Nikon D700

[Digital Skunk]

It is a very exciting time for photography. It took a couple years, but Nikon has come roaring back

They were doing just fine, just that people got sucked into the Canon hype. The IQ from the D2h beat out the 1D even at high ISOs hands down, and the D2x did the same when compared to the 1Ds.

And when looking at all other areas of interest Nikon had better bodies than a lot of comparable Canon bodies (D70-->Rebel, D80-->XTi, D200-->20D/30D, etc.)

The biggest hurdle for Nikon was taking the Sony sensors and reducing the noise.

Then there is the lighting system to consider. The only real issue that Canon had Nikon beat on was optics and optic quality. Those few lenses that Canon has that Nikon has no equivalent, the primes that have motors in them, and the general quality of them across the board. Other than that it was touch and go with the bodies and flashes, pick your feature and run with it type of stuff.

There are a lot of people over at DPR that agree with you. I don't know...Thom makes an interesting case for 24 mp FX D900 and no D3X.

Anyone interested - read this thread.

It would help Nikon to introduce one that is cheaper than the comparable Canon maybe. Leaving the D3 sized model for a shortly delayed length of time. Maybe, just speculation.

 

[ksz]

There are a lot of people over at DPR that agree with you. I don't know...Thom makes an interesting case for 24 mp FX D900 and no D3X.

Anyone interested - read this thread.

I'm going to support you on this. Many people on these forums carve out a set of arguments in favor or in opposition of something that a company will or will not do and then they stick to it like gospel. How many people simply could not believe Apple would name an ultraportable as 'MacBook Air'? How many thought Apple's next O/S would definitely absolutely not be called 'Snow Leopard'? How many looked at the leaked photos of the iPod "fatty" and never believed for a second that Apple would release that as the new iPod nano? How many people firmly and resolutely believed that Nikon's competitor to the Canon 5D would be called the Nikon D300x or Nikon D3x or Nikon D300FX or something along those lines? No one suspected a "D700".

All we can do is make reasoned arguments. To believe in them resolutely is ridiculous.

Will Nikon use a 12-bit Sony sensor? Maybe they will and maybe they won't. Maybe they won't use a Sony FX sensor at all. They have experience with their own FX sensor and they can just continue working on their own proprietary sensor technology in order to remain differentiated.

 

[Hmac]

And then there's the oft-mentioned D3X. Seems like all they'd have to do is drop their 24 mp sensor in there and they'd be good to go. However there is a body of informed thought out there that is thinking that instead of it being a 24 MP version of the D3, it will be a 24 MP version of the D700.

Thom Hogan was the main proponent of the D900 concept, but as of a couple of days ago, he's retreated from that position and now is back to believing in the D3X, based on info he's received from Nikon, apparently.

You can look under "What's Next" at http://www.bythom.com/index.htm