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If Nikon doesn't deliver at Photokina … I'm jumping ship

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Every Jack and Joe thinks their photographs look great... unfortunately a D40 doesn't cut it for all professional uses.
 
marmalades don't force you to buy lenses worth down-payments on a car... nor does a brand of toothpaste have anything to do with wether you are delivering a product to a client.

I remember when QUARK used to rule and then people jumped shipped to InDesign... that was a big deal too because it meant a lot of legacy files.

In any case the D750 came out. Obviously my rant had nothing to do with it but I guess I wasn't the only one seeing value in that category..........
 
well apparently it is possible to have a logical line-up as I suggested... see the D750.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand wether or not a line-up makes sense or not. But I guess I studied design and you probably didn't - which is why I can see the similarities between a camera line-up and a laptop line-up... and perhaps it gives me an edge to understand that there's a key difference to bikes... nah, actually your comment was rather dumb ...
 
You're right ... but apparently Nikon was "very dump" to announce the D750 - because now I'm not jumping ship... bummer...
 
I assume they did it because they did see a demand for it... which probably was expressed by more than just the OP's original post.

But that may be too difficult to grasp
 
Maybe now you're confused what to do .. because suddenly there is a road map with the D750. Why don't you go ahead cancelling your shoots, while I upgrade my D700 system to include video functionality into my offering and therefore the ability to accept more jobs?
 
Thanks... but yes the D750 is what I needed.. problem solved
 
jacobwhite said:
Hope the recent announcement proved the point - finally.
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No actually it proved the D800 is and was always meant to be the D700 replacement beyond any doubt. The D750 is the D610 replacement. Nikon is just playing games with the naming because the D6xx name has such a negative market perception from the bungling of the dust issue. Look at the features and construction of the cameras, it's obvious.

If the D750 was supposed to be the D700 replacement it would have similar build, features, and price point to the D700 which it doesn't. Instead it has a similar build, features, price, ect with the D610. It is probably the camera that was always going to be the D610 but then the dust issue happened and Nikon had to re-release the D600 with the shutter fix as the D610. So in order to distant themselves from the D600/D610 fiasco they simply named the camera that was supposed to be the D610 to D750. Also by calling it a D750 instead of a D710 Nikon was trying to say that it's a new camera and not the followup to the D700.
 
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If you don't like the thread go elsewhere. I found 36 MP excessive to replace a D700 ... why did I require a replacement? Well Mark, on your profile it reads: someone who "has more cameras to be able to list them out". I'm not sure why you find it so incredible offensive to think that 36 MP is too much too swallow for my own workflow and needs. And the D600 had just a few missing features I required.

My D700 served me well as a secondary camera - and was starting to have a few bugs. So being able to replace it was getting quite essential to me. I find being able to do so a relieve...

I don't care if you care or not. I care about my needs.
 
FrancoD said:
Happy for you that you like Apple.

The problem I have with Apple is that they don't make computers like Bianchi makes bikes.I can buy from Bianchi a huge amount of combination having a choice of frames, wheels,gears,shifters, pedals,saddles and even different colours from the factory "celeste" .So why can't Apple sell computers like Bianchi sells bikes ?
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Because it costs a manufacturer money to offer a lot of combinations.

That's the problem with some PC manufacturers. Their computers are lower quality than Apple but they still cost just as much because of all the options, constant changes in product lines, etc
 
BTW, that comment of mine was my way of pointing out that cameras are not computers in a similar way that computers are not bicycles.

In other words when something happens in one industry but not in another there is usually a very good reason for it .
 
FrancoD said:
BTW, that comment of mine was my way of pointing out that cameras are not computers in a similar way that computers are not bicycles.

In other words when something happens in one industry but not in another there is usually a very good reason for it .
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Oops, I got the posts mixed up, I meant to reply to the one about the computers you were quoting
 
You could say that about any topic in this forum - by definition owning a camera is a first world problem.

That said: the D750 is a 5D Mark 3 minus $1000 ... which is why I am not jumping ship.

First world problem solved. Meanwhile kids still dying of hunger... which non of the topics at dpreview will ever address in full.

Going to bed now - good night
 
jackalopemaui said:
FrancoD said:
BTW, that comment of mine was my way of pointing out that cameras are not computers in a similar way that computers are not bicycles.

In other words when something happens in one industry but not in another there is usually a very good reason for it .
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Oops, I got the posts mixed up, I meant to reply to the one about the computers you were quoting
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It sort of is happening - the Sony Alpha 7 comes with different sensor sizes... but point taken. On the other hand I wonder if one day an innovator will find a way to do just that? It would save a lot of cost in the production chain and provide users with choices.

That said the D750 is essentially the 5d Mark 3 minus $1000 and 100 gramms *... which is the ship I was going to jump to .. so sticking with Nikon...

*(1/4000 though ... but honestly very rare to go up all the way to 1/8000, probably could use a ND filter instead)
 
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