The NEW Nikon D7000 or Nikon D300s ?
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I don't think we need to wait 4-6 months for the price to normalize, Nikon will be torn to move inventory by normalizing the price as fast as possible as it is Christmas season or risk to lose sales, either die hard will hang on to the purchase and buy other toy instead of camera or those sitting on the fan will just switch camp as this is the time of the year adult are shopping for their toys
Chances are Canon will drop price on their 60D soon, usual tactic but it always work, i.e. hanging on to high price for a hot product will not do Nikon good for their sales over the Christmas season. D7000 is a volume product for Nikon unlike D300s and D700, so the name of the game is inventory turn. My two cents opinion
But Nikon is notorious for having their stuff out of stock, so lowering the price doesn't really help boost sales if they can't even churn out cameras fast enough.
Blur Shadow
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I was going to reply until I saw the post by jeff7id.
Precisely my point.
That is very true.
However, with Nikon discontinuing D5000, chances the product capacity probably have been redirected to rolling out D7000. If they are not able to move much D5000 and D90 now, something need to move for the Sales to meet their sales target else they will miss their revenue and year end bonus
jeff7id
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After reading some of your post here. I confirm that not all people like D7000 over D300s. Mainly because they like the weight of D300s.
It's mainly because some people prefer better ergonomics which D300s is a clear winner in this area. 51 AF points also additional features that should be taken in consideration.
Other factor is that some of us already got used to D200/D300 body and button layout, so D300s would be a better choice for them.
jeff7id
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If d7000 is $19xx then it is too close to d300s at $21xx??
D300s is almost in the end of its cycle of life. So the price is reaching its lowest possible market price.
D7000 has just born. The price is reaching its highest possible market price.
So unfortunately, it is true. D7000 price is too close to D300s.
If d7000 is $19xx then it is too close to d300s at $21xx??
By now most people here know that the D7000 is priced a lot lower than most people's impressions here in this thread. Enjoy... if you can get a set, that is...
If price is the important factors to choose the desired product, then it's another story.
Regardless the price, I still feel that D300s is better than D7000.
Well.. one man's meat is another's poison. :dunno:
I am on 300s and will stay on 300s. irregardless of how good it is..
And it is only better with ISO performance. D300s is still faster to operate and use.
akerue
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its all boils down to the person thinking and needs...
if u need newer technologhy, good high iso output, hd video, go ahead with the d7000 and it comes with a reasonable price too...
but if u prefer, a heavier body but it feels good to hold, 51 af points, the diff user bank u can set to up to four mode... d300s is the way.... and its also reasonable in the 2nd market...
if u need newer technologhy, good high iso output, hd video, go ahead with the d7000 and it comes with a reasonable price too...
but if u prefer, a heavier body but it feels good to hold, 51 af points, the diff user bank u can set to up to four mode... d300s is the way.... and its also reasonable in the 2nd market...
jeff7id
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Not only better ergonomics, 51 AF points, higher fps, etc. etc. (as shown in the first page of this thread), there is other important factor: Focusing Speed. I have compared D90 and D300s. Not sure with D7000.
The Focusing Speed (other than the center point) of D300s definitely put this camera in the higher league above others DX body.
Until now, only EOS 7D could match the focusing speed of D300s for DX category.
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new models will definitely has higher spec . . . but they are 'smart' not to overdo it as to kill its currrent higher end models . . .
D300s also have a faster in-body AF motor than the D90. Not sure about the D7000.
But the one on the D3 series is the fastest I've seen.... :bigeyes:
akerue
New Member
ah yesh focusing speed, in my opinion its faster on the D300s i think, too bad my experience with the d7000 only at the kopi session and at the shops..... so cant say for sure...
been wanting to test it out on a d300s/d7000 as my 85mm has shown vast improvement on d700. wonder if d300/d300s will be able to match that AF speed attained on D700.
btw, since mostly of u are discussing d300s, may i ask if d300 is still in the picture now? :sweatsm: and if there's any peeps who tried it, is D300s having a better refined AF than D300?
akerue
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i might get screwed for saying this, but i find the af speed on the d300s is faster than the d700, this is personally my own opinion having both camera at a certain point of time...
to answer ya question, i think its the same, as the only major upgrade of the D300s is the added video capability, diff button layout,
