Talk:Nikon FG
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Contributer 4.240.242.185 is wrong to say that the Nikon FG's resale value is poor. The FG has held its value just as well as most other SLRs of its era. A chrome FG body that sold new for $149 from the photo retailer B&H Photo in December 1984 was $149 in EX+ condition from the used photo dealer KEH in December 2005. Compare this with a chrome Canon AE-1 Program: $170 new in 1984, $179 EX+ in 2005; Minolta X700: $180 new in 1984, $179 EX+ in 2005; Pentax Super Program: $190 new in 1984, $144 EX+ in 2005; or even the professional level Nikon F3HP: $435 new in 1984, $449 EX+ in 2005. Only in comparison with the rarer and collected Nikon FE2 ($218 in 1984, $299 in 2005) does the FG look inferior. If anything, the FG's price to value ratio is superior to any of these other SLRs. The unloved Nikon of this era is really the FA: $399 in 1984, $286 in 2005. Note that the prices of all film cameras of the 1980s have been dropping precipitously as they become too old to repair and digital photography takes over.
References
- Anonymous. B&H Photo advertisement pp 168-171. Modern Photography, Volume 48, Number 12; December 1984.
- Massey, David; Bill Hansen & Larry Hicks. KEH.com catalogue Volume 12, 2005. Atlanta, GA: KEH.com, 2005.
Paul1513 22:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
RV: agenda pushing. This is not a collector's fan site, but an encylopedic page of factual information. Objective viewpoints must include all relevant information, kind or unkind to an owner's beloved model of camera. -Tim 3 AUG 2006
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