Nikon responds- "rapid deterioration in the market occurred and fiercer competition"

jfriend00 wrote:

Well if Nikon doesn't care about the answer to that question, then they won't sell as many cameras as if they had a good answer.

Every sports/action shooter I know who was using a D300 or D700 is not buying any of Nikon's other products right now because they don't meet their action needs. Many have even frozen their other Nikon spending (like lenses) because of the uncertainty about whether they are going to stay with Nikon. So, the answer appears to be that these users are just sitting on the sidelines and starting to think about non-Nikon options.

If Canon comes out with a good option, these customers who probably wouldn't have even thought about Canon are going to give it a serious look.

So, Nikon either doesn't find it worth it to serve these customers so they're fine if they don't buy anything or leave to a competitor,

they miscalculated and are only now discovering that this segment isn't being served by the current products (this one seems unlikely because anyone who understands action shooting should know action shooters don't want to take a step backwards in AF, fps, build, etc...)