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By Edmund Ronald

Nikon Df
As I live in Paris, I always spend a day at the autumn camera show. This year's big news was the well-received Nikon Df  – it took me twenty minutes to snag the silver demo sample. I then learnt that Nikon's retro camera has a really really nice finder, build and control feel; however it is closer in heft to the chunky and massive F2 than the svelte FM2. Also, the number of dials and levers is frankly a bit bewildering compared to the simple, spare, FA or FM2 of yore -steampunkis the word which comes to mind.
It needs to be said that with the D4, the D800, the D610 and now the Df, Nikon now offers a somewhat bloated and expensive full-frame lineup for enthusiasts; knowing the Japanese passion for mass marketing I would expect at least one low-price full frame camera at Photokina. A full-frame plastic fantastic seems in the cards, maybe at Photokina.  
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