Nikon equivalent of Canon 650D

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Just wondering if Nikon are in the process of releasing an equivalent of the new Canon 650D, with 12800 ISO, swivel touch screen LCD etc. I think the D7000 is roughly in the same ball park as the 650D, but is that the direct Nikon equivalent available at the moment?

The reason I'm asking is because I was quite impressed with my mate's 650D, but being a Nikon person myself, I'm wondering what the Nikon equivalent was. I was thinking of upgrading to a D7000, but is it worth waiting the extra while, provided there is a similar model about to be released by Nikon.
 
That is a bit of a shame, I loved the touch screen on the 650D. It was so easy to check whether the focus was right after shooting in an instant, without having to use the buttons to zoom in and then to move left/right/up/down. C'mon Nikon, please try and catch up. Would be great if a upgraded version of D7000 was introduced with this additional feature. And the one extra ISO stop as well as offered by the 650D.
 
Well, quite a few Nikon bodies have a one-touch 100% zoom function which is probably easier to activate than zooming on a touch screen and also means you don't get greasy finger marks all over the screen either.
 
I would have thought that the D5100 is the closest match. Similar resolution, similar noise performance (though native only up to 6400) and has a swivel screen.
 
The d5100 is the closest build wise but the 650D is far more advanced and not sure of the exact numbers but the ISO on the 650D is not 12800 but higher expanded. If u liked the 650D than buy a 650D.
 
Thanks, but no thanks. I have no intention of jumping over to the dark side (Canon) :) Moreover it will be very expensive for me to do that.

I did read some rumours of 3 new Nikon models this year (after the D4 and D800). The D3200 is the first, and the rumour has it that one of the other two is a D7000 successor (maybe a D7100), and the reasoning behind that was that Nikon upgrade models in the D90/D7000 range every 2 years. D7000 was released in the back end of 2010, and therefore there may well be an upgrade this year.

This may just be some one's imagination running wild, so if any one has some more information on this, that would help.
 
Have a look at the D5200 ... btw regardless of the highest ISO on the 650D the D5100 has the same sensor as the D7K which is a fair step up from the one in the 650D.
 
vrapan said:
Have a look at the D5200 ... btw regardless of the highest ISO on the 650D the D5100 has the same sensor as the D7K which is a fair step up from the one in the 650D.
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Pardon my ignorance, but does that mean that at say ISO 6400, the D7000 will produce superior pictures with less noise than the 650D? So the fact that the 650D can go up to 12800 is not that much of an advantage if it is going to be really noisy (ok I understand that a noisy image is better than a blurred image).
 
lucky_13 said:
The d5100 is the closest build wise but the 650D is far more advanced and not sure of the exact numbers but the ISO on the 650D is not 12800 but higher expanded. If u liked the 650D than buy a 650D.
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Far more advanced based on what? actually the noise performance of the Nikon is supposed to be better
 
iced_jacob said:
Far more advanced based on what? actually the noise performance of the Nikon is supposed to be better
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In terms of tech cramed in it! And it's newer technology. Have a play with both cameras and decide for ur self instead of something u read on the net.
 
lucky_13 said:
In terms of tech cramed in it! And it's newer technology. Have a play with both cameras and decide for ur self instead of something u read on the net.
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I did. and its noise performance is still not as good as the nikon (a 2-year old camera now). If you like gimmicks like touch screen etc the canon may be superior but in terms of pure image quality in challenging situations nikon seems to have the edge in crop sensors. Low ISOs don't make a big difference but once you go 1600 and above you can see the difference
 
kabalman said:
Pardon my ignorance, but does that mean that at say ISO 6400, the D7000 will produce superior pictures with less noise than the 650D? So the fact that the 650D can go up to 12800 is not that much of an advantage if it is going to be really noisy (ok I understand that a noisy image is better than a blurred image).
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The D7k will go even higher than 12800 but yes you got it right, at the same sensor sensitivity the D7K sensor (same sensor in the D5100, A580 and K-5/K-01/K30) will provide you with a less noisy image.

Am not very familiar with Canon's lineup but what are you after on the 650D that a d5100 does not do (sorry I have left Nikon as well for over a year now jumping to Pentax so not sure about the details of the D5100 either).
 
vrapan said:
Am not very familiar with Canon's lineup but what are you after on the 650D that a d5100 does not do
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In addition to the gimmicky touch screen (which I suspect will be handy to save time to zoom in and then move sideways etc), I was looking for the in-camera HDR feature which could save valuable PP time if it produces good results. So mainly these features, but I believe the low-light performance trumps these additional features.
 
kabalman said:
In addition to the gimmicky touch screen (which I suspect will be handy to save time to zoom in and then move sideways etc), I was looking for the in-camera HDR feature which could save valuable PP time if it produces good results. So mainly these features, but I believe the low-light performance trumps these additional features.
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If you shoot raw in-camera HDR is not available. To be honest if I were a nikon man I would get a used d7000 for that money. much more robust camera, a lot of controls available etc..
 
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