What Makes an F4īelieve it or not, there was a time that manufacturers would put nearly a decade of work into the creation of a new camera. Research after that fact impressed me further, as I learned just how much effort went into making the F4. My curiosity about the camera quickly changed to amazement. It also seemed to be pulling me out of the photographic malaise that had been haunting me for months.

Photographer error aside, this beast of a camera delivered on every single image. I was finding myself getting up from my desk and walking across the room just to hold it.ĭuring travels through Central Europe over the next month, I was able to put the F4 through its paces in numerous challenging environments and wildly differing light conditions. Even before running the first roll through it, the F4 was already feeling like the one. It’s tough and durable, boasts a wide array of creative controls and metering modes, and was built to define reliability. The company’s fourth flagship SLR seemed to check off all the boxes on my list. Then, a few months ago I finally found it.Īfter years of ogling and online stalking, I finally pulled the trigger on a Nikon F4.

Three years and numerous misfires later (with my bank account begging for mercy) I started to wonder if the perfect camera even existed. I spent countless hours researching for a camera that could do everything I needed a camera to do, in the style I wanted it done. We’ve written about this phenomenon before, and if social media is any indicator it’s an affliction with which plenty of people are familiar.įor me, GAS presented as a search for the perfect camera. Like most photo geeks, I long suffered from Gear Acquisition Syndrome, a disease that makes us think that our photography will jump to the next level if we only had that new, expensive lens, or a different camera body. The Nikon F4 is the perfect camera for me, but it took a while to get there.

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