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There won't be any D400 - DX format

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Slapbass said:
Yes, Nikon Pro 12/10 , pg 8 . Saying the same with other words...

And the D7000 can be seen again in the last issue, not only the last ad: Pg 49 where they answer to "pro" questions, one of them about the D7000. Mmm, really interesting... ;)
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If that is the case, on the following Nikon Pro link here, they also talk about Coolpix firmware updates. That does not mean the Coolpix is considered "Pro", just that Pros can use any camera they want. The real test is to see if owning that camera qualifies you for NPS ...

http://www.nikonpro.com/techupdates.aspx

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A good photographer friend who disappeared on the 21st told me just before he "left us" that the next Nikon DSLR was going to be a D250. It will have a 6 MP sensor and accept a new Kodachrome film. They will engrave on it "Almost but not quite worthy of producing images that one might sell". I know this to be absolutely true.

Do people actually worry about such stuff ?
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gtblackwell said:
A good photographer friend who disappeared on the 21st told me just before he "left us" that the next Nikon DSLR was going to be a D250.
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Have your friend send us some photos from "the other side".

Now those would be worth seeing. -iwbs
 
hey tony, have you been consulting the Mayan chronicles? Accordingly the D400 is coming out just as a 5 kilometer meteor will hit lower southern California. But wait, that might be Southern Florida. Any tickets for Tierra Del Fuego?
 
Camillo said:
iwannabesedated said:
Camillo said:
I have been saying this since the D7000 came out. Grab a D300s while you still can. Either way the future for PRO is FX.
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Dude, you just gotta stop smoking your own dope.

Saying something over and over and over doesn't make it true.
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I sure don't make it true but time and lack of a D400 Dx sure does.
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By that logic we could say that Nikon simply isn't going to make any more pro cameras whatsoever, or at least nothing except the $8000 D3x. After all, the D300 and D3 came out at the same time and their "s" updates were a mere 3 months apart, thus both can be said to equally fit your criteria for making such a prediction.

Keep spouting your half-baked nonsense, in time you can either go crawl under a rock or eat crow because in time (I am reasonably certain) you will be proved wrong.
 
Slapbass said:
olyflyer said:
... is not the D90 successor"/ is to be found in those two issues.

Have I missed something?
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Yes, Nikon Pro 12/10 , pg 8 . Saying the same with other words...

And the D7000 can be seen again in the last issue, not only the last ad: Pg 49 where they answer to "pro" questions, one of them about the D7000. Mmm, really interesting... ;)
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I'll have a look.
 
Slapbass said:
olyflyer said:
It's obvious that the guy is reading a Spanish version of Nikon Pro, not the one you and I read, unless I am totally missing something.
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"The guy" - who released his works in that magazine four times - has read both English & Spanish versions that for sure are just the same publised all over Europe in different languages ;)
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Actually, I had no idea about Nikon Pro being printed in Spanish... It was a sarcastic joke. ;) Sorry.
Ramon Vaquero said:
Never said that they wrote the words "Semi-pro" beside the D7000, but appearing this camera several times in a magazine that shows only targeted pro & semi-pro Nikon products, that was just my conclusion.
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Well, you did say:
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Ramon Vaquero said:
Slapbass said:
Reading Nikon ads and publications like Nikon Pro about the D7000 , including it as a semi-pro camera and saying that "is not the D90 succesor",
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To my interpretation, that says you have seen them saying, you quoted about what you have read , that the D7000 is a semi-pro camera and is not the D90 successor. Apparently several other people interpreted your message the same way I did. You should have said that you are reading between the lines or something like that, which more clearly indicates that you are just guessing.
Ramon Vaquero said:
If you read me carefully, you will realise that is NOT my desire...I will be very happy if I'm completely wrong! :)
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I have no idea what your desire is, except to create a thread about this speculation to get some attention.
 
As for the d7000 position: that depends on what side you take it from, what differences are more important or minor for you to place d7000 between these cameras. To be precise (Nikon is), and I am afraid people won’t understand it otherwise, there is no line that could bring d90 successor. D90 is end of the line camera. Its prolonged production had its reasons. Nikon made series of steps in features and shaping of the new camera generating a new line consequently. The changes to the new camera call for knocking the line a bit on another rut – both being n made clear.

No loss for d90 users but gain for d90 users and all the other users. Bellow is d5010 line progress for other users/uses.

No need mixing d300s successor into this.. Its replacement will come in less distant time. It’s high time for it and for some principal movements on fx front. Canon didn’t really push Nikon to hurry. Very tough recession is dying out slowly and extraordinary events in Japan didn’t speed up things either.

D300 dx line is essential tool for sports &wildlife photography including tough environmental conditions and frequent, professional use. Its body size n construction is needed to accompany telephoto n super telephoto lenses. I understand that folks see how things may be going – Sigma, Olympus – Sony not exactly ideal too, but in case of Nikon n d300 line it’s pure fantasy. Nikon does not do this kind of things.
Users need it and Nikon needs it, hard to tell whichever side more.

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Camillo said:
I havent said that if I recall well enough.
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Short memory...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=38499029
Camillo said:
Camillo said:
we are stuck at 12 MPX and are barely seeing the likes of a 16 MPX with a sony sensor in it! Still no D800 with 24 MPX we can afford.

Nikon is as always, behind. This is exactly how I have been feeling with NIkon since I started back in 2006. I'm seriously contemplating a switch to Canon because they are offering the cameras that I need.
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Camillo said:
Even if I did what do you care?
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I don't. I am just a bit tired of your brand bashing nonsense and your hallucinations and dreams about having an FF one day. You have been going on forever about this nonsense. It is pretty tiring and childish. If Nikon is outdated technology, no longer capable of producing images you can sell (or maybe never really was good enough for you) than just move. Why continue this endless nonsense?

Are you looking for some sympathy? If yes, list your problems and explain factually what you see as outdated or limiting and what you actully need from the next camera. Just parroting that FX is some kind of almighty solution is nonsense, and you are just making a fool of yourself and make people laugh at you. Even if the D7000 is the future DX top model and the D400 will be an FX, what difference would that make to you? Most probably you won't be able to afford it anyway, so if you want FX the only camera seems to be the D700 which is definitely an outdated camera by now. I don't know what you expect from the D400 other than FX, which you have been parroting for a long time now, but regardless if it is going to be an FX or DX, it is going to be very expensive , more expensive if it is FX than if it is DX.

Your other options are Canon and Sony. If Nikon is outdated technology, go get one of the others. All this ranting about you started with Nikon in 2006... so what? Should we cry for you?

"Nikon is as always, behind. This is exactly how I have been feeling with NIkon since I started back in 2006."

What a piece of crap! If it is so bad I really have no idea about what you are doing here. I mean, how can you continue using outdated technology for five years, knowing even the next one will be outdated and still continue buying their products and at the same time seeing all those other people using other brand with all the shiny bells and whistles?... I don't know what you are waiting for and what's keeping you here. It's not going to get better, for you, Nikon is always going to be a few steps behind, so why don't you just go somewhere where you can be happy. I wish you good luck.
 
Hindigo said:
Also, I'm thinking that Nikon is a bit sitting on the fence between FX and DX, and may weigh two alternatives: top of the line DX (which would replace the D300s) OR entry FX (which would replace the D700) but maybe not willing to have both. While that would be understandable from a price point of view (both could be within a 200-300 bucks bracket only), the uses of DX and FX are in fact sufficiently different so that there could well be a full market for both.

Tom
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I would not buy a entry level Fx to replace my D300s ,,unless it has a 24 mega pixel sensor...I would miss the reach too much of the crop sensor at 12 mega pixels...this is one reason I would retain the D300s even if I bought a D700...
 
Simply because Nikon is still selling both.
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I think You're wrong... It will be all the cameras the market will demand, one of them will be allways (OK, allways by the moment) a professional DX format.
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in the right hands ....... i did paid jobs with numerous different Nikon Body's even they where not quantified as Pro and i still do D40 D80 D90 and of course with the so called Pro body's D1X D200 D300's D700 D3.

its the one behind the camera that defines.

the only limit is you and not the camera.....imho.
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Marti58 said:
in the right hands ....... i did paid jobs with numerous different Nikon Body's even they where not quantified as Pro and i still do D40 D80 D90 and of course with the so called Pro body's D1X D200 D300's D700 D3.

its the one behind the camera that defines.

the only limit is you and not the camera.....imho.
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Actually, what is and what is not a pro camera has nothing to do with who is using it. I can use a D3x and take lousy images with but the camera is still a pro camera...

A pro camera is defined by its user controls, ergonomics, robustness, and durability and user friendliness. It has nothing to do with pixel count, high ISO or if it is capable of creating sellable images or not. Obviously every camera can be used for paid work, even a cheapo P&S if the work allows it, but not every camera is a pro camera.
 
Slapbass said:
Reading Nikon ads and publications like Nikon Pro about the D7000, including it as a semi-pro camera and saying that "is not the D90 successor", my thought is that the D7000 is the D300s successor.
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Why that conclusion? What I understood is that the D70-D80-D90 line is split in two lines, one higher-end like D7000 and one lower-end (D5000? I haven't kept track of the cameras below the D300 recently).

Why wouldn't the fact that it is "not a D90 successor" mean exactly that?

Part of this seems to be that Nikon clearly got its numbering messed up with the four digit, two digit, three digit, one digit progression in quality. It seems that after four or five years they finally realized that the two-digit numbering should be dumped altogether...

Eric
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Slapbass said:
olyflyer said:
... is not the D90 successor"/ is to be found in those two issues.

Have I missed something?
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Yes, Nikon Pro 12/10 , pg 8 . Saying the same with other words...
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No, my interpretation of that page is totally different. There is nothing on that page indicating anything you say. Quite the opposite, the first sentence says it all, a "Nikon enthusiast DSLR" camera, and that's a quote, not an interpretation.
Ramon Vaquero said:
And the D7000 can be seen again in the last issue, not only the last ad: Pg 49 where they answer to "pro" questions, one of them about the D7000. Mmm, really interesting... ;)
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Well, there is just a Q about a bug and an A about the fix, plus a picture of the back of the camera...

You have still not told me what I am missing. ;)
 
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