When do Canon and Nikon usually release new cameras?

[manaheim]

Whenever they feel like it. Really.

I have this running theory that the first responder to any given thread is the one that should pretty much end the thread and close it.

This... supports my theory.

 

[Overtime]

I hear ya on this one. I spent years borrowing a d300, and saved and saved for the day when I could buy my own camera that would allow me to shoot when I wanted and how I wanted. I now own the 7100 and could not be happier. I put out the cash shortly after my daughter was born, so that I never had to miss a moment. My advice, save, save,save. If money for the camera body is an issue, wait until you start collecting glass! I love the 7100, but the d300 gave me the training. Buy used, save up, and practice.

 

[leonardoDing]

Both of them won't realease the same level of D7100 in 2014 (canon 70D is in 2013). The coming device may be at 2015 or 2016. No possible in 2014.

 

[apaflo]

Both of them won't realease the same level of D7100 in 2014 (canon 70D is in 2013). The coming device may be at 2015 or 2016. No possible in 2014.

The Nikon D7100 was announced in February of 2013, or 11 months ago.

Consider that the shortest time to an upgrade for Nikon's 3xxx, 5xxx, or 7xxx models was between the D3000 and 12 months later the D3100. And that the time between the D5000 to the D5100 was the longest at 24 months. If we throw out those two as extremes, and average all the others it comes to 19.5 months (ranging from 17 to 21).

At the extremes, a D7200 might come next month or in February 2015. At the average of 19.5 it would be at the end of July 2014. Over the range for that average it might be in June or as late as October 2014.

All of which suggests that 2014 is almost a guaranteed D7200 announcement. My guess is just in time for Christmas and certainly before 2015.

 

[bratkinson]

As mentioned previously, buying a camera today and a new one announced next week does not make the camera you just bought obsolete by any means. The auto makers all want you to believe that this years' new car makes last years' obsolete...that's so they can sell more cars! When I moved up from point and shoot to DSLR, I bought a 3-4 year old 30D and got great shots with it! And my 20 year old Canon 80-200 f2.8L lens? It's still the fantastic glass that legends are made of! And they're obsolete?

In my opinion, the problem waiting for the newest, just announced camera is threefold:
Perhaps none more so than the pictures you would have taken had you had any camera. Perhaps some once-in-a-lifetime shots get missed because you didn't have a camera. There's various threads on this forum dealing with exactly that...not having my camera with me a couple of times in the last 12 months cost me several once-in-a-lifetime shots.

Second, buying the just released camera means you'll most likely pay the highest possible price that camera will ever have! I waited 10 months after the 5D mark iii was on the street and I had saved enough and my anticipated tax refund to buy one...I STILL paid the full-tilt, Canon list price! But that camera was/is STILL worth paying that much...I LOVE it!!! And, yes, I would have missed some fantastic low-light shots had I not had that camera in my hands when I did. Had I waited until this past Christmas to get one, I could have saved about 20%.

And last but not least, there's always some minor bugs with new products...from automobiles to xylophones and everything in between. Whether it's mechanical or firmware, there's always a flurry of updates the first few months a product is out on the street and real-world people start using it. You have to ask yourself...'Do I want to be a guinea pig and perhaps run into problems with my new xxxxx?'

Just some food for thought.

 

[GertjanGoetynck]

I don't think the camera I will buy be obsolete by any means, don't worry about that.

The main reason I ask this is because the D7100, while it is an AMAZING camera, the night shooting actually seems to be a step down compared to the D7000, while it's daytime shooting is a step up. Because of this I know that I may not feel 100% satisfied buying this camera, knowing that the nighttime shooting is actually worse than what it's supposed to improve on. I love nature, both during the daytime and nighttime so both day and night shooting are equally important for me. However, the cameras that are an improvement over the D7100 and I know will satisfy both my needs are in the full frame range, which basically almost double the price (at least in my area) and are way out of my pricerange.

I am worried that if a new camera releases, in a worst case scenario it will solve my slight worry about the low light image quality (especially the banding it seems to have, which is less prevalent on the D7000 according to some people who own both) making me actually have serious regrets about my purchase, or in a "best" case scenario, the price of the D7100 price will lower quite a bit shortly AFTER I bought it.

Normally I wouldn't mind this as much, but as a university student both of these situations would be a pretty big blow. I still remember that the pricedrop of 500 to 300 euros of the point and shoot I bought a few years back felt like a kick in the groin, especially since I don't have a steady income.

The reason for this question was mostly because I am unsure if I should buy the camera soon and get more practice with it, or wait as long as possible before my trip to Scotland in september (which is the main reason I want it this year) and see if a better camera would come along, or at least a pricedrop because of a newer model that isn't really an improvement.

I know that with some products the "Big guns" in the industry have releases each year around a specific month, like for example right after a convention dedicated to the product (sort of like what is going on now) and I hoped that this was the case for cameras, so I could have a more "educated" guess of how long it would be for a newer and possibly better version of the D7100 to come out.

I do appreciate all the advices though!

 

[NancyMoranG]

If you are waiting for technology to stop so that 'your' camera will always be the latest and greatest, well...forget about it...
I bought my D7000 in May 2011 and could not be happier. I bought it new from a local camera shop so I would have a place to go and get personal help.
Yup, I could buy it now for $500-600 less, but I have jumped leaps and bounds in my photography in the last 18 months, had my camera for wonderful places I have been, and am not looking to replace this with every new model that comes out.
I bought a camera I could grow into.
go forth and stop worrying.
Nancy

 

[astroNikon]

If you are waiting for technology to stop so that 'your' camera will always be the latest and greatest, well...forget about it...
I bought my D7000 in May 2011 and could not be happier. I bought it new from a local camera shop so I would have a place to go and get personal help.
Yup, I could buy it now for $500-600 less, but I have jumped leaps and bounds in my photography in the last 18 months, had my camera for wonderful places I have been, and am not looking to replace this with every new model that comes out.
I bought a camera I could grow into.
go forth and stop worrying.
Nancy

My sentiments exactly

If you wait until your trip it may not be anything more than a big Point & Shoot because you haven't given yourself the time to learn how to use it.
I've learned so much since I got my d7000 in Nov2012 (yup, Nikon announced the d7100 around the same time).


Camera bodies are not an investment. They will depreciate fairly quickly.
The good lenses, on the other hand, can hold their value

 

[JerryLove]

New Nikon announced.

Nikon D3300 SLR: It's the Little Things That Matter

 

[AKelleyPhotography]

This is also something I'm very nervous about! But it was great to read all of your thoughts! I'm in the same boat about being so new with photography and having to save up a lot of spare cash while being in college. Yikes!

 

[ShootRaw]

O.P..I feel you are way over-thinking this..Just do-it Night shot....D7100.......50mm 1.8g

 

[GertjanGoetynck]

Thanks for all the feedback!

I realise that I am probably overthinking it, just the knowledge that I'll be stuck with whatever camera I buy for at least 5-10 years is sort of terrifying in a way, especially since my goals require such a varied setup (landscape photography during the time, wildlife photography while hiking, night photography of landscapes / stars at night, basically anything you encounter while hiking).

The D7100 does seem like the best choice for now, and I am a bit less scared about biting the bullet thanks to all of you The worries aren't completely gone, but it's more like I have "accepted" the risk, and even accepted the fact there will most likely be a better camera around the corner right after I bought it.

Thanks alot everyone!

 

[astroNikon]

I wouldn't worry so much about the body as they are all good. Looking at what you want to do though, you'll have to think about the lenses you would probably want which may be more than the body.

 

[hamlet]

I've noticed that the second or third iteration of a series will most likely have almost every feature that that series will get. So buying the d7200 will be a good move. I'm personally waiting on the d4x.