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I just went to my Nikon dealer and they confirmed that Nov.1st there will be an announcement of new products, including digital cameras.

Nothing new here ... but he told me that he had dinner last Wednesday with a Nikon rep for South California and the camera to be launched will not be called D200 ... the name will be different and that the camera is not what the forums describe ...

Oh, well, my D70 just died (that's why I went to the dealer) so I hope that either they can repair it for cheap (out of warranty) or the new camera has good features and reasonable price (

Nov 1st will tell ...

Best regards,

Miguel
 
As far as SLRs/dSLRs are concerned, Nikon makes an application for the trademark a few months before a new camera is launched. That was done for the "D200" name on July 14th 2005. No other application a new camera name has been made by Nikon since then.

As for the exact date when the D200 will be announced, nobody knows for sure. Nov 1st is just a rumor that may turn to be true or not (just like the Sept. 1st rumors of 2 months ago). 4 months will have passed since the D200 application has been made when it will be mid-November. Judging on past Nikon history, it is very reasonable to assume that the announcement will be made around that date, with a 1 to 2 months margin of error. November 1st is a possibility. December 1st is just as plausible.

Bottom line: if you want to wait for the D200 annoucement, I would not give up just on what your dealer said.

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Thierry
 
TOF guy said:
TOF guy wrote:
As far as SLRs/dSLRs are concerned, Nikon makes an application for
the trademark a few months before a new camera is launched. That
was done for the "D200" name on July 14th 2005. No other
application a new camera name has been made by Nikon since then.
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It is legally not required for Nikon to apply for trademark prior to announcing or even launching a camera. D1 is a live example when Nikon applied for trademark well after the camera was announced. So, it is very much possible for Nikon to announce a different camera for which they haven't yet made the trademark application.

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You have a point: a trademark is a protection searched by a company on a brand or product name, but there is no obligation to do this. And again you're right to mention that Nikon proceeded differently for the D1. But it is still true that by and large, 1) Nikon has always protected its dSLRs name at one point and another and 2) by and large, Nikon has applied for a trademark a few months before announcing a new product.

Still, you're right, a surprise is not totally excluded, just does not seem likely.
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Thierry
 
Pradipta Dutta said:
It is legally not required for Nikon to apply for trademark prior
to announcing or even launching a camera.
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Agreed. If anything, registering the D200 name so long ago with no current announcement could have been Nikon's way of keeping people's hopes up and deter them from jumping to some other camera maker.
 
Michael Mohrmann said:
Pradipta Dutta said:
It is legally not required for Nikon to apply for trademark prior
to announcing or even launching a camera.
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Agreed. If anything, registering the D200 name so long ago with no
current announcement could have been Nikon's way of keeping
people's hopes up and deter them from jumping to some other camera
maker.
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Along with finally making an announcement for a camera that won't ship for another 6 months...
 
If it's the dreaded BGLOD (AE sensor death), Nikon should be fixing it for free.
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'Nice pen, bet you write good stories with it.'
 
Karl Jacobs said:
Michael Mohrmann said:
Pradipta Dutta said:
It is legally not required for Nikon to apply for trademark prior
to announcing or even launching a camera.
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Agreed. If anything, registering the D200 name so long ago with no
current announcement could have been Nikon's way of keeping
people's hopes up and deter them from jumping to some other camera
maker.
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Along with finally making an announcement for a camera that won't
ship for another 6 months...
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Do you work for Nikon marketing? {sarcasm off}
 
Thanks for the advise.

My D70 has problems with the metering. Two days ago, out of the blue (the camera worked well until now) the metering stop working. At any setting, P, A or S, the metering is so bad that the picture is always completely blown out. If I use manual, I can see that the metering is oscillating all the time in the view finder ...

I am not sure it will be part of the service recall ... but certainly I am not very happy with the situation.

Best

Miguel
Nikonparrothead said:
If it's the dreaded BGLOD (AE sensor death), Nikon should be fixing
it for free.
--
'Nice pen, bet you write good stories with it.'
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Have you checked your manual setting for the +-EV. It happens to me a few time that my manual setting for that was - 2 (instead of my usual +1/3). Don't know why the manual setting was changed. But after reset, it is OK.
Miguel G said:
My D70 has problems with the metering. Two days ago, out of the
blue (the camera worked well until now) the metering stop working.
At any setting, P, A or S, the metering is so bad that the picture
is always completely blown out. If I use manual, I can see that the
metering is oscillating all the time in the view finder ...

I am not sure it will be part of the service recall ... but
certainly I am not very happy with the situation.

Best

Miguel
Nikonparrothead said:
If it's the dreaded BGLOD (AE sensor death), Nikon should be fixing
it for free.
--
'Nice pen, bet you write good stories with it.'
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To the extend I checked there was not + - EV compensation ... but if something is hidden in the menu maybe I missed it.

Thanks for the advise ..

Miguel
akltam said:
Miguel G said:
My D70 has problems with the metering. Two days ago, out of the
blue (the camera worked well until now) the metering stop working.
At any setting, P, A or S, the metering is so bad that the picture
is always completely blown out. If I use manual, I can see that the
metering is oscillating all the time in the view finder ...

I am not sure it will be part of the service recall ... but
certainly I am not very happy with the situation.

Best

Miguel
Nikonparrothead said:
If it's the dreaded BGLOD (AE sensor death), Nikon should be fixing
it for free.
--
'Nice pen, bet you write good stories with it.'
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I really would suggest you send the camera back to Nikon, it may be a new issue in some D70?? It sounds alot like manufacturer defect to me and I believe it will be taken care of :)

ps: I'm surprised by the number of scoffers here, SIGH

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http://www.pbase.com/trot
 
Hi,

My D70 meters wrong in darker situations like indoor and at dusk and dawn. Then I have to add -5 EV compensation. I have not turned it in to nikon yet because I have a D1X, but will do so this week.

Somebody at the D70 forum said it was or could be a pre-state to BGLOD. I dont know but I hope they will fix it cheap.

Victor
 
3 months ago, my D70 had same problem before BLOG. Nikon fixed it for free. They replaced a metering chip, did some general clean, and adjusted focus.
 
This didn't happen to me... mine just died!

It did happen to my friend's D70, although it was having trouble focusing in all lighting situations, not just dark.
 
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