Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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