Yes it was quite a shock to see some prices! Was the first time I had looked in many a year, but looks like a trip to Boots in Piccadilly Circus will sort me out when I'm next down town.

Of course the danger is I enjoy this and then get a hankering for a 1970's SLR.

Or I could maybe dust off my old Nikon F601 but think I'd prefer something more retro without the electronics etc

Good point Chris!

The Nikon is way too big and heavy for my liking anyway ...

a) that's a fairly shocking industry move
b) that's a fairly shockingly written article

Well I guess we'll have to wait to see how true that turns out to be. Certainly Nikon only make 5 models of DSLR with the D850 having a full-frame sensor with about 46 MP. Their professional model though, the D6, has only a 20.8 MP sensor, but in every other way is faster and more robust and reflects what those that use this format professionally value most. So I find this prediction a bit difficult to believe. However, it would not surprise me if they only retained a couple of models, to satisfy professional use and those wanting a high resolution in 35 mm SLR format. They only rarely update their professional-level models (the D6 was launched in 2020 and the D5 in 2016, also with the 20.8 MP sensor) and these have always favoured build, handling and speed over resolution. If you need higher resolution for professional use you'd go to a larger format (or maybe Canon, if you were desperate! ).

At work we mainly use Nikon D810 models when we want something with a 35 mm format, but in the field we either use one of our original D3 bodies (12 MP) or, if we need a bit more resolution a D3x (24 MP). Like the D5 and D6, the D3 is robust in the extreme and well sealed against dust and moisture and are a joy to use: no diving down through menus, everything you really need is on the body. And, being Nikon, every F-mount lens ever made will fit and work, including specialised medical and UV lenses.

We do have a few mirrorless cameras; Sony Alpha, Leica L and a couple of Panasonic MFT models, but these are usually used tethered which avoids having to remember where in the menus the function you want is buried! I couldn't actually tell you where the Panasonic models are and the others have been rigged to particular lenses and instruments rather being used for 'conventional' photography (I have just bought a modified Sony RX0 II for something similar). When we need higher resolution we switch to either medium format (Hasselblad with PhaseOne backs and a Pentax 645Z - bought S/H 'cos it was a bargain!) or large format with a PhaseOne back, often tethered. The only time I would choose to use something without a 'real' viewfinder would be to shoot video and even then I would fit a decent external viewfinder on rather than the one on the camera. It is also telling that the mainstay of the professional medium format market (PhaseOne, Hasselblad and Leica S) all use optical finders and with both the PhaseOne and Hasselblad systems having detachable / alternative units available, even waist-level options.

So, let's see.

Ah yes the AE-1 - a fabulous thing.

My wife used one for years and took some wonderful images.

I have just found some very old rolls of Fujifilm in my bedroom, both bw and colour, so will try these out in the Olympus Trip. Not much of a gamble to get one developed just for fun!

My go to camera for the last 8 years has been my Nikon D850.

But this will be my new landscape photo gear for the foreseeable future!
Fujifilm GFX100S

Thanks!
The 2 dedicated lens are the 20-35 and 17mm.
(These equate in DSLR equivalents as 16-30 and 14mm)
I just got these so haven't taken a single shot yet.
I'll keep you posted!

Note -
I also got a Nikon to Fuji adapter, so I can try to use some of my Nikon glass even though there will be some vignetting.