Comments on: The next set of rumors: Nikon D400 & Nikon D750

By: alex

alex — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:51 +0000

Hi RThomas

My Coolpix 5400 that’s been converted to infrared, however, can’t focus. can you advise?

By: Max

Max — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:42:01 +0000

I hate the vari-angle screen. It makes a camera look so cheap and entry level. I really hope they don’t put one in the D400.

By: fxed

fxed — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:49:50 +0000

Bring on the 400/700X, swivel screen or not, video or not and anything or not. For those who want one or not. But………..

Please Please Please, we need lenses fellas, by God lenses. f/4″s with VR, up-dates of classics, new focal lengths and one or two that are discontinued, like the 70-180 micro nikkor with AF-S and VR. For those of us that have their cameras and are happy with a crappy D700 and D90 with shabby video that I don’t use anyway but can if I want to.

BTW, I buy from Ritz because I get a military discount which makes it in some cases less than bh. They advertise but ninety percent of the items show “ships when received from manufacturer”. I know about the bankruptcy filling question is they advertise like their not. Moderator any word on what is going on?

By: john

john — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:32:10 +0000

My view is that if you want video go for the new Sony models they are great. If you want a camera Nikon or Canon have great products. I use a D700 after selling my D300. Both great cameras and only think to make it better would be a 24mps. Don’t need th swivel or video or audio stuff. I will never publish so will go for qulaity stuff that i can hang on ny wall and the D700 or its 24mps successor will be just great.

Forget about anything revoltionary or substantive for a few years from either Nikon or Canon…just product gimmicks is all we will see as they are slowing R&D during the economic meltdown going on worldwide. Right now there are not enough people witj the money to justify serious R&D for such products so wait a few years for leaps in techonolgy.

By: Powersoft

Powersoft — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:01:46 +0000

even if they don’t come out this year or it’s a fake what I want is a d7xx (or whatever the name should be) with 16-18Mp same noise as the d700 and off course same shutterspeeds and AF instead of a d700x with 24Mp and slow shutterspeeds. I think that needs a new processor and very high memorycards. To develop it will take a while. So my best guess is that you won’t see a new FX camera from Nikon this year with fast speed and high pixelcount. An possible update adding HD video to the d300 would be an option as well as a downgrade from the d3x to d700x with hd video. But then you loose fast shooting e.g. form D3 to D3x.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:42:07 +0000

If I needed a swivel Viewfinder screen, I wouldn’t need an SLR. I like looking through the optical viewfinder. I only need the LCD screen to check my work.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:19:09 +0000

nice….. this is what this site needs!

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:06:40 +0000

>if you want to have a camera that have better FPS rate, longer battery life, better AF, etc etc, you can look at used D2Hs or D200 because they will last 10 years with good care.>

D200? Come on, that thing eats battery like there is no tomorrow.

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:45 +0000

Nope. My D700 will serve as my only DSLR for a long long time. Spend money on lenses…

By: shivas

shivas — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:23:02 +0000

so any takers on a release date for the D400??

May 2009?
June 2009?
July 2009?

I suspect a D700 addendum would come later in the year. . .

By: Gré Jacques

Gré Jacques — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:42:21 +0000

You’re right, I had the same progress, and I have the same question !

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:27:34 +0000

I just lent my D300 to my sister and used her D200 for a week. I still think the D200 is a great camera. That said, I’m not saying I wouldn’t upgrade to the D400 from the D200 (I upgraded from a D100). I’m just saying that it will come sooner or later, and meanwhile there are plenty of pictures that your D200 can still capture just fine.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:36:50 +0000

so you want to wait on an SD card to buffer your video? good luck….
unless you want a HDD attachment, that would be cool, but you should still have CF

By: Micah

Micah — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:15:53 +0000

Really? My d300 has a Type II slot.

By: Gustav

Gustav — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:16:42 +0000

Not everyone has to print billboards to be viewed from 2 feet away or crops 50% of their photos away. Read above, people are printing 20×30 with 6 MP.

By: MB

MB — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:50:40 +0000

I thought we all understood that the pictures are fakes, no?

By: Gerard

Gerard — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:51:09 +0000

Whilst I would like these to be real, if you look at the reflection of the D750 you can’t see the flip-down screen.

By: Peter Davis

Peter Davis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:42:12 +0000

Only problem — KEH is selling D300’s for $1399-$1699. That’s even above NEW price on B&H! On eBay I just got outbid on a D300 that eventually sold going for $1275. I bought one off Craigslist for $1100, truly *is* “like new”.

You’re either lying about the price or you got something much less than a “like new” camera. I say this based on KEH’s website alone.

By: BJamy

BJamy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:32:41 +0000

I just hope that whatever new FF camera that Nikon will release can match the 5d mkII when it comes to ISO performance in low light. If it does, I might concider upgrading from my D300. Video? Just a bonus. High MP? Could be cool if the price is right. Gotta hand it to Canon making a camera like the 5d mkII…

By: MB

MB — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:13:15 +0000

I find both rumors plausible to some degree.
Nikon has to do something against 5DII, and adding swivel display to spice up things a little seams logical choice (it is actually easier to put this kind of 3” display on FX body because of it larger size).
I would much prefer D3X sensor in a lighter and lower priced body of course, but video is what currently attracts the masses and, if Nikon has the resources to develop yet another FX sensor chip set, this could very well be what we will get.
As for D400 I doubt anything more spectacular will happen other than higher MPix and video capabilities. Higher dynamic or ISO range that many of us would probably prefer are unrealistic if more MPix are required, and they are by the popular demand.
But we are talking about something that could happen no sooner than in a six months, and more likely in a year or so.