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Sanlameer wrote:
I see some people has taken the advertising blurp from Nikon about the display off the D300 and D3 line, hook and sinker. The display is NOT 922 000 pixels, it is 307 000 pixels.
Aw, come on. Don't blame Nikon for the industry standard of triple-counting those LCD pixels. For instance, prior to those incredible Nikon LCDs Canon had been proudly showing off their 230,000 pixel 3" LCD. But did you know that there are only 76,800 pixels in Canon's so-called 230,000 pixel LCD? Whether you're comparing 992K vs 230K, or 307k vs 77k, there's no getting around the fact that the Nikon LCDs have four times as much pixels as the Canon LCDs.
Sanlameer wrote:The 40D is affordable and is a significant update from the 30D and is going to be very succesfull.
True. The EOS 40D is now available in Hong Kong at a street price of $1150 USD. Incredible. After 1-2 months, these prices tend to fall some 5-10% below the initial street price. The EOS 40D will be below $1100 USD long before the $1800 Nikon D300 even hits the market in November.
In a way, you have to commend Nikon for their incredible sense of timing. Imagine --- in 2006 they release the $1100 D80 against the $800 XTi. It's inevitable that all the reviewers would pit those two cameras against each other, inspite of the huge price difference. Critically, the XTi got knocked out, even though it was contending with a camera from a different weight class.
In 2007, again Nikon releases a $1800 Nikon D300 against the $1300 EOS 40D. Inevitably, people compare those two cameras again, inspite of the huge price difference. The cheaper camera gets its butt kicked, and Nikon keeps winning in the P.R. department.
Of course, the 350D was clearly more capable than Nikon's offering in the same price bracket (D40). But did people notice? Nope.
The 400D was clearly more capable than Nikon's offering in the same price bracket (D40x). But people didn't notice either, because the 400D carried the stigma of getting its butt kicked by its mismatched rival, the D80.
Likewise, the EOS 40D is head and shoulders above Nikon's offering in the same price bracket (D80 & D200). But do people care? Nope. The 40D is an excellent camera, but it will always carry the stigma of having been outclassed by a mismatched rival, the D300.
It' all about P.R. and timing.
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