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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 46159" data-attributes="member: 6548"><p>Bessa, Leica, Zeiss Ikon to name a few there are maybe a couple more.&nbsp; The three I mentioned are making rangefinder cameras not SLRs.&nbsp; As far as I know the F6 is one of the few if not the only SLR made today.&nbsp; Your next question is the fascinating one.&nbsp; Film is absolutely huge in Japan and Asia and it is the Japanese and the Chinese who are wholesale buying up all the top flight equipment still left in the world.&nbsp; That and the advent of micro four thirds has made legacy lens prices and odds and ends like the eyelevel viewfinder on my F2 for example go through the roof.&nbsp; You could buy a basically mint F2 with the eyelevel finder for about 600 bucks a couple of years ago.&nbsp; Lately I've seen them on Ebay commanding $1200 or more...makes me want to sell mine.&nbsp; I almost bought a mint F2AS last year for $500...they are running $1500 or more now for pristine examples...crazy huh?&nbsp; A Canon FD 55/1.2 Aspherical (one of the coolest Canon lenses ever IMO) could be had for $500 a couple years ago...they are approaching $1500 now...why?&nbsp; Because the Japanese are buying every copy they can get their hands on because they made it and they still shoot a lot of film...</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 46159, member: 6548"] Bessa, Leica, Zeiss Ikon to name a few there are maybe a couple more. The three I mentioned are making rangefinder cameras not SLRs. As far as I know the F6 is one of the few if not the only SLR made today. Your next question is the fascinating one. Film is absolutely huge in Japan and Asia and it is the Japanese and the Chinese who are wholesale buying up all the top flight equipment still left in the world. That and the advent of micro four thirds has made legacy lens prices and odds and ends like the eyelevel viewfinder on my F2 for example go through the roof. You could buy a basically mint F2 with the eyelevel finder for about 600 bucks a couple of years ago. Lately I've seen them on Ebay commanding $1200 or more...makes me want to sell mine. I almost bought a mint F2AS last year for $500...they are running $1500 or more now for pristine examples...crazy huh? A Canon FD 55/1.2 Aspherical (one of the coolest Canon lenses ever IMO) could be had for $500 a couple years ago...they are approaching $1500 now...why? Because the Japanese are buying every copy they can get their hands on because they made it and they still shoot a lot of film... [/QUOTE]

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