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[Dave442]

I thought the Camera Section was for recovering GAS addicts. Everything was fine this morning, now I want to go and place my order for one of these new things.

 

[gsgary]

I thought the Camera Section was for recovering GAS addicts. Everything was fine this morning, now I want to go and place my order for one of these new things.

You like ugly cameras ?

 

[coastalconn]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

If you had the need for this type of camera and had been waiting 5+ years for it, you would understand...

 

[coastalconn]

Yeah...agreed on the 50-140mm or 50-150mm lens, something like that is VERY handy on a DX format camera. I have had the 50-135mm f/3.5 Ai-S for about 12 years or so, and have found it to be handy on APS-C, and even MORE handy on FX. Sadly...mine was really screwed up in a mishap this summer. I found that for general landscape/scenic or "event" work outdoors (parades, festivals, stage shows, things like that), the 50mm bottom end is soooooooo much handier than a 70-mm or 80-mm bottom end...it just makes the lens so much handier. Going wider than 70mm is the bonus...at the longer end of the zoom, one can always crop in a bit from 135mm to get the narrower angle of view, but many times it's just not feasible to back the camera up to make up for the 70mm to 50mm angle of view difference.

A 50-135 or 50-140 or 50-150mm at f/2.5, or f/2.5, or f/3.5, any of those aperture points, would be a really nice lens, both on DX and FX.

Have you ever shot the Sigma 50-150 F2.8? I had one briefly and it was very good. Its only a dx lens. Of course the OS version is almost as big as a 70-200 f2.8 but it is supposed to be pretty amazing..

 

[jake337]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

 

[cherylynne1]

Ooh, nicely done Nikon. I can't wait to see the official reviews on performance. So this is going to be even better than the D7200? The D7200 is the only other APS-C camera I've ever really admired, it's just not a good fit for me personally. Excited to see what this one looks like.

 

[gsgary]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

What about it, every camera they make looks the same BORING it's as if they are scared to make something different

 

[jake337]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

What about it, every camera they make looks the same BORING it's as if they are scared to make something different

Nikon and canon are not making DSLRS for looks.
Not that I care about new bodies coming out either but it was just annoying. If you followed any Nikon rumors sites you would understand.

 

[Derrel]

Nikon needs to do what Leica did in 1953, which was to introduce the M3 and then sit on their laurels over multiple decades, while releasing a small stream, well ,no more of a dribble really rather than a stream, comprised of multiple, half-baked, piece of chit follow-up models, until they come up with an M6 in the mid-years three decades later...then stagnate for about 32 years, then stagger into the digital era with a half-azzed model in the "8" number range with a bad sensor that demands a hot-mirror UV blocking filter because the sensor turns everything that' supposed to be black into a sort of purple-ish, UV-polluted, black-ish sort of mess. That's what Nikon needs to do, copy Leica's strategy.

 

[gsgary]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

What about it, every camera they make looks the same BORING it's as if they are scared to make something different

Nikon and canon are not making DSLRS for looks.
Not that I care about new bodies coming out either but it was just annoying. If you followed any Nikon rumors sites you would understand.

I never listen to rumours, I want a camera that I enjoy using it doesn't have to have the latest specs one camera that I may get next is an Epson RD1 digital rangefinder that is the body of a Voigtlander and sensor of the Nikon D70 every shot you have to cock the shutter

 

[goodguy]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

Agreed, this will be refreshing not seeing every few weeks somebody having a "WHEN WILL NIKON COME OUT WITH A D300 REPLACEMENT" LOL

But in 3-4 years from now you will see the same post showing up again.

 

[jake337]

I can't understand why people get so excited when a new camera comes out

I'm more excited that I don't have to read "but what about a D300 replacement!?!?"

Ever again!

Agreed, this will be refreshing not seeing every few weeks somebody having a "WHEN WILL NIKON COME OUT WITH A D300 REPLACEMENT" LOL

But in 3-4 years from now you will see the same post showing up again.

Every few weeks. More like almost everyday! Like legally almost every pay in nikon rumors had some one with a random "what about the d400" comment.

Nikon announces the new 300mm P....

"What about the d400?"

Nikon announced the 58mm f1.4

"What about the d400?"

Nikon announces a firmware update.

"What about the d400?"

Etc, etc, etc...

 

[sleist]

Let's all hope they don't screw up the QA again.
I know I'm not pre-ordering.

I will get this eventually though.

 

[jake337]

Let's all hope they don't screw up the QA again.
I know I'm not pre-ordering.

I will get this eventually though.

Don't hesitate. If there are problems you'll have a new D510 in no time.

 

[sleist]

Let's all hope they don't screw up the QA again.
I know I'm not pre-ordering.

I will get this eventually though.

Don't hesitate. If there are problems you'll have a new D510 in no time.

As appealing as all that shipping to Nikon at my own expense sounds, I think I'll wait.