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D70 and D50 gone from Nikon's web site
With the announcement of the D40x, the D70, D70s, and D50 have all
disappeared. The D40x is apparently the replacement for all these cameras. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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D70 and D50 gone from Nikon's web site
In article m, C J
Campbell wrote: With the announcement of the D40x, the D70, D70s, and D50 have all disappeared. The D40x is apparently the replacement for all these cameras. the d80 is the replacement for the d50/d70 and the d40x fills the gap and competes directly with the canon 400d/xti. |
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On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:03:06 -0800, nospam
wrote: In article m, C J Campbell wrote: With the announcement of the D40x, the D70, D70s, and D50 have all disappeared. The D40x is apparently the replacement for all these cameras. the d80 is the replacement for the d50/d70 and the d40x fills the gap and competes directly with the canon 400d/xti. I'll bet there'll be a D60 in the offing late this year or next year. Maybe it'll be announced around the time a D300 is announced as the replacement for the D200. The "life cycle" of digital cameras is more like that of computers than of traditional film cameras. Film cameras, such as the Nikon F or F2, could stay current for a decade, while digital cameras (with a rapidly developing technology) become obsolescent in a few months. No digital camera -- yet -- is going to have the classic status of the Nikon F. |
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Alexander Arnakis wrote:
nospam wrote: C J Campbell wrote: With the announcement of the D40x, the D70, D70s, and D50 have all disappeared. The D40x is apparently the replacement for all these cameras. the d80 is the replacement for the d50/d70 and the d40x fills the gap and competes directly with the canon 400d/xti. I'll bet there'll be a D60 in the offing late this year or next year. Maybe it'll be announced around the time a D300 is announced as the replacement for the D200. The "life cycle" of digital cameras is more like that of computers than of traditional film cameras. Film cameras, such as the Nikon F or F2, could stay current for a decade, while digital cameras (with a rapidly developing technology) become obsolescent in a few months. No digital camera -- yet -- is going to have the classic status of the Nikon F. I don't think there is any need to update the D200, it's designed for at least 150,000 shutter cyles, I've had mine for almost a year, since it first came out, & only shot 32,000 so far including a bunch of time lapse movies. It's got a metal body built to last, as many MP as the latest Canon, etc. The next release will probably be a top line pro model. |
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Paul Furman wrote: I don't think there is any need to update the D200, it's designed for at least 150,000 shutter cyles, I've had mine for almost a year, since it first came out, & only shot 32,000 so far including a bunch of time lapse movies. It's got a metal body built to last, as many MP as the latest Canon, etc. The next release will probably be a top line pro model. *IF* Nikon came out with a D300 replacing the D200 priced around 2,000 with a 12mp sensor or some other choice feature, i think I'd probably have to buy. If they don't I'll be buying a D200 seems like the best option at this point FWIW I just sold a D70 I had two so I like a back up and the newer D70 will stay in place. -- "As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H. L. Mencken, in the Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920. Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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Greg "_" wrote:
In article , Paul Furman wrote: I don't think there is any need to update the D200, it's designed for at least 150,000 shutter cyles, I've had mine for almost a year, since it first came out, & only shot 32,000 so far including a bunch of time lapse movies. It's got a metal body built to last, as many MP as the latest Canon, etc. The next release will probably be a top line pro model. *IF* Nikon came out with a D300 replacing the D200 priced around 2,000 with a 12mp sensor or some other choice feature, i think I'd probably have to buy. If they don't I'll be buying a D200 seems like the best option at this point FWIW I just sold a D70 I had two so I like a back up and the newer D70 will stay in place. It looks like they've lined up all their newer models with the same sensor to get volume discounts from Sony (my theory) and 12MP would be a pretty minor change from 10MP... more likely 16MP. I'm pretty sure they need to focus on their pro level model now to catch up with Canon but you never know. Full frame D3x 16MP then a D300 in another year. |
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D70 and D50 gone from Nikon's web site
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:30:30 -0800, Paul Furman
wrote: I don't think there is any need to update the D200, it's designed for at least 150,000 shutter cyles, I've had mine for almost a year, since it first came out, & only shot 32,000 so far including a bunch of time lapse movies. It's got a metal body built to last, as many MP as the latest Canon, etc. The next release will probably be a top line pro model. The updates for Nikon digital cameras, so far, have been because of functional obsolescence, not because the cameras were physically wearing out. (If one had a suspicious nature, one might say that this was "planned obsolescence.") In other words, you could still happily take pictures with your D200, but you might be tempted to upgrade if new features were offered. If, as scuttlebutt would have it, the next pro-line release (the D3?) is a full-frame or near-full-frame model, it would make sense that this feature would at some point make its way down to the pro/am level. If the D3 is introduced at $7,000, and eventually reaches a street price of $5,000, I can see a FF D300 coming out about a year later at the $2,000 price point. At the same time, the small-body series might be upgraded (the D60?) with maybe a 12 megapixel sensor, although I don't think FF will get down that far in the line, that fast. It's going to be a leapfrogging game, with constant new introductions and old obsolescences. Nothing will remain state-of-the-art for more than 6 months to a year. |
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On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:27:35 -0500, "Greg \"_\""
wrote: *IF* Nikon came out with a D300 replacing the D200 priced around 2,000 with a 12mp sensor or some other choice feature, i think I'd probably have to buy. If they don't I'll be buying a D200 seems like the best option at this point FWIW I just sold a D70 I had two so I like a back up and the newer D70 will stay in place. You have to consider the time factor. If the D300 is two years down the road, do you wait two years or do you get a D200 now with the idea of replacing it with a D400 *four* years from now? In the digital world, *nothing* is definitive. Miniaturization is itself a desirable feature. Nikon has already entered this field with the D40/D40x, and no doubt more cameras will be introduced in this form factor (and even smaller). I've had a D70 since they first came out, three years ago, but I recently bought a D40 mainly because of the form factor. Coupled with the 45mm f/2.8P lens, this makes a really neat and handy package. I've got a Katz Eye screen on order, so who needs autofocus? |
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:31:40 -0800, Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) wrote
(in article ): On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:54:39 -0700, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems C J Campbell wrote: With the announcement of the D40x, the D70, D70s, and D50 have all disappeared. The D40x is apparently the replacement for all these cameras. Trying to become a RichA disciple? One quick way to be added to my killfile. Heavens, no. Please, if I get that bad, just come over here and beat the tar out of me. http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?goingto=dtc_home Look again. What I saw was http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=2 The list you referenced includes numerous discontinued models. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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D70 and D50 gone from Nikon's web site
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:48:21 -0800, Greg \_\ wrote
(in article ): In article , Alexander Arnakis wrote: You have to consider the time factor. If the D300 is two years down the road, do you wait two years or do you get a D200 now with the idea of replacing it with a D400 *four* years from now? In the digital world, *nothing* is definitive. Probably buy the D200, just waiting to see how the announcements may or might effect pricing. There will probably be a D200s before there is a D300. I would expect it to be pretty much identical to the D200, with maybe sensor cleaning or image preview or something like that -- perhaps an update to some of the improvements seen in the D80. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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