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Yes, I’m sure the viral marketing for…a film SLR…that was introduced in 2004…is absolutely priceless.
Nikon Issues Small Recall for a 16-Year-Old Film Camera
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#12Nikon still sells the Nikon F6 film camera. All existing stock was probably manufactured a loooong time ago, but it is still technically a current product, so I imagine they’re obligated to provide support and government-mandated environmental fixes. https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/filmcamera/slr/f6/ (I’d love to see the sales numbers for the F6. I can’t even guess the order of magnitude of global sales per year. 1?…
As of December 2019, Nikon was still building new units of the F6. https://petapixel.com/2019/12/10/you-can-still-buy-a-brand-n...
And dude's camera got recalled:
"Taking a look at the serial number of my camera which is 35955 and comparing it to an F6 sold new in 2015 bearing the number 34875 I’d conclude that least 1080 units have been sold since then (approximately 270 cameras per year)."
"In fact, only 152 units are impacted… so few that Nikon actually lists every affected serial number in the recall notice:
0035842, ..., 0035955, ..."
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
As of December 2019, Nikon was still building new units of the F6. https://petapixel.com/2019/12/10/you-can-still-buy-a-brand-n...
And dude's camera got recalled: "Taking a look at the serial number of my camera which is 35955 and comparing it to an F6 sold new in 2015 bearing the number 34875 I’d conclude that least 1080 units have been sold since then (approximately 270 cameras per year)." "In fact, only 152 units are impacted… so few that Nikon actually lists every affected serial number in the recall notice: 0035842, ..., 0035955 , ..."
Very clever.
And 270 film SLRs per year sounds perfectly reasonable.
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#14Re: Nikon Issues Small Recall for a 16-Year-Old Film Camera
#15Nikon still sells the Nikon F6 film camera. All existing stock was probably manufactured a loooong time ago, but it is still technically a current product, so I imagine they’re obligated to provide support and government-mandated environmental fixes. https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/filmcamera/slr/f6/ (I’d love to see the sales numbers for the F6. I can’t even guess the order of magnitude of global sales per year. 1?…
I still occasionally use a now over 40 years old Nikon FE that, despite having never been serviced as far as I can tell, still works flawlessly. It even does some things better than even the most modern DSLRs, it can, for example automatically expose exposures several minutes long correctly (far outside spec, but works). Impeccable quality. The old Ai-S lenses, too, entirely made from glass, brass, aluminium and some steel with a touch of cement, it pleases the gods. Zeiss still makes them like they used to.
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#16I've never worked in a context that made complex physical goods. Is it surprising to others that they even know which specific 152 cameras were over-plasticized?
The f6 is high end low volume product. They only make and sell a couple hundred a year.
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#17Nikon still sells the Nikon F6 film camera. All existing stock was probably manufactured a loooong time ago, but it is still technically a current product, so I imagine they’re obligated to provide support and government-mandated environmental fixes. https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/filmcamera/slr/f6/ (I’d love to see the sales numbers for the F6. I can’t even guess the order of magnitude of global sales per year. 1?…
I still occasionally use a now over 40 years old Nikon FE that, despite having never been serviced as far as I can tell, still works flawlessly. It even does some things better than even the most modern DSLRs, it can, for example automatically expose exposures several minutes long correctly (far outside spec, but works). Impeccable quality. The old Ai-S lenses, too, entirely made from glass, brass, aluminium and some…
Which is why I’m always surprised the F6, to borrow a phrase from Apple, “remains a product in our lineup”.
There’s so many used and seemingly indestructible film cameras floating around. I guess there’s some market for a factory-warranty film SLR, but I’m not sure what said market is. If I was going to shoot film, I’d find a Nikon F5, which would also double as a medieval flail for self-defense.
(Or I’d pull my 1983 Pentax off the shelf.)
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#18I love how the idea of Japanese conscientiousness has become almost a meme for how we wish companies were run. Other examples you've probably seen come across the webs: -- Hotel apologizes in advance for a brief 1 minute planned disruption of in-room internet at 4am https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apol... -- Japanese train company issues apology for train leaving 20 seconds early https://www.g…
They even give you a note if the train is late:
Re: Nikon Issues Small Recall for a 16-Year-Old Film Camera
#19I love how the idea of Japanese conscientiousness has become almost a meme for how we wish companies were run. Other examples you've probably seen come across the webs: -- Hotel apologizes in advance for a brief 1 minute planned disruption of in-room internet at 4am https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apol... -- Japanese train company issues apology for train leaving 20 seconds early https://www.g…
Nikon has had other issues in the past where they were much less quick to issue recalls.
This likely only happened as quickly as it did because it's a Hazardous substance issue and not an overall quality issue.
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#20I love how the idea of Japanese conscientiousness has become almost a meme for how we wish companies were run. Other examples you've probably seen come across the webs: -- Hotel apologizes in advance for a brief 1 minute planned disruption of in-room internet at 4am https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apol... -- Japanese train company issues apology for train leaving 20 seconds early https://www.g…
To be honest, a train leaving early SUCKS. You show up on time, and you find out you missed it. Maybe the next one is in 40 minutes, maybe it's the next day.
(I realize 20 seconds early isn't that bad, but still, leaving early by any amount of time is a lot worse than leaving late)