Nikon vs Adobe?
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Aha I hadn't noticed the date when I saw the article - it was top billing beside a brand new news story so I assumed it was from today!
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davidc wrote:Aha I hadn't noticed the date when I saw the article - it was top billing beside a brand new news story so I assumed it was from today!
Someone being a bit mischievous, perhaps? These stories can have a long shelf life and Nikon of late has been providing a number of opportunities.
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When I bought my first DSLR, I was a Canon film SLR user but had the opportunity to switch to Nikon. I was not heavily invested into Canon lenses and the D70 had just been anounced to good reviews. Supplies were short, but one of the THREE Jessops stores (can't imagine why they ended up going bust 
) in Croydon had one in stock. In the end I stuck with Canon and seeing what Nikon has been up to recently has made me glad that I did.
Something else which Nikon has recently broken, whether by accident or design, is compatibility between the new Df and Sigma lenses. According to Thom Hogan, Nikon is alone in not licencing its lens mount design to third parties, which means that the independent lens manufacturers are forced to reverse engineer it. Sigma seems to be less adept at this than the others and regularly has issues, including with the Nikon D5300 earlier this year, unlike Tamron or Tokina. This is a historical issue for Sigma as I once bought a well received wide angle zoom made by the company which I had to have rechipped to work with the EOS 3 when I bought it, only to find that when mounted on my Canon DSLR I could not change the aperture. Other Sigma lenses were similarly affected, but my lens was the only one which Sigma was unable to update. I have never bought a Sigma lens since.
http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/the ... uffle.html
I have also heard that Sigma will update lenses which do not work with the Df, but only if the customer can prove that they have purchased the camera. After shooting itself in one foot, Sigma has apparently reloaded the gun and taken careful aim at the other.
Nikon is notoriously reticent about making any announcements about issues, which seems to stem from the Japanese culture of not admitting to mistakes and I doubt if we will ever hear anything from the company about this latest upset.
) in Croydon had one in stock. In the end I stuck with Canon and seeing what Nikon has been up to recently has made me glad that I did.Something else which Nikon has recently broken, whether by accident or design, is compatibility between the new Df and Sigma lenses. According to Thom Hogan, Nikon is alone in not licencing its lens mount design to third parties, which means that the independent lens manufacturers are forced to reverse engineer it. Sigma seems to be less adept at this than the others and regularly has issues, including with the Nikon D5300 earlier this year, unlike Tamron or Tokina. This is a historical issue for Sigma as I once bought a well received wide angle zoom made by the company which I had to have rechipped to work with the EOS 3 when I bought it, only to find that when mounted on my Canon DSLR I could not change the aperture. Other Sigma lenses were similarly affected, but my lens was the only one which Sigma was unable to update. I have never bought a Sigma lens since.
http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/the ... uffle.html
I have also heard that Sigma will update lenses which do not work with the Df, but only if the customer can prove that they have purchased the camera. After shooting itself in one foot, Sigma has apparently reloaded the gun and taken careful aim at the other.
Nikon is notoriously reticent about making any announcements about issues, which seems to stem from the Japanese culture of not admitting to mistakes and I doubt if we will ever hear anything from the company about this latest upset.
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That's if it's even a mistake...
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davidc wrote:That's if it's even a mistake...
More likely a misjudgement.
Thom Hogan has just posted his views about the latest firmware chnages. His view is that Nikon probably had good intentions in stopping third party batteries, but has goofed in not licencing responsible manufacturers to make products for use with its cameras.
http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/the ... rrows.html
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