d700 and D3s replacement
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UncleFai
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Nikon announced Q2 financial results | Nikon Rumors
"In the next few months sales efforts will concentrate on the new Nikon 1 mirrorless system."
Sigh... no D800 till middle of next year earliest.
"In the next few months sales efforts will concentrate on the new Nikon 1 mirrorless system."
Sigh... no D800 till middle of next year earliest.
U know, when the D800 comes out, the D700 will not crumble in your hands.
george671
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Just curious, can you name one pro photographer who needs 36 mp for every day street shooting??? I don't know any myself... And if you know someone who says they need it, please let us know what they need it for (everyday) that is....I shoot 4X5 film for certain jobs, when scanned I get large files that are several hundred mp, but Its definately not every day...
And I don't think the guys with the MF digital backs are luging them around on the street daily either unless they are getting a good size commission from a client...Cheers
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small pig
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but it stills work wonders
Agreed. Will a d800 not work wonder and more?
small pig
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sure it does but with a hefty price
I don't think so. From previous model replacement that nikon did, the new model is almost price very close to the model it replaced.
First few batch will be a bit of a premium but street price will drop sooner or later. How come I have the feeling from this thread that most don't welcome a replacement? Strange.
Irvine
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i don't tink it's possible to get a discount when buying in bulk
At least not this model. But there were two offer from iPhoto during the launch of D7k and D5.1k
ZerocoolAstra
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If the replacement is much more expensive than it predecessor, primarily because of some features that most might find unnecessary, then of course the enthusiasm level is expectedly low
but anyway all this is pure speculation. The D800 might be everything people expect in a replacement, and then some
kriegsketten
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In my opinion, the functions and features of D7K hits very near to that of D300s (some features better than the latter), so price-wise - it is quite justified.
When D7K was first announced, the features that most impressed me (still am) over D90 were (not in order of pref):
1) 100% VF
2) 39 AF points
3) being able to meter with 9 legacy (AiS) lenses
4) Native ISO from 100 to 6400 (D90 was only 200 to 3200, same as D300s)
5) Dual SD card slots
6) Half-mag-alloy body (D90's plastic)
7) Not to mention lots of other in-body program / control settings for extra fine tunning that's unheard of in D90
8) 6 FPS (not as good as D300s, but a whole lot better when compared to D90)
9) Weather proofing
Therefore, is D7K a true replacement for D90? Not really sure, I'm sure till this day there are some who are still contemplating between D7K and D300s (wondering when D400 will come), and not between D7K and D90. The jump (if you look at the above improvements) is too great for D7K to serve just as a replacement for D90... If you ask me? Who knows, there might be a dumb-down version of D7K - D6K perhaps? Then it would time for a swan-song for D90.
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