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OK, I'll do it. But I want you to know that it's strictly out of my respect for all of you and my desire to see you all end up with the camera you want. I'll take a hit for you guys, just don't forget it when it's your turn.Okay--- now we know what the real market trigger is. Please proceed, Tim :ROTFL:
For fun & giggles try: D800 & D4 RumorsBob- you're absolutely right about the few MP. My point though was that introducing a new 12MP pro body now that the D7000 is out sounds like a tough one, to say the least, from the marketing standpoint.
Price point will be interesting. The D3s seems targeted to sports/journalism. It's a great camera now. A few more MP would be OK, but 24mp, or 34mp would be overkill for that.Graham, interesting news.
Two comments: considering the previsional dates it sounds like the info about the sensors' availability could be true, and that Nikon need to work on these FF/FX sensors -in house production or not.
After all, nothing's new otherwise. Maybe SD card, and possibly a couple of ISO stops in the top model, but that's minor details in terms of R&D.
The readability of the new line (if the rumors sustain reality check)
Let's see:
- top amateur body 16MP video high ISO + dual card (until now reserved to top pro bodies)
- entry level pro body 24 MP (!!) high ISO (dual card ?). Sounds terrific, though expected for already some time.
- pro body lower pixel count (16 MP) vs. higher ISO performance and possibly some fps + dual card.
- top pro body 34 MP, good to high ISO performance. All good.
A lot of confusion factors for the customers at the time of choice, and the whole thing might indeed turn into a marketing nightmare, and trap, for Nikon.
Especially for the D3(s) replacement which would be placed in an even dodgier position than before.
All that being said, wait and see.
D700 and D3(s) replacement are already almost a year late, and with the uncertainty about sensors, nothing will probably be certain for a while.
Things will happen till then.
I think that the D3s is a phenomenal camera and that there is a distinct improvement compared to the D3/D700 sensors. I know of at least two folks here who even dropped their D3x's in part due to the tremendous capabilities and image quality of this camera. In fact, I also just traded my D3x with a friend of mine but only because I need to pay for a new MFDB but a factor that made this even vaguely conceivable for me was actually the fact that the D3s does such a good job overall.I returned the D700 body today. Might as well wait. I, also, seemed to notice an IQ quality difference between my D3s and the D700. I think the D3s is better at every ISO.