Why doesn't Nikon make any Compact System Cameras (CSC)?
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
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.
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
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.
I think you mean "consumers", or "customers", not costumers. Unless you make costumes, that is.
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.