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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retro" data-source="post: 492118" data-attributes="member: 37517">I like the idea of the Df, but my understanding is that the marketing people ruined it - the people at Nikon who wanted to put video in the camera, and had to be told "No!" They didn't get everything they wanted with the Df, but they got enough to ruin the concept.I want a digital FE2, and the Df could have been that, but the engineers need to be given a department in a basement where marketing people aren't allowed to even know what's going on. Release the camera before they know anything about it. I know some won't want AF, just like I don't want video. I guess I would still love it. It would be a true digital FE2, but I would love a digital F100 as well. Put video in it and forget it. I may as well just have a D750. I intend to buy a D750, but I would also like a digital FE2, or F100. I thought the whole point was retro styling, dials, and to be just a purist camera. If a digital FE2 was their goal, it is way overpriced. That kind of camera should be priced about the same as a D7200, or less.If I worked at Nikon, I'd slam the door in those marketers' faces. You can cater to the (m)asses, or you can build a camera for the purist - the ones who mastered their FE2 back in the day and wouldn't even look at any modern features. I still don't get it - why can't they just put a high quality FX sensor in an FE2 and ship it? AF would be nice, but we don't need anything else. If you want video, buy a D750. Leave the Df alone. It's a moot point now. They ruined the concept. Maybe they'll get it right with a Df2. Go chase after your latest a greatest tech, and I'll buy an FM2.</blockquote>

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