William wrote: > > I like quality camera equipment. In 1975, I bought a Nikon F2s for > > professional use. The cameras that Pentax was offering at the time > > were a joke by comparison, and the F2 had been around for six years > > already. > > They have been consistently outclassed in real world camera > > performance and build quality since the late 1960s.
Apart from the fact that Pentax didn't have a camera in the F2 class at the time, the Nikon of the times was outclassed by everyone else except Topcon. The lenses need to be set at F:5.6 in order to mount. The metering was years behind what the competition offered. Nikon was years behind Pentax and others in electronics. In fact, most Nikons were in fact Pentax copies apart from those inspired by Topcon. They even copied the names. The Pentax ES became the Nikkormat EL. The Pentax ME became the Nikon EM(!). All of course years later. Sure, the Nikon were well built but they were years behind the competition in technology. Not until the early 80's did Nikon catch up. Pål
