Nikon F6

For the former, taking it through its paces within the pages of its impressive 191-page instruction manual will be quite a feat. For those established with the F5 and who want to trade up, we'll start right there and highlight all the new-and most...

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Personally I prefer my F100's size. If you want a pro camera there are plenty of used F5s out there. I see no performance gains from the F100 or F5 to the F6, since the one area I'd like to have had improved was flash sync, but it is the same as the...

Comes fully loaded., Data imprint and intervalometer now included in the base price. That's all on top of a state-of-the-art exposure system, autofocus system, film transport mechanism, and so on., , , , Manual lens heaven., , Yes, you can use pre-AI...

Get out the checkbook., , You can get three F100's for the price of an F6. Of course, they won't do all the things an F6 will, but you'll still have three instead of one. More is better, right?, , , , Slimmed down, but didn't lose weight, , . I guess...

Tight weather seals, large viewfinder shows 100% of the image, 3D matrix metering takes colors into account, autofocus tracks a moving subject, exposure data can be downloaded to a computer

Too easy to accidentally change the MF/AF switch, mirror is noisy, menu system could be easier to use, viewfinders aren't interchangeable (though focusing screens can be changed)

Looks, feel, design, form & function

Cost, Slight AF sluggishness, Focus selector pokes out too far

Gripes. Well the AF can take a little getting user to. Of the 4 settings, Single area AF, Dynamic AF with Focus tracking and Lock On, Closest Subject priority Dynamic AF and Group Dynamic AF, I found that the single area was the easiest to get...