"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 16 Sep 2004 at 15:58, Alin Flaider wrote: > >> BTW, Nikon made public its support for full-frame in a very >> original manner, with the announcement of F6. It'll be interesting >> to see how this goes with the small sensors in the digital line. >> >> http://nikonimaging.com/global/news/2004/0916_02.htm > >Someone must have made a mistake, it's not April 1st, I heard here years ago >that the F5 would be the very last film F series body. LOL
I was just thinking that! I suspect, however, that Nikon had committed to the F6 project long ago and had too much invested to cancel it even after it no longer made sense from a sales standpoint. It's just a marketing tool now. BTW: Didn't the F5 have interchangeable prisms?

