Derrel
Mr. Rain Cloud
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But,but,but...I am still waiting to hear about the 1972 wisom tooth impaction and infection, and subsequent emergency oral surgery...loads of people will be interested in that topic as well...I just know they will.
To anybody who wants a knob and dial interface, the Nikon F4 was about the last truly "new" design from Nikon that allowed shutter speed adjustment on a top-deck mounted shutter speed dial, which is something that goes back to the late 1920's in 35mm cameras. Many people with decades of 35mm experience like the shutter speed selector to be a top-deck mounted, rotating dial...it's always "there", it is always visible, and there is never any guessing or remembering where the shutter speed control ALWAYS-ALWAYS-ALWAYS is located, which is something a newbie shooter might not understand as an ergonomic advantage, or as a logical advantage.
The OP would be able to use basically all lenses with the F4, since it is what I call a "bridge" design from Nikon...the F4 was designed to be capable of spanning different eras of Nikon lenses, both from the manual focus era,and the then-emerging AF era. it is a veritable tank of a body, with two main differing battery options.
I dunno...cameras are like fine,mechanical watches to some people, who like 'em, even though they might not keep as accurate a time as a $39 modern, soul-less digital from Casio or Seiko. The Original Poster's question about the F4 versus the F100 or F5...depends largely on what the exact criteria for ownership and use actually are,and or how those criteria are weighted...the F100 is nice, and light...the F5 is a monstrous battery-carrying monstrosity...I passed on the F4, F5,and F100 entirely, and preferred the FM, FE-2,and F3 High Eyepoint bodies to the early Nikon AF bodies...I was happy with FM-FE-2-F3-HP equipment for 15 years in a row...to me the F4 and F5 were just sooooo bulky, and kinda' overkill AND over-priced.
In today's depressed market though, used F4,F5,and F100 bodies are selling for a pittance. Might as well buy all three, one of each, for less than the price of any one individual model even 8 years ago...
To anybody who wants a knob and dial interface, the Nikon F4 was about the last truly "new" design from Nikon that allowed shutter speed adjustment on a top-deck mounted shutter speed dial, which is something that goes back to the late 1920's in 35mm cameras. Many people with decades of 35mm experience like the shutter speed selector to be a top-deck mounted, rotating dial...it's always "there", it is always visible, and there is never any guessing or remembering where the shutter speed control ALWAYS-ALWAYS-ALWAYS is located, which is something a newbie shooter might not understand as an ergonomic advantage, or as a logical advantage.
The OP would be able to use basically all lenses with the F4, since it is what I call a "bridge" design from Nikon...the F4 was designed to be capable of spanning different eras of Nikon lenses, both from the manual focus era,and the then-emerging AF era. it is a veritable tank of a body, with two main differing battery options.
I dunno...cameras are like fine,mechanical watches to some people, who like 'em, even though they might not keep as accurate a time as a $39 modern, soul-less digital from Casio or Seiko. The Original Poster's question about the F4 versus the F100 or F5...depends largely on what the exact criteria for ownership and use actually are,and or how those criteria are weighted...the F100 is nice, and light...the F5 is a monstrous battery-carrying monstrosity...I passed on the F4, F5,and F100 entirely, and preferred the FM, FE-2,and F3 High Eyepoint bodies to the early Nikon AF bodies...I was happy with FM-FE-2-F3-HP equipment for 15 years in a row...to me the F4 and F5 were just sooooo bulky, and kinda' overkill AND over-priced.
In today's depressed market though, used F4,F5,and F100 bodies are selling for a pittance. Might as well buy all three, one of each, for less than the price of any one individual model even 8 years ago...