Comments on: Another Nikon D400 book shows up in Germany

By: Berlin

Berlin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:15:37 +0000

Get real!

Any Nikon D90 replacement will not arrive until late 2011.

C’mon now. D80 was released on August 2006 and D90 exactly 2 years later.

‘Til then, expect more half-assed dslr’s from Nikon.

By: Biziclop

Biziclop — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:55:53 +0000

The D600 (available in 2014) will finally match its 12Mpixel resolution with 12M ISO.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:20:44 +0000

How about lower ISO rating. I’d love to see ISO 50, or at least 100 native.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:15:04 +0000

More dynamic range! That’s why I change my DX camera every few years! Can’t wait for the D400.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:57:05 +0000

This is the thinking that led to the Hassleblaad. A square frame maximizes the amount of light one can put on film from an image circle.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:49:49 +0000

1 – I’ve cropped images out of a 10MP D80 down to 8MP and then printed them at 16×20 with better results than some of the 11x13s I did from film. 12mp is fine with me. As long as they can increase low light sensativity and IQ as they increase the MP that is fine with me. But to be honest, I’d rather a DX sensor with 10MP and close to D700 high ISO IQ than a 16MP DX sensor with the same or slightly worse than D300 high ISO IQ.
2 – D300s has it already
3 – it’s in there
4 – 100% is better than 97%… you even looked at a D300s?
5 – already got the steareo external jack. I can live with 720p. 30fps would be nice though.
6 – You get much bigger than 3″ and you won’t have room for buttons or the viewfinder! But I agree that physical screen articulation would be a plus if they can keep the same resolution
7 – It’s in there.. you really don’t know much about the D300 or D300s, do you?
8 – Wifi would be nice, yes, but not necessary and probably not in this price range for a while. I can live without it. CLS works great. A switch to RF means dumping the expensive strobes I already have or buying some proprietary adapter (cha-ching). I don’t think so.
9 – Agreed… I’d prefer this before an increase in MP.
10 – How’s 8 sound? Get a grip… it’s in there.
Sounds to me like the D300s is ALMOST the camera of your dreams.

By: ZoetMB

ZoetMB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:55 +0000

No..it’s not a rumor. It’s a suspicion of a rumor based on completely meaningless data. You can’t base rumors on anything, there has to be some credibility and source information behind them. An ISBN listing with a made-up book title is not it.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:04:37 +0000

Yes exactly, I talked to some shopkeepers of camera shops here in Austria. And the thing is that the most people want to have a FX camera – BUT they are not proffessional and they dont want to spend 2000€. So the only logic thing for me is now that nikon will make a cheap FX camera, 12mp, higher ISO someting like d700 and some. This would be the only camera which will raise the marketshare of Nikon against Canon. I think a price arround 1000€ would be fine. I am 100% sure Canon will bring a FX Camera under the 5D this year for less than 1000€ .

The d900/800 will be a improvement to the D700 hopefully with 16MP GPS and WIFI and full IPTC adding in camera

By: getanalogue

getanalogue — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:50:22 +0000

same title, same story? I doubt that. We will see a D400 one day in the future anyway, question is when. And I’m sure it will be DX. Look at D3s: Imagine a D400 with 14/15 MP and only half the high ISO performance as D3s. Great!

By: yikesmoose

yikesmoose — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:58:48 +0000

ugh. not this again. I fell for this story last year in the high hopes of a d400 coming out. I won’t fall for that trick again. pure nonsense.

By: ozawa

ozawa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:31:13 +0000

there will be no D90 replacement before D400. D300s is really a minor upgrade of D300, Nikon released it only because they somehow got to know that Canon 7D appears on the market. But 7D outsold D300s by a large margin, so they will have to work on D400. D90 was introduced just after a year when D300 is released and it has the same sensor with better high ISO performance than D300. It was supposed to be D300 in a smaller body, just like D700 was supposed to be D3 in a more compact body. D700 will be replaced soon because there are D3x and D3s. There are D300s, but unlike D3s, it uses the same sensor as D300 with only video mode in it. So there is no sense of urgency for Nikon to replace D90 now which already has a video mode.

By: hybris

hybris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:25:12 +0000

why not buy the book then we know 4 sure

By: Sash

Sash — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:04:55 +0000

Good one!

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:20:47 +0000

Release/Annoucement dates:

D100 Februari 2002
D200 November 2005 (33 months after D100)
D300 August 2007 (22 months…)
D300s July 2009 (24 months…)

D1 Juni 1999
D1H Februari 2001 (21 months…)
D2H July 2003 (30 months…)
D2Hs Feb 2005 (20 months…)
D3 August 2007 (31 months…)
D3s Oktober 2009 (27 months…)

D1 Juni 1999
D1X Februari 2001 (21 months…)
D2X September 2004 (31 months…)
D2Xs Juni 2006 (22 months…)
D3X December 2008 (31 months…)

An follow-up to the D300s is to be expected around Q4 2011 and not much sooner. In above’s list you see that the ‘s’ models have a longer cycle then the non-s predecessors…..

From a financial/economical, logistical pov I don’t expect Nikon to shorten it’s cycle dramatically.

If the D3x and D700 get the s-treatment later this year I reckon there will be no lower-cost FF hi-rez body (aka D700x/D900).

We’ll have to see if the D700 get’s updated to ‘s’ later this year, if not, this may be a hint…

By: Daf

Daf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:39:57 +0000

It’s a rumour.
This is a rumour site.
Simple.

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:23:34 +0000

It doesn’t make sense at all. The car industry is a whole different industry and even then you have the ridiculous ‘on purpose’ spy shots of new cars…better said half of the cars ‘presented’ by car companies are not even taken into production…you like that from Nikon?
For example:
Nikon presenting a flashy future model, which is not even thoroughly tested and then pooped out by the marketing department as the next big thing to buy and it never will come or it takes 5 years…sounds a bit like RED

Now in relation to chips etc, a chip is not a final product an Apple computer is (although that is sometimes questionable.) If you know Apple, it’s completely not open to it’s fans and the same counts for many other computer brands, and why would they.

Mr. anonymous “desires” if he “needs” a camera as the competition has, he already bought it. And about value…buy gold if you plan to invest in something to keep it’s value, electronics are not the best thing…

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:10:36 +0000

Or will it be 60D after all, and does Nikon really mean Canon in hieroglyphs?

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:07:02 +0000

D400 will be DX, but what you want, is “below” D400, you want a D90 style FX to come out, right?

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:02:14 +0000

Ever tried changing ISO on a film?

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:59:31 +0000

point 3, already in the D300, micro AF adjust
point 4, why 97%? The D300 already has 100%
point 10, more fps means 9 and up, the D300s already does 7 without, and 8fps with grip

Seems like you dont want it to become a “killer” if you ask me, only 2-3 points really make me go wow