How come there has been no D400 rumors? What is the latest? Have I missed something?
D400 news?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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You haven't missed anything, because there are no rumors at this point. I doubt we'll see any rumors till next spring or early summer.
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Wow, we are still about a year away from a new model. Thanks.
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Watch for D800 rumors tho! im actually quite sad there wont be any great regular rumors unless nikon slips up and we find a few prototypes.
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Still shooting with my D70, lol. I am finally ready to jump up to the next level and don't feel I should invest in the D300/s if I can wait. I am not in a super rush. I will patiently wait for August. Thanks.
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how about the D7000? That seems even better then the D300s. and be a MAJOR upgrade from the D70
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Yes, the D7000 looks really nice compared to the D70. I guess I could think about it, maybe upgrade from there in a year. That is a good option.
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and also you could just sell the D7000 used and use that money for the D400. I bet it wont go down in value if you take care of it.
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It does surprise me that there are no rumors to be had on the D400. Usually the "s" designation is a refresh that lasts about a year, year and a half in the market. It would be also surprising if the D300s did not get replaced by Q1 at the latest since it is showing is age.
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I am liking the idea of going to the D7000 for the time being better and better. Question, maybe off topic a little for this thread. I am a bit unfamiliar with the current memory cards that are out there. What SDHC cards do you recommend in the $100 price range. Would probably like something bigger than not with that size megapixel. I shoot raw. I also like the higher transfer speeds. Any takes on a card recommendation.
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Keep the discussion on the D400 please. Do a forum search for memory card options.
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Yes it could be a very long time especially seeing as how the D400 would be an entirely different camera as opposed to a refresh, which would have been released already. PB PM you are right in that Nikon usually follows a 2 year cycle, but then again how would you explain the the August 2008 release of the D700 without a refresh? I guess Nikon really wants to avoid complications with the sales of the D3X and D3s.
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I could see Nikon releasing the D300s replacement (D400?) and D700 replacement (D800?) together, which might be why we haven't see either yet. I'm willing to bet that they will share the same body design overall (other than the mirror box), just as they do now. As for the D700 replacement, it could be that yields of the sensors for the D3s are so low that they are holding back on a D700 replacement.
It would make more sense, that way Nikon could release a D3s and D3x replacement at the same time as well.
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I'm like way off base here but at times, I think the D700 was a one time sort of thing; completely unannounced and likely may not be replaced, I stress may.
As for the D400 (or whatever the true replacement of the D300/300s is), that's what I'm waiting to see, It very well could be revolutionary the way the D300 was at it's time. Think about it, the D7000 is for it's market-share. I admit, I'm having a hard time imagining what Nikon could do to make a D400 more desirable than the D7000 to everyone but the small niche market (which I'm part of). At this point, it would have to have ISO performance better than the D700 among other things. While I like that larger body, it would take more than that to make me choose the D400 over a D7000.
We'll see I guess.
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I don't agree about the D700 being a one time thing, unless of course the true D300s replacement is a lower cost FX body. Of course if that is the case, then it would be a D700 replacement.
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To keep consistent now the D400 should be FX? But of course the D300 and D300s were DX? I myself hope the D400 will be FX lower cost and a D900 (D700 replacement would be a more pro model) Both will have to have video these days. That sure is an late 2011 development is my guess. My guessing though is based only on my reading of NR, My crystal ball has not been working for years!
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I'm guessing that there will be a full re-work of the 300 & 700 series if the D7000 is any indication. Do I dare say new battery, grip, screen, meter, AF system, video, FPS, and possibly a huge MP jump (at least for the 700) to match the 5D II. Wireless systems possibly?
I'm just fearful about the investment of batteries, grips, etc. that I may have to dump when I upgrade. That just adds $400 to the price of a new camera.
I'm silently hoping that it is not a huge jump so I can convince myself not to upgrade this time around.
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I have a feeling that if the D7000 was a merge of the D300s and D90 series "and" that a rep stated that there isn't plans to upgrade the D700 that a merger of the D300s and D700 will make up the new camera (D9000?). As to the mp jump...
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I love my D90 which i purchased May of this year, but would have loved to have waited for the D7000, but now I have to make full use of my D90, invest in glass and wait for the new D400 or D9000 in the coming year or two...love my photography...
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PB PM said:
I don't agree about the D700 being a one time thing, unless of course the true D300s replacement is a lower cost FX body. Of course if that is the case, then it would be a D700 replacement.Maybe you're right. It just seems odd to me that a camera that came unannounced is, for all practical purposes, a slightly downgraded D3 in a D300 like body. The D3 and D300 came out together. The D3 has been upgraded twice and the D300 once. Yet the D700 seems to have been "forgotten" by Nikon.
It's also for this reason I don't believe the D400 will be full frame, much to the disappointment of the FX fans out there but I could be wrong.
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I really dont care about the name... to me the "D400" is the ProDX it may now be called the D9000. The other option for the "D400" name is the ConsumerFX. Lets just forget about the name "D400".. Its meaningless until nikon hangs it on either the ProDX or ConFX.
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JohnSebs said:
I love my D90 which i purchased May of this year, but would have loved to have waited for the D7000, but now I have to make full use of my D90, invest in glass and wait for the new D400 or D9000 in the coming year or two...love my photography...Why? I bought my D90 in May as well.
Why not sell it and upgrade?
You're not stuck with that body!
Also I think there will be a D400 and it will be DX because if the D7000 is going to be the flagship DX camera then that is a bit messed up.
The D400 I think will be a D7000 but more AF points, completely mag alloy and maybe even carbon fiber. I think it will be 18MP.
Then the D700 replacement will be a d300s and d700 combined.
Either way I think the D7000 will be my body for a long time. I couldn't care less about video and AF during video but weather sealing, mag-alloy and 6FPS, oh yeah baby!
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It seems they are matching and "spec busting" Canon again for the people who just look at advertising flyers and numbers. With the D7000 matching the 7d and besting the D60 I'm not sure what is left for the D400 to add. Maybe a really top line video?
There has been no indication that any model line will be combined. I'm not sure why everyone keeps bringing it up - wishful thinking for a cheap FX? Sorry folks, it's not going to happen for at least another cycle or two. If they did, it would Nikon without a 5d II or a 7D competitor and FX sensors still cost too much. Sony can absorb the loss, and they have goals to be in the very top of the DSLRs. But that is off topic.
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TaoTeJared said:
It seems they are matching and "spec busting" Canon again for the people who just look at advertising flyers and numbers. With the D7000 matching the 7d and besting the D60 I'm not sure what is left for the D400 to add. Maybe a really top line video?There has been no indication that any model line will be combined. I'm not sure why everyone keeps bringing it up - wishful thinking for a cheap FX? Sorry folks, it's not going to happen for at least another cycle or two. If they did, it would Nikon without a 5d II or a 7D competitor and FX sensors still cost too much. Sony can absorb the loss, and they have goals to be in the very top of the DSLRs. But that is off topic.
Great post and I agree completely.
I too wonder what the D400 would have left to offer. The only things I can think of are, like you said, a really fantastic video set up. Perhaps even better ISO performance, in fact, that would have to be expected or else not worth it at all. Faster frame rates most likely. Perhaps a new AF system entirely, made just for it in the same way the D7000 has it's own AF. At least so far it does. Maybe it might have the new sensor Nikon has been trying to work on? Their own sensor.
Without these improvements, even I can see justifying getting a D400 even though I've been waiting for it. The price of the D 400 is sure to be about 5 or 600 dollars more than the D7000. At that point, I'd suck it up and just get the D90 sized body for not much more than a D90 but with a huge number of improvements.
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