In the series of current best analog cameras Nikon F6 and F5, the Canon Eos1V and the Leica R9 is the Nikon F100 the only which is also priced a real hammer. Who was allowed to work before with the Nikon F5 is not missing on the F100 much: equipment, processing and robustness are perfect - a camera just for returners in the analog photography is a excellentes implement the one in spite of all selectable automatics plenty of room for the manual work and exposure can. The only thing I'm missing something, the eyepiece, but again, Nikon offers a small Aufschiebkappe to also work. If you take a long time has been working with a digital SLR as the (no doubt extremely good) Nikon D300 etc. It is beneficial simply insert 50/100 have a good film like Fuji Velvia to the F100, to be able to fully concentrate on the subject and to keep at the end of a perfect belichtestes slide in his hand - that no long Photoshop evenings at the computer longer need ...