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What attracted you to Nikon?
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 753528" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>My gateway was the Coolpix 995. I had gone through a couple of Minolta and Pentax point-n-shoot 35mm film cameras, and did acquire a 20+ year-old Minolta xd-11 SLR kit in the later 1990's. While attending/competing in some regional yo-yo contests around 1999 and later a friend showed up with a Coolix 990 and I fell in love with the swivel-lens design. DSLR was primarily for pros at the time, so I bought the Coolpix 995 the year it was introduced. And I just stuck with the brand as I was used to the interface. D80 bought in 2007. Bought a 2nd used D80 with accessories a couple of years later. D7000 about 2013. D750 in 2019. Along the way I also bought a Coolpix 2200 that I did an experimental DIY infrared conversion on to see if it suited me. Then I replaced the 2200 with a Lumix point-n-shoot with a really nice zoom-range lens that I still carry in my go-bag I always take on car trips. I sometimes have to use it to this day.</p><p></p><p>Today the Coolpix 995 is still in the home. I converted it to infrared some years ago and brought it out from time to time. I traded in a D80 when I bought the D750, and kept the older and crappy D80 which was in turn converted to infrared to replace the 995. That D80 died last autumn and I will eventually discard it I think. As for the future, I don't want to make long-term plans for Nikon gear. Their money problems have me concerned. When I eventually see a mirrorless body I have to have, it could just as easily be a Canon R-mount as a new Z-mount. I would be acquiring new glass anyhow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 753528, member: 48483"] My gateway was the Coolpix 995. I had gone through a couple of Minolta and Pentax point-n-shoot 35mm film cameras, and did acquire a 20+ year-old Minolta xd-11 SLR kit in the later 1990's. While attending/competing in some regional yo-yo contests around 1999 and later a friend showed up with a Coolix 990 and I fell in love with the swivel-lens design. DSLR was primarily for pros at the time, so I bought the Coolpix 995 the year it was introduced. And I just stuck with the brand as I was used to the interface. D80 bought in 2007. Bought a 2nd used D80 with accessories a couple of years later. D7000 about 2013. D750 in 2019. Along the way I also bought a Coolpix 2200 that I did an experimental DIY infrared conversion on to see if it suited me. Then I replaced the 2200 with a Lumix point-n-shoot with a really nice zoom-range lens that I still carry in my go-bag I always take on car trips. I sometimes have to use it to this day. Today the Coolpix 995 is still in the home. I converted it to infrared some years ago and brought it out from time to time. I traded in a D80 when I bought the D750, and kept the older and crappy D80 which was in turn converted to infrared to replace the 995. That D80 died last autumn and I will eventually discard it I think. As for the future, I don't want to make long-term plans for Nikon gear. Their money problems have me concerned. When I eventually see a mirrorless body I have to have, it could just as easily be a Canon R-mount as a new Z-mount. I would be acquiring new glass anyhow. [/QUOTE]
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