what's up with Nikon?

Canon announces their new products a month, or two at the most, before they
appear in the market. Nikon's doing the FUD more than half a year away, like
the D70 and now the D2X.

From: "leo"

Canon announces their new products a month, or two at the most, before they
appear in the market. Nikon's doing the FUD more than half a year away, like
the D70 and now the D2X.

If you have a product like the 1Ds that's currently shipping you typically
wouldn't announce the model replacing it (1Ds Mark II) until you're ready to
start shipping. Otherwise sales would dry up for the existing model. Same
deal with the 20D, they announce it and start shipping product within a couple
of weeks, and suddenly the 10D looks like yesterday's news.

If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users from
jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced their dSLR last
February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

So Nikon has nothing to lose by announcing the D2X before they can actually
ship it, and a lot to gain since many pros have dumped Nikon and moved to Canon
because of the 1D Mark II and 1Ds. This should slow down the defections since
the D2X looks like a very sweet camera, based on the specs and projected price.

Bill

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:44:13 +0000, Bill Hilton wrote:

If you have a product like the 1Ds that's currently shipping you
typically wouldn't announce the model replacing it (1Ds Mark II) until
you're ready to start shipping. Otherwise sales would dry up for the
existing model. Same deal with the 20D, they announce it and start
shipping product within a couple of weeks, and suddenly the 10D looks
like yesterday's news.

If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users
from jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced
their dSLR last February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

So Nikon has nothing to lose by announcing the D2X before they can
actually ship it, and a lot to gain since many pros have dumped Nikon
and moved to Canon because of the 1D Mark II and 1Ds. This should slow
down the defections since the D2X looks like a very sweet camera, based
on the specs and projected price.

One of the things I have noticed with Canon is that they can replace
models faster than you can get haircuts and none of their fanbase seems to
get ****ed with them (despite the fact that the newer camera renders their
older camera pretty worthless on the used market).

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

--
Dallas www.dallasdahms.com
"Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted
Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded"
- Sixto Rodriguez

Dallas wrote:

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

So, give it a rest, already.

You protest too much, waaay too much.

--

John McWilliams

I know that you believe you understood what you think I said, but I'm
not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:55:55 +0000, John McWilliams wrote:

Dallas wrote:

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

So, give it a rest, already.

You protest too much, waaay too much.

Okay.

--
Dallas www.dallasdahms.com

"You know you're right! You're bloody well right!
You've bloody got a right to say!" ~ Supertramp

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:55:55 +0000, John McWilliams wrote:

Dallas wrote:

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

So, give it a rest, already.

You protest too much, waaay too much.

Okay.

--
Dallas www.dallasdahms.com

"You know you're right! You're bloody well right!
You've bloody got a right to say!" ~ Supertramp

"Dallas" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:44:13 +0000, Bill Hilton wrote:

If you have a product like the 1Ds that's currently shipping you
typically wouldn't announce the model replacing it (1Ds Mark II) until
you're ready to start shipping. Otherwise sales would dry up for the
existing model. Same deal with the 20D, they announce it and start
shipping product within a couple of weeks, and suddenly the 10D looks
like yesterday's news.

If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users
from jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced
their dSLR last February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

So Nikon has nothing to lose by announcing the D2X before they can
actually ship it, and a lot to gain since many pros have dumped Nikon
and moved to Canon because of the 1D Mark II and 1Ds. This should slow
down the defections since the D2X looks like a very sweet camera, based
on the specs and projected price.

One of the things I have noticed with Canon is that they can replace
models faster than you can get haircuts and none of their fanbase seems to
get ****ed with them (despite the fact that the newer camera renders their
older camera pretty worthless on the used market).

Not the case at all.
You can often sell discontinued models for top $$ on ebay.

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

Keep telling yourself that...
"It doesn't bother me...It doesn't bother me...It doesn't...it
doesn't...grrrrrrr...it dos...grrr...n't!"

"Dallas" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:44:13 +0000, Bill Hilton wrote:

If you have a product like the 1Ds that's currently shipping you
typically wouldn't announce the model replacing it (1Ds Mark II) until
you're ready to start shipping. Otherwise sales would dry up for the
existing model. Same deal with the 20D, they announce it and start
shipping product within a couple of weeks, and suddenly the 10D looks
like yesterday's news.

If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users
from jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced
their dSLR last February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

So Nikon has nothing to lose by announcing the D2X before they can
actually ship it, and a lot to gain since many pros have dumped Nikon
and moved to Canon because of the 1D Mark II and 1Ds. This should slow
down the defections since the D2X looks like a very sweet camera, based
on the specs and projected price.

One of the things I have noticed with Canon is that they can replace
models faster than you can get haircuts and none of their fanbase seems to
get ****ed with them (despite the fact that the newer camera renders their
older camera pretty worthless on the used market).

Not the case at all.
You can often sell discontinued models for top $$ on ebay.

It doesn't bother me that Nikon take their time in putting out products.
Doesn't bother me at all.

Keep telling yourself that...
"It doesn't bother me...It doesn't bother me...It doesn't...it
doesn't...grrrrrrr...it dos...grrr...n't!"

If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users from
jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced their dSLR
last
February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

I've been wondering something. How long will it be before we start seeing the
words "Minolta" and "vaporware" in the same posts?

"Annika1980" wrote in message
...
If you don't have a product in that slot (if you're not competing with
yourself) then you'd announce several months early since you aren't
canibalizing your sales and also you might keep some of your base users
from
jumping ship to the competition. Minolta for example announced their
dSLR
last
February and we still don't know the ship date or price.

I've been wondering something. How long will it be before we start seeing
the
words "Minolta" and "vaporware" in the same posts?

You just answreed your own question...