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I posted this in another forum, and thought of bringing it here as well.
Nikon is really aggressive with new cameras releases. If you look back, between 2013 and 2014, Nikon's new releases are: D7100 (Feb/2013), D5300 (Oct/2013), D610 (Oct/2013), Df (Nov/2013), D3300 (Jan/2014), D4s (Feb/2014), D810 (Jul/2014), and soon now the D750 (Sep/2014) as well. Nothing less than 8 (eight) new DSLR bodies between last year and now. Am I missing any other one? It's easy to get lost...
Kudos to Nikon!!
And there are still unconfirmed rumors about a "D7200", "D9300", "D2300" etc... That's a lot of new DSLRs.
I see lots of innovation and quality, alongside with quantity as well. For instance:
And all that amidst a market that is supposed to be in a moment of crisis.
You may argue whether this is revolution or just evolution. And that's fair and fine. One way or the other, it is simply amazing to see what's going on. Again, kudos to Nikon.
What do you think of 2015 onwards? Will the pace of new releases continue to be the same? What can we expect?
Nikon is really aggressive with new cameras releases. If you look back, between 2013 and 2014, Nikon's new releases are: D7100 (Feb/2013), D5300 (Oct/2013), D610 (Oct/2013), Df (Nov/2013), D3300 (Jan/2014), D4s (Feb/2014), D810 (Jul/2014), and soon now the D750 (Sep/2014) as well. Nothing less than 8 (eight) new DSLR bodies between last year and now. Am I missing any other one? It's easy to get lost...
Kudos to Nikon!!
And there are still unconfirmed rumors about a "D7200", "D9300", "D2300" etc... That's a lot of new DSLRs.
I see lots of innovation and quality, alongside with quantity as well. For instance:
- The 24 MPix DX sensors (both the ones made by Toshiba and by Sony) being offered at the D3200, D3300, D5200, D5300 and D7100 => I believe these are revolutionary, even knowing some people deslike MPix (and I understand why). The capacity of these sensors are stunning, even at high ISO levels.
- The 36 MPix FX sensors (made by Sony) being offered at the D800, D800E and D810 are also amazing and revolutionary. Don't tell me it from Sony/Toshiba, not from Nikon. Who cares? The end results on the Nikon bodies (DX and FX) are stuning. I will not be surprise if the future shows us a 54'ish MPix FF camera as well. And rumors point out that Canon is developing a high MPix technology as well, to compete with Nikon.
- The strategy around the canceleing (or removal) of the Anti Aliasing Filter and the Optical Low Pass Filter has also being doing a sharpness revolution in itself. DxoMark scores makes this very evident, once Nikon DSLR are really consolidated in the top of the ranking for quite sometime now. This kind of technology is present in all level of bodies, like the D3300, D5300, D7100, D800E and D810. And it is making some lenses to really shine.
- The growing of ISO performace, creating recent new kings and queens of low light performance, like the D4s and the Df.
- For me (not a sports photog), the native base ISO 64 at the D810 is also revolutionary (again) these days. Although it is nothing brand new, recent DSLRs have been forgeting about lowering the native base ISO for some time, until the release of the D810. The benefits are so good. I guess this will possibly become a trend again.
- etc...
- AF-S 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 G IF-ED (Jan/2013)
- AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR II (Jan/2013)
- AF-S 35mm f/1.8 G ED FX (Jan/2013)
- AF-S 800mm f/5.6 E FL ED VR (Jan/2013)
- AF-S TC800 1.25 E (Jan/2013)
- AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 G IF-ED VR (Mar/2013)
- AF-S 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 G IF-ED VR (May/2013)
- AF-S 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED VR (Aug/2013)
- AF-S 58mm f/1.4 G (Oct/2013)
- AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G Silver Ring (Nov/2013)
- AF-S 400mm f/2.8 E IF-ED VR (May/2014)
- AF-S TC-14E III (May/2014)
And all that amidst a market that is supposed to be in a moment of crisis.
You may argue whether this is revolution or just evolution. And that's fair and fine. One way or the other, it is simply amazing to see what's going on. Again, kudos to Nikon.
What do you think of 2015 onwards? Will the pace of new releases continue to be the same? What can we expect?
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