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D300s Successor-D400, what and when

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  • sevencrossingsevencrossing Posts: 2,800Member
    edited November 2013
    After the recent Canon rumors 7D ii announcement I thought this thread would be buzzing. =
    well the buzz is, Nikon should produce a DX camera with the full features of a D4 selling for $1,800

    All Nikon would need to add, is a completed range of pro Dx lens, selling for a third of their FX equivalent

    and that would stir up the hornets nest

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  • rbrylawskirbrylawski Posts: 222Member
    edited November 2013
    For anyone interested, there's a thread on Ugly Hedgehog showing a picture of the back of what someone said is the new D400. Here's a link: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-165145-1.html

    Me, I have my doubts. Especially with an articulated screen, but then one never knows........

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    Nikon D7100; AF-S DX 35mm f1.8; AF-S DX Macro 40mm f2.8; AF-S DX 18-200mm VRII; SB-700 Speed Light and a bunch of other not very noteworthy stuff......
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  • PB_PMPB_PM Posts: 4,494Member
    Not a chance that is real. It's just the back of the D300s with a wired screen. It doesn't have the modern LV/movie switch for one thing. The +/- zoom buttons also have not been updated either. Dead giveaways that it is a fake, IMO.
    If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    @PB_PM

    Agree….
    Msmoto, mod
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  • snakebunksnakebunk Posts: 993Member
    Looks a little bit too much like a D300s, but I wouldn't mind if the D400 will look like this.

    The best part of this layout is the focus points switch. Even with thick gloves you can easily switch between one and many focus points (push it up for flying birds and down for sitting birds, very logical). I miss it a lot on the D800.
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  • D300userD300user Posts: 15Member
    The best part of this layout is the focus points switch. Even with thick gloves you can easily switch between one and many focus points (push it up for flying birds and down for sitting birds, very logical). I miss it a lot on the D800.
    Couldn't agree more! If you need to switch quickly (like many wild life photographers do), the D800 sucks at this! I hate that little button on the side. Would have been great if we could assign a new button for this in a future FW update. The switch was perfect! No idea what they were thinking getting rid of that switch! I never use the info button...
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  • D300userD300user Posts: 15Member
    bump and the below text from Thom Hogan (I like the D400 name much better by the way :p). I agree with his thinking. I haven't given up hope yet. We'll see soon enough if the rumours start to pick up on nikonrumors.

    What’s a D9000? That would be the D300s replacement, I think. Essentially the pro (or at least prosumer) top of the DX line model. I’ve been fending off “Nikon will never do a D300s replacement” comments for well over a year now, as the faithful have lost faith. Nikon certainly gave them no reason to keep the faith, that’s for sure. But Nikon simply can’t let the D300 go into the history bin with no replacement. That would be the most foolish decision they could make. I can’t see how they would make such a terrible decision. It’s bad enough that they skipped an update cycle for the Dxxx product, but it would be far worse for them to never do one.

    I’ll make this bet: Canon will update their equivalent product in 2014. That would make a Nikon no show even worse than it already is. Let me put it another way: if Nikon doesn’t put out a D300 replacement (my expected D9000 for 2014), then they’ve so completely lost touch with their most loyal shooter base that they deserve the punishment that will ensue: switchers to Canon, more leakers to mirrorless. I say it won’t happen. Nikon will launch a D9000, and likely before the end of spring 2014, most likely in February.
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  • PhotobugPhotobug Posts: 5,751Member
    edited December 2013
    Well D300user...you nicely summarized all of our feelings. This forum was on the second page because of no post in weeks and now you brought it back to page one. :D

    Oh how I want a D400/D9000 (not sure why you did not call it a D8000) but I think the Nikon marketing group has lost touch with their most loyal shooter base. I hope your right but I doubt it will happen.
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    D750 & D7100 | 24-70 F2.8 G AF-S ED, 70-200 F2.8 AF VR, TC-14E III, TC-1.7EII, 35 F2 AF D, 50mm F1.8G, 105mm G AF-S VR | Backup & Wife's Gear: D5500 & Sony HX50V | 18-140 AF-S ED VR DX, 55-300 AF-S G VR DX |
    |SB-800, Amaran Halo LED Ring light | MB-D16 grip| Gitzo GT3541 + RRS BH-55LR, Gitzo GM2942 + Sirui L-10 | RRS gear | Lowepro, ThinkTank, & Hoodman gear | BosStrap | Vello Freewave Plus wireless Remote, Leica Lens Cleaning Cloth |
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  • SanookSanook Posts: 66Member
    edited July 2014
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  • heartyfisherheartyfisher Posts: 3,192Member
    edited December 2013
    There is a lot of HDR in sketching ... me? i have taken up KPop ... merry xmas guys !

    PS what do you do when you have created a successful photography business ? You say to yourself "I can create a better Kpop group!" Yeah the guy behind CrayonPop is a photographer! ;-)
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    Moments of Light - D610 D7K S5pro 70-200f4 18-200 150f2.8 12-24 18-70 35-70f2.8 : C&C very welcome!
    Being a photographer is a lot like being a Christian: Some people look at you funny but do not see the amazing beauty all around them - heartyfisher.

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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    edited December 2013
    @heartyfisher

    Funny, entertaining, silly, but thanks….

    Oh, as to a D400……Thom often knows...
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  • proudgeekproudgeek Posts: 1,422Member
    So from Thom's lips to Nikon's ears?
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  • PhotobugPhotobug Posts: 5,751Member
    heartyfisher, very funny and entertaining. My sub woofer enjoyed the workout. Thanks.
    D750 & D7100 | 24-70 F2.8 G AF-S ED, 70-200 F2.8 AF VR, TC-14E III, TC-1.7EII, 35 F2 AF D, 50mm F1.8G, 105mm G AF-S VR | Backup & Wife's Gear: D5500 & Sony HX50V | 18-140 AF-S ED VR DX, 55-300 AF-S G VR DX |
    |SB-800, Amaran Halo LED Ring light | MB-D16 grip| Gitzo GT3541 + RRS BH-55LR, Gitzo GM2942 + Sirui L-10 | RRS gear | Lowepro, ThinkTank, & Hoodman gear | BosStrap | Vello Freewave Plus wireless Remote, Leica Lens Cleaning Cloth |
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  • heartyfisherheartyfisher Posts: 3,192Member
    Seriously don't encourage me ! .. I can tell those identical twins apart at a glance :-(
    Moments of Light - D610 D7K S5pro 70-200f4 18-200 150f2.8 12-24 18-70 35-70f2.8 : C&C very welcome!
    Being a photographer is a lot like being a Christian: Some people look at you funny but do not see the amazing beauty all around them - heartyfisher.

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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    Hello, no news, but still hopeful…. :-S
    Msmoto, mod
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  • spraynprayspraynpray Posts: 6,545Moderator
    I can see something in the distance, but maybe it's a dust spot on my eyeball....
    Always learning.
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  • PB_PMPB_PM Posts: 4,494Member
    edited December 2013
    @heartyfisher

    Funny, entertaining, silly, but thanks….

    Oh, as to a D400……Thom often knows...
    Thom insisted that the camera would come out in the summer of 2012 and then 2013, neither of which came to pass. Thom is a knowledgeable person, but he is just guessing and listening to rumors like the rest of us.
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  • spraynprayspraynpray Posts: 6,545Moderator
    Crikey, the D3200 is a great camera but they are refreshing it already - why don't they give us the freaking D400!
    Always learning.
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  • SportsSports Posts: 365Member
    More updates than expected ... or needed, one would say.
    Like Thom talked about ... the updates are of a kind that could be made by a "B team".
    What's the A team doing?
    Nikon used to have - they MUST have had - a fair amount of ace engineers earlier, but are they all retired, working for others now, or simply wasting their time on the 2014 D620, which will be the same as D610 but with built-in wifi and GPS?
    D300, J1
    Sigma 70-200/2.8, 105/2.8
    Nikon 50/1.4G, 18-200, 80-400G
    1 10-30, 30-110
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    I am guessing Nikon had a D400 ready to go but decided to withhold it and introduce other more volume oriented bodies. And, as long as Canon did not drop their new crop format prosumer model on the market, Nikon followed suit. At present, the first D400 version is now out of date and requires some newer technology to be competitive. But, if Canon makes the move, I wood suspect Nikon will be right there next to them on the podium.
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  • donaldejosedonaldejose Posts: 3,877Member
    I think we have to expect Nikon to be rational. If right now they could produce a D400 which met critera needed for such a camera they would because they do need more product to generate more revenue. But they cannot now produce what a D400 has to be. Why? My best guess is they are awaiting some new technology. What new technology? Carbon fiber infused plastic body? Sensor improvement? Pixel binning software for better higher ISO from a DX sensor? Auto focus improvement? Anyone else have better ideas?
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  • SportsSports Posts: 365Member
    Electronic shutter improvement?
    Eye tracking control for auto focus :-)
    (When software is allowed to grow too much, completely new levels of delays become possible.)
    D300, J1
    Sigma 70-200/2.8, 105/2.8
    Nikon 50/1.4G, 18-200, 80-400G
    1 10-30, 30-110
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  • shawninoshawnino Posts: 453Member
    Real, Corinthian leather.

    Given Nikon's last few shaky quarters, I must agree: if they had a D400 ready to go, they wouldn't be holding it back.
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  • SanookSanook Posts: 66Member
    edited July 2014
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  • PhotobugPhotobug Posts: 5,751Member
    Maybe they are busy preparing the design of a new Nikon pillow or coffee cup.
    Oh my. LoL :-((
    D750 & D7100 | 24-70 F2.8 G AF-S ED, 70-200 F2.8 AF VR, TC-14E III, TC-1.7EII, 35 F2 AF D, 50mm F1.8G, 105mm G AF-S VR | Backup & Wife's Gear: D5500 & Sony HX50V | 18-140 AF-S ED VR DX, 55-300 AF-S G VR DX |
    |SB-800, Amaran Halo LED Ring light | MB-D16 grip| Gitzo GT3541 + RRS BH-55LR, Gitzo GM2942 + Sirui L-10 | RRS gear | Lowepro, ThinkTank, & Hoodman gear | BosStrap | Vello Freewave Plus wireless Remote, Leica Lens Cleaning Cloth |
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