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Hi all, i saw this and though WOW, another DSLR rumor site. This is interesting reading. Some of you have seen this already and there may be a post here already.... sorry if this is a repost.
Here da link :- http://www.bythom.com/2010predictions.htm
At the end of the day these are all rumors.
I saw the topic heading ...my heart skipped a beat. I could feel my calf muscles tensing, my hands about to raise above my head in a victory dance.
Then ...zzzeeerrrrffff as if deflating a pair of swimming floaties.
Sorry An4cer ...close but no bannana. The D90 update might be announced then but the D700 is more likely to be around August
But like you say, At the end of the day these are all rumors.
Thom's predictions are not something I would consider rumors, so much as a combination of what he thinks is coming, along with some insider tips.
@ aneAnt, lol.. i knw how you feel.
I soo badly want to get D700 but waiting for D700s or X. It better be August and not Nov.
BTW i already have D300s
See you have been through this before with the D300.
I have to say the D300s is beautiful. I played with one a week ago. I'd take it in a snap but my lenses are MF and I made the mistake of looking through the D700 viewfinder.
I have been waiting, much like you guys and Jonny, for the D700 upgrade. . .but I recently caved in and decided to "Upgrade" from my D200 to a D90 for the extra 1-1.5 stop advantage. . .it was a direct swap out, ironically, with the rebates, almost. . .hopefully the D700s will offer 2 more stops above the D90 and some increased DR, so I can relegate the D90 to telephoto only duty (mounted with a 70-200) and keep the D700s mounted with the 24-70. . .
oneANT said:
See you have been through this before with the D300.
I have to say the D300s is beautiful. I played with one a week ago. I'd take it in a snap but my lenses are MF and I made the mistake of looking through the D700 viewfinder.
Yeah, those 35mm frame viewfinders are huge! I shoot with film sometimes and then I go and use my D300, it's like looking through a narrow tunnel.
PB, I think too the magnification drops on the D700. That it is bright instead. I have never heard anyone say it but for long hours of shooting this should give some relief.
With AF its easy to see how viewfinders have suffered.
oneANT said:
Sorry An4cer ...close but no bannana. The D90 update might be announced then but the D700 is more likely to be around August
I'm sorry to say (to you all) that I actually do hope the d90 refresh happens first, but I'm a bit confused as to why you think it will happen first. I know chronologically it SHOULD happen, but we haven't really even heard an inkling of rumors about the d90, while the d700 has had quite a few rumor esque reportings.
Both the D90 and D700 are up for replacements this year. They are near the end of their two year life span. Back in 2008 they were introduced almost two months apart from each other. Early July (D700)and then late August (D90)
Hi Folks:
I just came back from a visit to my local Henry's Photo, a very large and reputable company here in Canada. The sales guy told me that Nikon Canada has advised them of the new dSLR releases prior to the end of April with products avialble by June. The D90 will be replaced and the D700 refreshed. They are also anticipating a new speedlight but had no additional information. Not a whole lot of inforoation and certainly nothing really new but I figured I share what I was told.
That's pretty much what we've all been expecting. Though if the D700 only gets an "S" upgrade with "only" video and dual memory slots like the D300S I'll be disappointed!
The new "D90" should be awesome though!
Thanks for the info, Newfie.
Newfie said:
Hi Folks:I just came back from a visit to my local Henry's Photo, a very large and reputable company here in Canada. The sales guy told me that Nikon Canada has advised them of new dSLR releases prior to the end of April with products availble by June. The D90 will be replaced and the D700 refreshed. They are also anticipating a new speedlight but had no additional information. Not a whole lot of information and certainly nothing really new but I figured I share what I was told.
Refreshed D700s should be available much sooner then November, where S stands for Small improvement of course and not Significant as Nikon would like us to think.
Updating D90 is another matter, D90 is one of the most successful Nikon models lately so we should expect something impressive, or at least tempting for a year or two to come.
I can only guess that touch screens and a more PC like gui are likely.
I doubt Nikon would put a swivel LCD touch screen on the D90 replacement but then again I didn't think they'd put a projector inside a COOLPIX either!
I am so glad I decided to stop waiting and get the D700 last Christmas because look at what would have happened if I waited! I couldn't stand the noise on my old D300 anymore even when shooting RAW files. Never wait for a new product that doesn't exist especially when Nikon offers such great products right now.
I would only say it once more, if You are holding buying Your camera to get a newer model it means that You don't need this camera at all - in my opinion You should go and maybe take golf lessons, or join chess club. by waiting, you are loosing so many opportunities to get "the" shot
I'll have to say that I'm pretty damn impressed with the D90 thus far. . .the replacement would literally have to give BJ's. . .
I'm curious how they are updating the D90 when the D300s update is due out next year. . .so will they update the D90 replacement in 2 more years with a D400 sensor? Is that what they did with the D300->D90. . .??
Kanuck, I think you just convinced me. D700 it is.
LOL it always happens that way!... The day my camera arrived the D300 was announced.
kanuck said:
I am so glad I decided to stop waiting and get the D700 last Christmas...
Rumors and high expectations are sometime good as we avoid investing on evolutionary dead-end but on the other hand, like a double-edge sword, it can actually kill a company that did not deserved it. Competition is brutal and one may start leaking fantastic specs for a variety of reasons, some well intended and others not. When a revolution is announced, every one is holding their dollars in an attempt to outsmart timing and losers and in the meantime, the current product do not sell, crippling engineering capacities and sometime a whole pan of an industry. This is why Nikon is hiding their plan. When the buyers finally come to their senses and are ready to put down the cash, it is sometime too late as the manufacturer got wiped out of the face of earth. I am from the wireless telecom and it happened to us, we had the better product, far superior than anything on the market, with capacities that was making our competitors dizzy and 1500 heads strong and we are dead. Others end-up winning, not necessarily because they have better products but sometime just because they could survive the mass extinction event. After the effect of the blast dissipates, there is no choice but to buy on the crap that has survived.
I seriously hope we are not doing this to our love ones. Forefront technology is far from being simple and as the say goes, nine women cannot deliver a baby in one month. If Nikon has not put new high-end DSLRs on the market, it’s probably because it is not ready as it would be stupid not to unleash the competition killers and therefore we perhaps should hold our cries a bit. I think for the sake of fairness, all the fake “insiders” should come out of the closet.
As for me, perhaps I should have bought my dream D700 when I had the money. Now I have to wait for my cash to rebuild and its killing me.
A photographer I worked on a project with said that someone at Samy's camera said the D700 replacement is terrible with low light like the new 16-35mm f/4... Still a rumor but may be an indication of higher MPX
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