[LargeFormat] Nikon to cease making LF lenses... among other products

[johnfrost]

New Article from Nikon's website:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=130907&TICK=NIKON&STORY=/www/story/01-11-2006/0004247596&EDATE=Jan+11,+2006

Read In Part:

Reshaping Nikon's Film Camera Assortment

With that, the Nikon film camera lineup will be reshaped, allowing more of
Nikon's planning, engineering and manufacturing resources to be focused 
on the
digital products that now drive our thriving industry. The measures that 
Nikon
will adopt include discontinuing production of all large format Nikkor 
lenses
and enlarging lenses, as well as several of our film camera bodies, manual
focus Nikkor interchangeable lenses and related accessories. Sales of these
products will cease as supplies are depleted.
    Importantly, Nikon's film camera business will continue with our 
flagship
model F6(TM) and with the FM10(TM), allowing the Nikon brand to continue
serving the two strongest segments of the 35mm film camera market. Both
professionals and dedicated amateurs who continue to view film as their
preferred format along with students in need of an economical camera to 
learn
the fundamentals of photography will have ideal Nikon products from which to
choose. Additionally, Nikon will continue to produce the manual focus 85mm
f/2.8D PC Micro-Nikkor(R).
    With the interests of its customers in mind, Nikon will offer continued
post-sale service for products whose production has ceased for a period 
of 10
(ten) years from Nikon Inc.'s last date of sale.
 

SOURCE  Nikon

john (:>)))




Jim Brick wrote:

>
> November 14, 2003
>
> Old article.
>
> At 09:08 AM 1/14/2006, johnfrost wrote:
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>>  Nikon: No current plan to go all digital
>>
>> The Japanese camera company Nikon has denied a Tokyo news report that 
>> it was going to shut down domestic production of 35mm film compact 
>> cameras and focus on digital camera sales.
>> http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2003/11/10/daily44.html
>>
>> Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>
>>
>