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Please god let it be a D400 so people will stop harping on about it! :D More likely to be a D7100 though.
 
Looks like its going to be the 7100,i cant see now Nikon replacing the D400,the same as I cant see Canon replacing the 60D.

I think at that price range both are going to stick to full frame :)
 
simonblue said:
Looks like its going to be the 7100,i cant see now Nikon replacing the D400,the same as I cant see Canon replacing the 60D.

I think at that price range both are going to stick to full frame :)
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You can't replace what ya haven't got :D
 
Please, please, please can we have an upgraded D300s with full frame ... a "pro" version of the D600 without all the useless bells and whistles :D
 
simonblue said:
Looks like its going to be the 7100,i cant see now Nikon replacing the D400,the same as I cant see Canon replacing the 60D.

I think at that price range both are going to stick to full frame :)
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Canon said there will be a 70D but that will pretty much be the last version in crop sensor...

Edit: actually now I think about it... they just mentioned the future in FF, they never said the 70D will be crop or not.
 
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We all know it's a D7000 replacement with a 24MP sensor :)


(watch me be wrong now).
 
Cagey75 said:
Please god let it be a D400 so people will stop harping on about it! :D More likely to be a D7100 though.
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The hope would be a direct D300 replacement, I think the probability is it will be a D7000 replacement, whether they call it a D7100, D7200 or something else is another thing. :shrug:

There was speculation a few months ago that they may merge the D300 and D7000 replacements and call it a D9000. :shrug: But I think it makes more sense for them, if they have separate D300 and D7000 replacements to put the D7*** out first to get the sales of people wanting to upgrade from the D3*** or D5*** range, as it would be within closer reach of more up-graders. That would leave them with the problem of differentiating a D300 replacement from a D7000 replacement to justify the price. Balancing features is getting more difficult when a lot of the cameras in their range share a similar, or the same, sensor. :shrug:

I have little interest in Full Frame, and I doubt they could get a FF to match the features I have on the D300S at anywhere close to the same price. :shake: I hope the D300S is not the pinnacle of of an overall DX camera. It may almost all have all been FF for Nikon recently, but they sell more DX cameras and neglecting that market could leave the door open for someone else. Not everyone wants FF, and the associated costs that go with it. :shake:
 
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LOL... looks like I cursed it with my prediction :)
 
Phil Young said:
Perhaps they are going to announce a new lens!? The 80-400mm is in dire need of a replacement...
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I'd be made up if they announced a replacement for that lens. Not looking likely though :(
 
Cagey75 said:
Wouldn't that be a D800?
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I don't think so. The gap between the D300s and D800 is way to big for it to be considered an upgrade.

A D600 without the scene modes and other "automation" would be ideal, IMHO, and I'd buy two tomorrow :D
 
I've come to believe that the D300 was the last of the line. I don't think Nikon will produce another (semi-) pro DX body.

The whole procession since manufacturers advanced into digital SLR has been focused on getting to FX. We're there now and I don't think Nikon see a need to look back.
 
SimonH said:
I've come to believe that the D300 was the last of the line. I don't think Nikon will produce another (semi-) pro DX body.

The whole procession since manufacturers advanced into digital SLR has been focused on getting to FX. We're there now and I don't think Nikon see a need to look back.
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So that could mean a merged D7000 and D300? I'd guess closer to the D7000 end of the spectrum and maybe enough difference to make you have to think about buying this or a D300. I'd rather a D400 though.
 
Why haven't they renamed that site nikonguesses yet?
 
mark4183 said:
according to Wikipedia, the D300s has been replaced and is the D600

so...... oh well
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Which just goes to prove that not everything you read on Wiki is right. According to Nikon - who should know - they're not even in the same category. D300s = professional, D600= consumer
 
Ooh look! I Was right :) Yay me!!!... actually.. that mirrorless rumour sounded great... this is just an updated 7000.
 
Pookeyhead said:
Ooh look! I Was right :) Yay me!!!... actually.. that mirrorless rumour sounded great... this is just an updated 7000.
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Gordon Laing, at Cameralabs, says the 7100 isn't being touted to him as a replacement to the 7000, and that Nikon say the 7000 will remain in production. But then, the D90 ran concurrently with the D7000 for quite a while, too.

Nikon seem to use a very special definition of the word "replacement". :shrug:
 
SimonH said:
Gordon Laing, at Cameralabs, says the 7100 isn't being touted to him as a replacement to the 7000, and that Nikon say the 7000 will remain in production. But then, the D90 ran concurrently with the D7000 for quite a while, too.
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I think the D90 was an anomaly, and generally the previous model stays in the range until the stocks run out. ;) :lol: Unless it is a lot cheaper than the D7000, why would you not buy the D7100? :shrug:

As for the D7100. :shrug: A few modest upgrades, just like the D5200 was over the D5100, and the D3200 was over the D3100. :thinking:

If they don't make these new cameras 'exciting', then they will not attract users from other manufacturers, they will just get the potential buyers who have a certain amount of money for certain features. They won't have people aspiring for some 'must have' features. They seem to think top end DX users will automatically migrate to FX, and some will, but most want the best DX camera possible, and the D7100 is still not it.

Maybe it is harder to may these big leaps in features and technology. :shrug:

Maybe Canon will step up with a 7DII. Unless they think the same way as Nikon of course. ;) :( :lol:
 
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