.
The question, "If Fuji can do it, why not Nikon?" makes me want to say: becasue Fuji has soooooooooooooooo LITTLE of the market, that they can create a camera type, and be innovative, and NOT be tied down to a lens mount that dates to 1959. Fuji's camera business is part of a larger corporate parent, Nikon is an old,small company, and has a long, long legacy, tied basically to something they pioneered in 1959: the 35mm type SLR "system".
Nikon is Microsoft. Fuji is Apple. Nikon is Coca~Cola. Fuji is Rockstar.
Better picture-makers from Fuji. Not better machines, but better picture-making devices.
The question, "If Fuji can do it, why not Nikon?" makes me want to say: becasue Fuji has soooooooooooooooo LITTLE of the market, that they can create a camera type, and be innovative, and NOT be tied down to a lens mount that dates to 1959. Fuji's camera business is part of a larger corporate parent, Nikon is an old,small company, and has a long, long legacy, tied basically to something they pioneered in 1959: the 35mm type SLR "system".
Nikon is Microsoft. Fuji is Apple. Nikon is Coca~Cola. Fuji is Rockstar.