In this time he shot for clients as diverse as Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal, in addition to shooting campaigns and product testing for Olympus, and providing training for professionals. The editor of Digital Camera World, James has 21 years experience as a magazine and web journalist and started working in the photographic industry in 2014 (as an assistant to Damian McGillicuddy, who succeeded David Bailey as Principal Photographer for Olympus). Whatever your tipple, we hope you'll join us in raising a glass to the Nikon F6. The Japan Institute of Design Promotion actually awarded it the Good Design Long Life Design Award back in 2015 – so even half a decade ago, it was already respected for its remarkable endurance! Still, the camera has enjoyed an extraordinary run. It was obvious that the production process was in its twilight, as the camera had only been available infrequently and in incredibly small batches – and the product recall, which affected a grand total of 152 cameras, probably decimated remaining component supplies. Prior to that, the manufacturer had issued a partial product recall on the Nikon F6 due to European legislation, as batches of the camera were found to contain excess quantities of dibutyl phthalate (which can cause developmental disorders including birth defects and cancerous tumors).

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