Good morning you awesome blog reading camera geeks! I have so much catching up to do! I just came back from a trip about a month ago and I haven’t moved since 😂 I don’t know where to begin so I might as well start with my latest video and it is a video review of Nikon’s legendary and perhaps infamous Retro DSLR…the Nikon DF ❤️

The Nikon DF was introduced in 2013 and even though there was a lot of hype and fanfare around its introduction, the Nikon DF was received with mixed reviews.

Even today, it is a camera that some people love and some people hate.

When it came out in 2013, many people thought of this camera as “SUS” 😂 as the kids today say. That means, we were “suspicious” of its retro looks, I guess the way many people see the new “Yashica” branded retro looking digicams which are dressed up like DSLRs but have tiny sensors.

The Nikon DF however is the real thing! It looks retro but plays the part with a top level, Nikon D4 full frame sensor.

This was a dream camera for me for some time. I’ve only mentioned to a couple of you guys here that I had it 😂

But I’ve had it since 2020 and this review was long overdue.

To me, it is what I call a “Beautiful Monstrosity” 😍 It is a 16mp Full Frame CMOS Sensor camera that seemed like the by product of an experiment in Frankenstein’s lab! It has the body and chassis of a Nikon D600 and the heart or sensor from a Nikon D4.

Even though it shares the parts of these two cameras, it has its own unique features which are the knobs and dials, apparently inspired by the film camera legends the Nikon FE and/or FM.

It is a unique camera as it’s the only “Retro Inspired” DSLR in Nikon’s now discontinued DSLR lineup. The Z mount system however has two retro cameras in the ZFC and the ZF.

In fact, it was my desire to get a ZF, or shall I say my desire to talk myself out of it that inspired this video 😂

In this video I go over all of this as well as give you my opinion on whether or not it’s worth the (still) relatively high prices.

I may update this article with pictures and other information so don’t be surprised if you see that.

Thanks for reading, watching, and I hope to be back with you soon!

Best, Sam