Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan

Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by Der_Einzige on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:24PM (#25497067)

Leaves OSS out of all their lenses. That's what they do. Annoys me that the best fast prime for my sony A6100 (sigma f1.4s) won't work for video because of this. I'm stuck with the far shittier sony f1.8s...

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by samatman on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:53PM (#25497371)

This was what pushed me to get the a6600, the autofocus on the fast Sigma primes is quite adequate, good even, and IBIS means I can do some video off-the-hand if I'm careful. The much larger battery was also a factor.

My use case also involves a fair amount of tripod work, and I even picked up a gimbal just recently.

So I'm glad that Sigma is making lenses which are cheaper / better for the price by leaving out OSS, because there are ways to not need it. If you figure OSS would cost another $200 per lens, which seems a little low but is in the ballpark, then with the Sigma 'trio' of 1.4 primes, the difference between the a6100 and a6600 is just about a wash.

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by throwaway201103 on Monday December 21, 2020 @01:16PM (#25497649)

OSS is.... ?

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by stan_rogers on Monday December 21, 2020 @01:50PM (#25498041)

OIS (optical image stabilization) mistyped or "branded".

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