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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / December 2004Nikon D200 When?
I am looking for a 8MPixel DSLR with 1/500 flash sync, mirror lockup feature, stable body, and which is selling at around US$1.5k. Any ideas when Nikon is releasing their D100 successor? Gregor The new Nikon D70 comes close. Yours, Tom > I am looking for a 8MPixel DSLR with 1/500 flash sync, mirror lockup > feature, stable body, and which is selling at around US$1.5k. Any ideas when > Nikon is releasing their D100 successor? > > Gregor The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by current digital or marketing standards. The D100 is ancient by the standard of current product cycles and should not even be on sale. Nikon is far behind Canon in product development and marketing, which is not the same thing as product quality, but is a major factor in sales and the image of the company. Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has the financial and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. > Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has the financial > and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. I don't knowhow much trouble they're in... I just read a news piece telling how their profits were more than double the company's estimates due to the brisk sales of LCDs, CCDs, and digital cameras. Good shooting, Bob Scott > The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by > current digital or marketing standards. The D100 is ancient by the standard [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the company. Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has the financial > and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. That seems a little extreme for a company that just brought out the D2X. The D70 has been out less time than the Canon Rebel and is a better camera. The only area where Nikon seems to be 'behind' is they have not gotten caught up in the megapixel race, opting instead for better software. > The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by > current digital or marketing standards. The D100 is ancient by the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > image of the company. Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has > the financial and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. Oh please...Nikon has brought out 3 entirely new generations of dSLR in the last 4 years. They're making money, selling every dSLR they can manufacture, and continuing to innovate. They are 6 month behind Canon in their marketing cycle. To label them as being "in trouble" simply represents cluelessness. HMc >> The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by >> current digital or marketing standards. The D100 is ancient by the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > HMc Or a Canon owner. I have a D100 and D70 and wish they were matching the 20D, but that doesn't mean they don't take great pictures! Tom >>> The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by >>> current digital or marketing standards. The D100 is ancient by the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tom 6 months behind. Give it a few months and you'll likely see the D200, aimed squarely at the 20D, and exceeding it in the same way the D70 exceeded the drebel. It's an extremely important market segment. You should have no doubt that Nikon will address it. HMc > Oh please...Nikon has brought out 3 entirely new generations of dSLR in > the last 4 years. They're making money, selling every dSLR they can > manufacture, and continuing to innovate. They are 6 month behind Canon in > their marketing cycle. To label them as being "in trouble" simply > represents cluelessness. I agree. We have to remember that Nikon sells reliability, not innovation. They deliberately avoid being on the "bleeding edge" of new technology. They always seem to be behind the competition... and yet they keep making the cameras a lot of professionals rely on. Remember the Olympus OM-1 in 1973? It took nearly a decade before Nikon had a compact SLR to compete with it. But the Nikon FM line is now still in production (as the FM3A) and well respected, whereas Olympus OM is defunct. [] > I agree. We have to remember that Nikon sells reliability, not > innovation. They deliberately avoid being on the "bleeding edge" of > new technology. They always seem to be behind the competition... and > yet they keep making the cameras a lot of professionals rely on. Where is the competition's image stabilised 8MP camera to compete with the Coolpix 8800? Where is the competition's 24mm wide-angle camera (c.f. 8400)? The Nikon 900/950/990 series were innovators, and Nikon innovation continues with their new models. Cheers, David >The D70 has been in production for a year now. It is in no way new by >current digital or marketing standards. The D70 was announced in Jan. this year. >Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has the financial >and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. They have just reported tripled profit. I would not call that trouble. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0411/04111201nikon_profit.asp Peter Archived from "bmoag" <apquilts@pacbell.net> on Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:22:07 GMT: > Nikon is in trouble and it is not clear Nikon has the financial >and technical resources on its own to compete with Canon. Uh huh. Every time I see a corporation in which I am a stockholder announce that profits have doubled or tripled, I immediately call my portfolio manager and demand to know why that company is in so much trouble. > I am looking for a 8MPixel DSLR with 1/500 flash sync, mirror lockup > feature, stable body, and which is selling at around US$1.5k. Any ideas when > Nikon is releasing their D100 successor? Actually, the rumor mill is that the D80 will be the D100 successor and will be released the second quarter of 2005. They say it will have the features you want. >> I am looking for a 8MPixel DSLR with 1/500 flash sync, mirror lockup >> feature, stable body, and which is selling at around US$1.5k. Any ideas [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >be released the second quarter of 2005. They say it will have the features >you want. I hope that means it will break the penta-mirror implementation of the D70 and get back to bright, rugged and higher eye point viewfinders. I'm really waiting for something between the D70 and the D2 series. Something that occupies the space that the F100 did in the film line, i.e. between the professional behemoths and the top armature bodies (e.g. f/n80). Regards, Roger On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:11:41 -0800, "C J Campbell" > <christophercampbellNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>be released the second quarter of 2005. They say it will have the features >>you want. Actually, the rumor mill is all over the place relative to the naming conventions. I've never heard of the D80, but I have heard of the D90. Currently on DPR, most are referring to the D100 replacement as the D200 and the D70 replacement as the D90. None of these names have been trademarked by Nikon yet, so I 'm sure these names are all up in the air. Regardless of name, it's clear that within the next 6 months there will be replacements for the D100 and probably the D70. HMc >I am looking for a 8MPixel DSLR with 1/500 flash sync, mirror lockup >feature, stable body, and which is selling at around US$1.5k. Any ideas >when Nikon is releasing their D100 successor? > > Gregor Fairly soon, I would think. Prototypes are out. Reportedly., 12.2 megapixel / 3 frames per second / 4 shot buffer with a D2X-like selectable mode of 6.1 megapixel / 6 frames per second / 8 shot buffer. HMc an the price?? Hello, Is this a guess? Seems like an announcement might not be likely until Feb... http://www.digitalslr.org/2004/08/nikons_rebuttal.html http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d200.htm Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply) Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com |
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