http://www.cameraegg.org/nikon-df-camera-images-silver/

yeah it's cute clyde, seen the pixx from NR, nikon rumours earlier today.

the problem is, the backside is so so, just like any nikon fx dslr, and not

"retro" as the top & front of the nikon Df. further, only the 39 point af system,

which af sensors are compressed to the middle of the frame mostly.

on dx, on my d7000 it's way fine, but on a fx dslr, it should be the 51 af point

multi-cam module.

 

the black body looks way nice, but in the end i think the d800(e) would be

a better deal for the money, if you can spent it. ;)

I'm sure I'll just stick with my D7000 and if I want to hold something that looks and feels like a F3, I'll just go to the shelf and load a roll in my F3HP!

When NR started with the Df I was really interested. Today, Nikon Switzerland announced it at a kit-price of CHF 3'498.-- (approx. USD 3'850.--) which is simply too much for a retro-styled body with D4-sensor and D600-AF. It's a pity, but for this price you get a D800E and a good lens or a D800 and two good lenses.

you guys are both right. :-) i like the look of a F3, F4, F5...even F100 much,

but i think nikon should have been more consequent, and also the backside

should have been "retro" in that way, for instance, the Sony A7/A7R looks

really nice for my eyes. just swapped the tamron 17-50 A6NII to A16N,

w/o AF-Motor, and i'd say AF now works faster.

 

Clyde, have you used the Nikkor 24mm AF 2.8D lens? it matches 36mm

on DX, and should be alright for me, much better then the 35mm/1.8 DX,

because that ca. 52.5mm focal length is a bit too "tele" for myself.

 

I've noticed that i've shoot my tamron mostly onto the 24 & 28mm setting,

so it equals to 36 & 42mm on FX focal length.

 

 

I have the 24mm Ai-S and it's a quite nice lens. Most of my primes are the older manual focus type. I don't really use AF much even when I have one mounted.

I have both lenses for my D90 which still is a very good camera despite its age. I would prefer the Nikkor 24mm AF 2.8D for its angle, however the 35mm/1.8 DX is so much better in terms of IQ that I mostly use the latter.

is the IQ of the 35/1.8 DX really better, thomas?

i've used the 35mm on my D40, D60, D90,

and D7000, but i think it's a bit not wide enough.

 

I wonder why Nikon does not add an aperture control ring on the special edition of the 50mm f/1.8G to make it really retro (or did I missed the feature?). The cosmetic modification of the lens is so superficial to me.

Overall, I think Nikon did a half job on the Df. I appreciate the old style that looks more balanced than many new ones. Function-wise, retro or not itself is not the point. What we need is something simpler to use and easier to manipulate. About that I am not quite sure at this moment.

The camera is not simple enough. I guess that we have four ways to view the exposure information now: from the dials, the viewfinder, the small screen on top, and the LCD - I am a minimalist and just hate redunancy (sorry for being too personal).

I like the old FM/FM2 the best. The FE/FE2 are also OK. I think we can never really return to the old days anymore (and of course we do not need to).

Also, is the price justified by technological advancement (I do not see any over D800 and D610), or the operation, or the style? I am fraid more on the style side.

 

Not sure about this camera. It's almost the same price as a D800 and not anywhere close in specifications. Even in the D610 is much more of a camera and it's $750 less. I guess you are paying a premium for "retro".

Even i can't afford it, the Df is a different thing....the backside looks like

a typical Nikon FF DSLR, whileas the Top Plate and Front is truly "classic"

or retro in that way. It seems that Nikon had put the D4 sensor inside the Df

body, but the AF system also from the D600/D610, so only 39 instead of

51 AF points and the DX-Class AF MultiCAM Sensor module, further,

the shutter is set of 150.000 counts, which is on pair with the Dx0 series body,

too. The D4 shutter mechanism afaik is tested for 400.000 shutter counts.