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<blockquote data-quote="stmv" data-source="post: 797736" data-attributes="member: 10038">The DF is partially a product of trying to keep the tooling and investments down on what is essentially a one off product. The biggest factor picking an off the self shutter mechanism that would fit into their form factor. The cost of redesigning a unique shutter and of course the risk! since this has been the problem child of Nikon lately whatwith oil splashing, So, the 610 shutter was the pick to help reduce the size of the DF, but this also caused some issues since the exposure board that went with it wasthe 39 point, and also, some function was lost like loosing aperature control in LV so one can no longer view the exposure real time like one can in the D800 or evenD4 (a feature I love). On the otherhand, I am glad that they picked a shutter mechanism that they worked out the bugs!&nbsp; I think when you factor in that this camerais intended to appeal to the manual shooter, it does that very well. and yes, at 1600 dollars,, for a rebuilt, kinda the best deal out there currently. I would love if they could had afford to bring out a truly unique product line,&nbsp; but those days are gone, as Nikon has to consolidate product lines. So,, glad thatthis quirky camera saw the light of day. In the end, I think the engineers did the right set of compromises to bring an high end camera out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stmv, post: 797736, member: 10038"] The DF is partially a product of trying to keep the tooling and investments down on what is essentially a one off product. The biggest factor picking an off the self shutter mechanism that would fit into their form factor. The cost of redesigning a unique shutter and of course the risk! since this has been the problem child of Nikon lately what with oil splashing, So, the 610 shutter was the pick to help reduce the size of the DF, but this also caused some issues since the exposure board that went with it was the 39 point, and also, some function was lost like loosing aperature control in LV so one can no longer view the exposure real time like one can in the D800 or even D4 (a feature I love). On the otherhand, I am glad that they picked a shutter mechanism that they worked out the bugs! I think when you factor in that this camera is intended to appeal to the manual shooter, it does that very well. and yes, at 1600 dollars,, for a rebuilt, kinda the best deal out there currently. I would love if they could had afford to bring out a truly unique product line, but those days are gone, as Nikon has to consolidate product lines. So,, glad that this quirky camera saw the light of day. In the end, I think the engineers did the right set of compromises to bring an high end camera out. [/QUOTE]

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