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acording to "color Foto", a german magazin about photograpie, Nikon will announce a FF DSLR, probably at photokina, shipping mid - end of 2007.
Link to the magazin; http://www.colorfoto.de/color_foto_5_2006.75940.htm

Nothin at the website about the Nikon FF, you will find it in the magazin at the photokina news
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i've heard so many times about how nikon is introducting a FF option and thus far nadda. i won't hold my breath. i'd love to see it come true but call me skeptical.
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From the hybrid F5/F6 body as argentic to digital to the FF DSLR in standalone.

Oh yeah, it's coming.

My Porshe is coming too ..
fotomaxi said:
acording to "color Foto", a german magazin about photograpie, Nikon
will announce a FF DSLR, probably at photokina, shipping mid - end
of 2007.
Link to the magazin;
http://www.colorfoto.de/color_foto_5_2006.75940.htm
Nothin at the website about the Nikon FF, you will find it in the
magazin at the photokina news
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Adam Kmiec said:
i've heard so many times about how nikon is introducting a FF
option and thus far nadda. i won't hold my breath. i'd love to
see it come true but call me skeptical.
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current gear.
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It sounds logical though. The D200 is eating away at D2X sales because it is about 1/3 the price of the D2X. The D2X was tremendously profitable for Nikon at $5,000 a copy; the D200 is much less profitable since it is basically the same camera but without the same fat margin.

In order to sell a camera with the same fat profit margin as the D2X, Nikon needs to bring out a full frame DSLR. A $7-$10,000 full frame Nikon would sell many copies, given the fact that lots of Nikon pros can afford it. Even some former Nikon pros who had turned to Canon may come back.

But then again, Nikon has resisted the outcry among its users for a full frame for a very long time, even declaring that it will never go full frame.
 
fotomaxi said:
acording to "color Foto", a german magazin about photograpie, Nikon
will announce a FF DSLR, probably at photokina, shipping mid - end
of 2007.
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I have no inside information, but that story does not "sound" right. While Nikon owners/buyers want as much advance information as possible, it is not always in Nikon's interest to provide it. Announcing a full-frame camera at Photokina in 2006 for shipment in middle to end of 2007 could erode sales of their DX product line for 6 to 12 months. That is a long time and puts a lot of money at risk. Moreover, early announcement risks additional embarrassment if technical or manufacturing problems delay introduction. I suspect that Nikon will delay any announcement until they are closer to the shipment date.
 
If true, it will not hurt sales of the D50/D70 or D200 ad Im sure a pro level FF would be about $6k+ from Nikon and I am assuming the D2x would drop to near the $3300 mark. The Canon 5D doesnt really seem to affect the sale of the 30D as its more than double the cost. Who knows though. I think Nikon knows they have to produce a FF option at some point. They just released the 105VR which is a FF lens so that right there says something.
CRX said:
fotomaxi said:
acording to "color Foto", a german magazin about photograpie, Nikon
will announce a FF DSLR, probably at photokina, shipping mid - end
of 2007.
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I have no inside information, but that story does not "sound"
right. While Nikon owners/buyers want as much advance information
as possible, it is not always in Nikon's interest to provide it.
Announcing a full-frame camera at Photokina in 2006 for shipment in
middle to end of 2007 could erode sales of their DX product line
for 6 to 12 months. That is a long time and puts a lot of money at
risk. Moreover, early announcement risks additional embarrassment
if technical or manufacturing problems delay introduction. I
suspect that Nikon will delay any announcement until they are
closer to the shipment date.
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In ColorFoto they say Nikon will bring out a full frame camera "within the next 18 to 24 months". So calm down. There will be no announcement this fall. According to that article that would mean you will see a full frame camera in October 2007 at the earliest and April 2008 at the latest (I don't think ColorFoto got those figures right right anyway).

Moonwalker
 
http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4845&page=4

Go to the bottom of the page above and see the quote:

"A recent interview with the head of R&D at Nikon, Mr.Goto Satoru, confirmed that as far as Nikon are concerned they will never produce a full frame DSLR."

And in the following interview

http://www.dslrphoto.com/2006/03/02/interview-with-nikon-executives-about-dslr-future-plan/

Nikon still insists it is "not necessary" to produce a full frame. But as I said, they will find the need when they have to sell a $5,000 camera (D2X) at 1/3 the price (D200). One may argue that the D2X is a better camera than the D200, but better by $3,300 worth? Not really. Nikon is making about $3000 less per camera selling the D200 instead of the D2X. And D200 sales come largely at the expense of D2X sales. Why would Nikon cannibalize its own sales? Better to do that than to have Canon 5D cannibalize D2X sales. So, despite Nikon's public reluctance to go full frame, it will probably bring out a full frame for economic reasons.
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nikon has never publically stated that they won't ever do FF. however, they have repeatedly said that FF is not a focus for them and that they will continue conentrating on DX instead of FF.
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Title:

"D-SLR sensation 2007 - Nikon with full format sensor"

Text:

"For the first time, there has been a confirmation from an official Nikon source of a rumour that has been denied again and again. On March 30, Yasuo Baba, Manager Professional Services of Nikon GmbH, held a speech with the title "Perspectives of the digital medium from the point of view of a camera producer" at a forum of the "Arbeitskreis Digital Imaging" of the initiative hamburg@work with an audience of approx. 100 people. In the discussion which developed he explained: "In 2007, there will be a sensor revolution. Nikon will bring out a digital slr camera with a full frame sensor within the next 18 to 24 months"."

Pretty much of the rest is interpretation of the magazine. They (the magazine, it's not 100% clear whether this really comes from Nikon and what the exact words were in this matter) say the sensor will have a curved surface. The magazine thinks it will not really be a curved surface but rather a special alignment of the pixels and microlenses.

But again: "within the next 18 to 24 months". I don't see any hint of an announcement this year in the whole article (wishful thinking of the person who started this thread)...
Moonwalker
 
some people want a direct quote from a qualified and reputable source, well one that they deem qualified and reputable, stating what you indicated. the only way you'll ever get that is for nikon to provide a press release indicating those intentions, which will never happen.
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Moonwalker said:
Title:

"D-SLR sensation 2007 - Nikon with full format sensor"

Text:

"For the first time, there has been a confirmation from an official
Nikon source of a rumour that has been denied again and again. On
March 30, Yasuo Baba, Manager Professional Services of Nikon GmbH,
held a speech with the title "Perspectives of the digital medium
from the point of view of a camera producer" at a forum of the
"Arbeitskreis Digital Imaging" of the initiative hamburg@work with
an audience of approx. 100 people. In the discussion which
developed he explained: "In 2007, there will be a sensor
revolution. Nikon will bring out a digital slr camera with a full
frame sensor within the next 18 to 24 months"."
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It may be a revolution for Nikon, but full frame digital SLR cameras have been around for a while. Better late than nevert though. I figure they would eventually have to go full frame, otherwise they would be competing with the Digital Rebel in the future and that is it, because the Canon 5D (and/or its successor) is going to come down in price to the same level as the D200, and then the D200 will be history.
Moonwalker said:
Pretty much of the rest is interpretation of the magazine. They
(the magazine, it's not 100% clear whether this really comes from
Nikon and what the exact words were in this matter) say the sensor
will have a curved surface. The magazine thinks it will not really
be a curved surface but rather a special alignment of the pixels
and microlenses.

But again: "within the next 18 to 24 months". I don't see any hint
of an announcement this year in the whole article (wishful thinking
of the person who started this thread)...
Moonwalker
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Canon can accelerate this process by lowering the price of the 5D. When the 5D creeps within a few hundred dollars of the D200, Nikon will bring out a full frame DSLR just a few months later.
 
By announcing early, Nikon will hold on to many photographers who would otherwise switch to Canon. It's in their best interest to let their existing customers know that they have a full frame camera in the works. A full frame Nikon shouldn't have much effect on D2x sales just as the 1DsMkII has little effect on 1DMkII sales.

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Since there was never a denial by Nikon officials directly, we cannot consider all these rumblings from web sites and magazines as Nikon's stance against FF.

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