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by msbarnett 2942 days ago
Nikon stopped building the F6 a number of years ago. They're just selling through old stock at this point.
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I doubt they are going be able to sell them ever. New F6s are $2500! That's Veblen good prices, but anyone who just wants to get the most expensive thing is going to get a Leica.

- F6 used are about $800, generally in very good condition because anyone using the camera for work would have used an F5.

- F100 which is 90% the same as the F6 in both appearance and function is $200 used.

- F5, Nikon's last "professional" film SLR is $200 used

- F80, a piece of plastic molded to look like an F100 (but nearly identical functionally) can be had for <$50. I got mine in a ¥1 start auction. Final price: ¥1

from here things start to less predictable thanks to people who want a sweet manual camera and collectors. Manual cameras run anything from $100~$500+ depending on their condition. The best deals right now are Nikon FE and FM (not FE2,FM2) and Nikkormats.