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... Well, I was enthusiastic to pre-order the D7200. Enough important tweaks in the important areas to make it a good upgrade. But, this morning I was just disappointed to find out that the Canadian price will be $200 more than the American $1200 because of the poor exchange rate for the Canadian dollar.

... It's just not worth $1500 with tax. And, it is not Nikon's fault. Simply an exchange rate issue. Can't see too many Canadian sales in the foreseeable future. Pity.

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Works Out At About 1400 US Dollars Here In The UK Body Only.
 
Yes Iain, that's sure the way things look up here in the Great White North. It's even more bleak an outlook for us D7100 owners. Doing the math on mine here are the numbers....

Trade in value for my 2-year old D7100 is about $500
Cost for the new D7200 with taxes in Ontario = $1580
Cost for me to upgrade from a D7100 to a D7200 approx $1100.00

As you can see, it just can't be justified given that my D7100 continues to deliver fabulous images under a wide range of conditions.

The D7200 will be an awesome camera for owners of the D90, D7000, FFeers who want a DX unit, and people migrating to Nikon from other brands.

Cheers,
Rudy
 
I don't see this camera holding that price point very long. My spring photography is with fill flash so the D7100's buffer is not a concern. And as it looks like ViewNX2 won't support this camera I don't even have a browser for it, let alone a workflow solution. I'll be busy cleaning up my collection of 50,000 RAW files prior to switching to LR for this year's action photography. At this point I have no idea what I'll be shooting then, but the D7200 could be my choice.
 
Every little bit counts, try this: Kijiji your 7100 for a little bit more (possibly $700-800) and buy the 7200 from an online store outside of your province. I buy my gear out of province where they only charge me the GST but not the PST (MB is 8%). Sure you might have to pay for shipping, but some places will offer free or only $15 shipping for this sort of item.
 
JimPearce said:
I don't see this camera holding that price point very long. My spring photography is with fill flash so the D7100's buffer is not a concern. And as it looks like ViewNX2 won't support this camera I don't even have a browser for it, let alone a workflow solution. I'll be busy cleaning up my collection of 50,000 RAW files prior to switching to LR for this year's action photography. At this point I have no idea what I'll be shooting then, but the D7200 could be my choice.
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ViewNX-i is the replacement - and I'm pretty sure it won't display my Capture NX2 edits properly. I doubt very much that we'll see continued support for ViewNX2 from Nikon. So, time to convert some 2000 or so of my best edits to TIFFs and move on. ViewNX-1 and Capture NX-D will never reside on my computer.
 
JimPearce said:
ViewNX-i is the replacement - and I'm pretty sure it won't display my Capture NX2 edits properly. I doubt very much that we'll see continued support for ViewNX2 from Nikon. So, time to convert some 2000 or so of my best edits to TIFFs and move on. ViewNX-1 and Capture NX-D will never reside on my computer.

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In that way - sorry I misunderstood.

Yes - it has been on its way for a while now.

Why this neg on Capture NX-D - it's on mine - and Works well, I think - haven't used it a lot but have no complaints :-)

Anyway - I feel comfortable with ViewNX2 - and am using Adobe Cloud (LR - PS and ACR) too - though seldom for RAW-converting.

BirgerH.
 
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Yes, I have Adobe Cloud as well. Using Capture NX2 with the workaround will be difficult on the D7200 with the new Picture Controls according to Thom. NX-D is Silkypix with some Nikon twists. and is of no interest to me. My intention is to loosen the Nikon bonds in terms of PP, especially as their abandonment of CaptureNX2 - which was at least an excellent product - is costing me much extra work. And my next camera, for all I know now, may not be a Nikon.
 
Iain G Foulds said:
... Well, I was enthusiastic to pre-order the D7200. Enough important tweaks in the important areas to make it a good upgrade. But, this morning I was just disappointed to find out that the Canadian price will be $200 more than the American $1200 because of the poor exchange rate for the Canadian dollar.

... It's just not worth $1500 with tax. And, it is not Nikon's fault. Simply an exchange rate issue. Can't see too many Canadian sales in the foreseeable future. Pity.
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RudyPohl said:
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The D7200 will be an awesome camera for owners of the D90, D7000, FFeers who want a DX unit, and people migrating to Nikon from other brands.
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+1

I was a D90 owner. I am a D7000 owner. And I'm planning to be a D750 owner this year.

And this D7200 just hit all the right boxes for me to put it on my want list to eventually replace my D7000, although it'll have to wait for a year or two while I work in the D750. ;)
Rudy Pohl said:
Cheers,
Rudy
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NX-D is capable of very good results (Nikon converter of NEF's etc) but it is just so slow (rendering image changes). That's why it is hopeless for me. As I run Capture NX2 (fantastic), View NX2, Photoshop CC 2014 and LR 5.7 all of which have no slowness with rendering then the obvious conclusion is to ditch NX-D.

Of course my Nikon Nef's are from D7000/D5000 so I have no problem with using Capture NX-2 for now but if I bought a D7200 I would definitely not use NX-D. That having been said I won't be buying a D7200 either as whilst it looks very good funding my daughter through Uni is the most immediate need of my cash!!
 
I am surprised that the weak Canadian dollar relative to the US has such strong influence on the price of goods made in - presumably - Thailand for the D7200. I wasn't looking to upgrade anyway, but if I did need to replace my D7100, I wouldn't hesitate to spend the extra for the D7200.
 
Gollan said:
I am surprised that the weak Canadian dollar relative to the US has such strong influence on the price of goods made in - presumably - Thailand for the D7200. I wasn't looking to upgrade anyway, but if I did need to replace my D7100, I wouldn't hesitate to spend the extra for the D7200.
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Has nothing to do with where they're made, but to where the proceeds of the sale flow. In Nikon's case, this is Japan, and Japan is expecting a specific US$ profit - which translates into a specific CAD$ price. That alone should account for a 24% price difference as of today - about $300. The retail tax structure in Canada adds another 15+% to that, so if the with-tax price differential is less than 30-40%, Nikon Canada is accepting lower margins on its Canadian products.
 
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arminvan said:
Every little bit counts, try this: Kijiji your 7100 for a little bit more (possibly $700-800) and buy the 7200 from an online store outside of your province. I buy my gear out of province where they only charge me the GST but not the PST (MB is 8%). Sure you might have to pay for shipping, but some places will offer free or only $15 shipping for this sort of item.
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I sold mine s couple of nights ago on Kijiji Toronto for $750. 7100 was a bit of a miss for me. In a few months someone will be selling a 7200 for $1000 with a Henrys transferrable warranty If reviews are good than I'll consider one. Bought my 7100 on Kijiji in a package of gear, sold most everything and ended up with a D7100 for free. And only 180 shots on it.. So I guess a 7200 will be a cheap body for me either way
 
mosswings said:
Gollan said:
I am surprised that the weak Canadian dollar relative to the US has such strong influence on the price of goods made in - presumably - Thailand for the D7200. I wasn't looking to upgrade anyway, but if I did need to replace my D7100, I wouldn't hesitate to spend the extra for the D7200.
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Has nothing to do with where they're made, but to where the proceeds of the sale flow. In Nikon's case, this is Japan, and Japan is expecting a specific US$ profit - which translates into a specific CAD$ price. That alone should account for a 24% price difference as of today - about $300. The retail tax structure in Canada adds another 15+% to that, so if the with-tax price differential is less than 30-40%, Nikon Canada is accepting lower margins on its Canadian products.
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The 13% Canadian retail taxes have nothing to do with the selling price. Nor does Nikon (or Canon) necessarily target a specific US$ profit. Actually the selling prices in Canada are often lower than the U.S. on a number of big ticket items such as supertelephoto lenses.

Oddly, right now the best Canadian price on an EOS 7D Mark II is $1899, the D7200 is $1379. Which do you think will sell better in Canada? I can't answer this question because the D7200 won't be at this price long.
 
JimPearce said:
mosswings said:
Gollan said:
I am surprised that the weak Canadian dollar relative to the US has such strong influence on the price of goods made in - presumably - Thailand for the D7200. I wasn't looking to upgrade anyway, but if I did need to replace my D7100, I wouldn't hesitate to spend the extra for the D7200.
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Has nothing to do with where they're made, but to where the proceeds of the sale flow. In Nikon's case, this is Japan, and Japan is expecting a specific US$ profit - which translates into a specific CAD$ price. That alone should account for a 24% price difference as of today - about $300. The retail tax structure in Canada adds another 15+% to that, so if the with-tax price differential is less than 30-40%, Nikon Canada is accepting lower margins on its Canadian products.
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The 13% Canadian retail taxes have nothing to do with the selling price. Nor does Nikon (or Canon) necessarily target a specific US$ profit. Actually the selling prices in Canada are often lower than the U.S. on a number of big ticket items such as supertelephoto lenses.

Oddly, right now the best Canadian price on an EOS 7D Mark II is $1899, the D7200 is $1379. Which do you think will sell better in Canada? I can't answer this question because the D7200 won't be at this price long.
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