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Matsu
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2012-01-20, 09:35

Thom Hogan has suspects we may see as many as 3 significant February announcements from Nikon. Interesting, perhaps even two successors to the D700/D300 which could be very interesting. I have to find the link, but a reasonable pundit speculated that the D300 successor might not materialize at all, rather a slightly improved D7000 for the top line DX. For FX we could get a mid market D800 built for resolution, and an entry level FX taking up space under it, something a little lighter in features, borrowing from Canon's original 5d recipe. You get the lower resolution, but high sensitivity, sensor; lower spec AF and metering, and *no focus motor*. It's just perverse enough to be a real strategy for differentiating their top 4 models. Top line DX gets enough pro features, shoots fast, and mounts all lenses, but its limited to the DX frame, naturally. FX gets divided between a high sensitivity entry level camera, but one that can't use some of Nikon's exotic and/or expensive pro glass, for which you'll need either a D800 for high resolution and low speed, or a D4 for high speed and sensitivity. I found it to be a plausible approach, sure to ignite a shit storm of complaint from AF-D lens owners - though a gradual phase out is unavoidable...

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