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Originally Posted by dc2
I saw a review on this when it came out . It was quite badly criticized .
If that was deserved, I don't know because as you say there dose not seem to be many people shooting these .
I can say some of the pics I saw that were taken with this seemed excellent.
I guess a couple of bad reviews can put a lot of people off :-\
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The Pro 14/n is NOT a current camera. It was the predecessor to the SLR/n and SLR/c. It was a very bad camera that had serious performance problems in the autofocus and also in the sensor electronics itself. Most of these were either fixed or largely mitigated in the SLR/n and SLR/c. The fact that Kodak introduced a high end pro camera like the 14/n that was not at all ready for prime time, and the SLR/n and SLR/c are, at least spec-wise and appearance-wise not too different from the 14/n, helped to kill Kodak's market position in professional digital SLRs. Kodak had to offer a system upgrade to their 14/n customers where they swapped out the sensors. It is possible to get used Pro 14/n bodies that have had the sensor electronics swapped out so that they are basically SLR/n cameras, albeit with slow autofocus. But, there is no external way to tell that this is the case, so, in general, the 14/n is to be avoided in the used market. That's why they seem to be cheap - They're dogs - particularly if they have not had the sensor upgrade from Kodak. On the other hand, if the camera HAS had the sensor upgrade, it's a decent but slow 14 megapixel full frame camera with a Nikon lensmount, that can be picked up used for under $2000.