Nikon SLR Cameras

Why doesn't Nikon make any Compact System Cameras (CSC)?

the answerer
the answerer

I own a bucket full of lens and a few bodies, including some old FM series. I love the old ones for being so compact and rugged, leaving aside the minuses of 35mm film cameras.

Why won't Nikon make some CSCs? Sometimes people want a point and shoot with all the features af a SLR, espacially when they have invested in some good glass.

How can costumers let them know they would like a new product? Shall we start a forum, maybe there are other people thinking the same?

Added (1). Please inform yourself

Added (2). That is a great rumor boater.drink to that

Added (3). I tought a nikon CSC would be much like an entry level DSLR. Only without mirror. I already own a D40 and a D90. Looking forward to the day I will afford a D700.

my dream CSC would be a digital FM3A fitted with a screen for playback.

Added (4). English is not my first language SRry for my uncustomary spelling, i promise my accent is far worse

BillRoots
BillRoots

If you compare an F4 with a D50 or D40 these are 'petite' or compact. Then there's the Coolpix 18x zoom P80 etc.a. O. However the specialist in that field is Olympus.

AWBoater
AWBoater

Nikon has filed patents for a CSC. However, they have not yet made a product announcement.

One rumor has it that Nikon will make an announcement of a MILC at the end of September.

http://www.althephoto.com

John P
John P

To be able to use all that older glassware the body would have to be nearly as big and definitely as deep as a SLR, if you wanted the lenses to give the same angle of view as on a film-based 35mm reflex. Have you not noticed that the system cameras have 'normal' lenses of focal lengths much shorter than 50mm? If you want to use your old glassware, get a Nikon DSLR body that will give as many functions as poss with the older lenses.

cat lover
cat lover

I think you mean "consumers", or "customers", not costumers. Unless you make costumes, that is.

keerok
keerok

Here's an N90 fitted with a Kodak DSC 420 digital back. It had to use a fully electronic SLR due to the controls for shutter, aperture, ISO, etc. It won't work on a mechanical camera like the FM3A but I guess Hasselblad got it right in the medium format category. This was way back before true dSLRs were born. If it's a consolation, the first dSLR was a Kodak based on a Nikon.