Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] F3 sales and Apo-Els
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 13:43:18 +0200

Mike Johnston wrote:

>
> Very few. It's selling out of NOS (new old stock) and they've priced it
> high to keep sales low, which in turn allows them to stretch out the old
> stock and keep it as a "current" item for longer. When the NOS runs out,
> that's all for the old F3. Nikon has not actually built them for many
> years now and will never actually build them again.

Mike,

Found on Nikon official website:

"Even with high production costs and problems such
as the securing of inventories of spare parts, Nikon
Corporation has no plans to stop selling the F3
high-eyepoint (depending on the country or region)."

The Story of the Nikon F3:
<http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/society/rhnc/rhnc03f3-e.htm>
The History of Nikon Cameras:
<http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/society/index.htm#rhnc>

Lucien