A couple of things you need to understand....
Well, Nikon have just announced press conferences on the 30 July and
4 August in Stockholm, so maybe we'll find out about new models soon
enough.
change this: "models"
to this: model(s). If Nikon comes out with more than 1 model, great, if not, you're still not wrong.
I agree with what another poster said, (paraphrasing) "anyone who
knows, can't tell". Not to be rude, but anyone who gives you a time
frame is making a guess. "Educated" or otherwise, you're not going
to get your question answered accurately. BTW stocks of D40 kits
are still plentiful at my store (and we sell a lot of them, so stock
is constantly being replenished).
I don't want an accurate guess. People can guess quite accurately
within the timeframe of a few months, though. That's good enough for
me.
Ok fine, September +
- 2 mths.
I find it hard to believe that stocks are being replenished at
your store.
Calll up a camera store (not a big box store), in your area, and ask them if they still have D40 kits. Odds are they'll 'em.
I also don't know how much your finger is on the pulse when you say
that you work on the store and the d40 is constantly being
replenished
We run ads nearly evey week in the sunday papers pushing the D40. We're well stocked on them (graduations and father's day sales necessitated stocking up on them, moving them increased our stores' level on that item, hence we now get more - you didn't really want to know how retail worked did you, sorry if I bored you). There's a few other things we're low on (e.g. D300, 18-200VR) , but D40 bodies aren't among them.
I didn't say anything about it being discontinued or out of production, just that we have many to replace the many we sell.
...more guessing, BS-ing, speculating..., but I'm hoping not. This
is my opinion, others are welcome to disagree.
guessing and speculating, yes; BS-ing, not so sure. why would nikon
invest engineering effort in developing a new but worse sensor?
I didn't say they would make a worse sensor either. Contrary to what most reviewers are saying, I'm not fully satisfied with the D5000's sensor. The middle ISO range (400-800) in medium-ish light produces too much noise. I'll get some sample pics up later, I'll be at my store tonight so I hopefully can do some side by sides to show what I mean. The D5000 reviewed by Popular Photography shows higher ISO noise at 400-800 than on the D90 or D300 - which is what I'm seeing.
the d5000 and d90 have inherited the d300's sensor.
D5000 Effective Pixels = 12.3 Million; Total Pixels = 12.9 Million
D90 Effective Pixels = 12.3 Million; Total Pixels = 12.9 Million
Similiar, possibly the same, can't be so sure about the AA filter and other processing done down the pipeline.
D300 Effective Pixels = 12.3 Million; Total Pixels = 13.1 Million
Similar but different from the others.
it's the logical way
to run your company—keep the new good technology at the high end and
charge for it, sell the cheaper older stuff for volume. same thing
happened with the d80 and d60 inheriting the d200's sensor. it's
educated speculation based on the sensible way to run a company.
The D200 has more Sensor photo detectors on it's sensor than the D60/80.
From a retail perspective, I disagree. It's not a replacement for
the D60, just another product to stuff the shelves with. I've seen
no signs of the D60 being discontinued. (e.g. increase in
commissions, lack of product, etc....).
There are signs that the d60 is being phased out. Lots of the stores
in my town are sold out, and can't get more. Furthermore, see the
below link.
http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/21/official-nikon-store-in-sweden-sells-only-5-dslr-models.aspx
Not concerned if it is or not really, but the D60 is a lower end camera than the D5000 (excuse me D60 owners - no offense), It seems odd that Nikon would release 2 cameras below the D5000.
So the question I have to ask is:
In "September +
- 2 Mths", if Nikon releases a lower end model, which will it replace? The D40, The D60, or both, or neither (meaning the new Nikon will simply fill a void left open by 2 'discontinued' cameras,?
I don't care either way, so long as I get one in my store and I get to play with it.
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