Strategy plays a role I am sure, when introducing a totally new line. Which consumers will buy one....which will be the supporting role in the future. Looks like they may have thought the best grouping would be middle line photographers that havn't the huge investments as pros and semi-pros, and want something new. Someone without top lenses will most likely be less critical also, but able to learn the system.
Boy, it'd be fun to be a fly on the wall during all those discussions! Just saw your photos. Yuk on the colors. I am trying to picture the type who'd go nuts over them....lol [probably younger than me]. To me it shows you are not a serious photographer, but for young people they have a whole different idea of whats cool. lol
So, the prime lens is a pancake, 10mm, equivalent of 27mm? And f2.8? Slow zooms?
10MP and a very small sensor, yet the camera has no size advantages over the competition?
Meh. A double Meh.
The Coolpix 7100 above looks more solid to me. And ergonomic too.
The Coolpix 7100 looks better, looks more solid, looks better to hold AND looks like it has better controls. I think these cameras are squarely pointed at P&S-ers upgrading. Not at advanced users. Sadly.
After reading dpreviews assessment of why Nikon chose the small sensor route I started to gag half way through. One of the reasons they speculated in was that "Nikon didn't want to send out any signals that they were not 100% committed to the F-mount".
WTF is that supposed to mean? Instead of bringing a competitive product to the loyal Nikonians who have waited patiently, they bring out an underspecified, dumbed down version of what is already available by the competition (and better!) in a similar package at lower prices. Oh, and with faster lenses and higher, useful, pixelcount on larger sensors too.
Nikon does not want the CX system to cannibalize their F-mount sales.
Don't worry Nikon, the competition will do that perfectly well. The only people applauding Nikon's strategy will be the competitors. I was hoping Nikon would rise to the occasion to up the ante a little. This was a stillborn product if I ever saw one.
But, they will sell well in Asia, given the brand name. It does not take many years for people in the mass market to lose interest in an established brand though. Sony and Panasonic have emerged thanks to the mass market and have established themselves as well known camera manufacturers, regardless of what I would think of their legacy.
The new Nikon mirrorless is so incredibly uninspiring.
Oh, and what happens when you want to buy a pancake for your new green metallic camera and the clerks says "We are fresh out, but we do have one in Pink."
licorisher wrote:
Oh, and what happens when you want to buy a pancake for your new green metallic camera and the clerks says "We are fresh out, but we do have one in Pink."
Pink and green fits very well! My phone has a green and pink bag. But then, I'm female...
licorisher wrote:
After reading dpreviews assessment of why Nikon chose the small sensor route I started to gag half way through. One of the reasons they speculated in was that "Nikon didn't want to send out any signals that they were not 100% committed to the F-mount".
WTF is that supposed to mean? Instead of bringing a competitive product to the loyal Nikonians who have waited patiently, they bring out an underspecified, dumbed down version of what is already available by the competition (and better!) in a similar package at lower prices. Oh, and with faster lenses and higher, useful, pixelcount on larger sensors too.
Nikon does not want the CX system to cannibalize their F-mount sales.
Don't worry Nikon, the competition will do that perfectly well. The only people applauding Nikon's strategy will be the competitors. I was hoping Nikon would rise to the occasion to up the ante a little. This was a stillborn product if I ever saw one.
But, they will sell well in Asia, given the brand name. It does not take many years for people in the mass market to lose interest in an established brand though. Sony and Panasonic have emerged thanks to the mass market and have established themselves as well known camera manufacturers, regardless of what I would think of their legacy.
The new Nikon mirrorless is so incredibly uninspiring. ...Show more →
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If I was disappointed with the D7000, you can imagine my chagrin and disappointment with this new Nikon direction. I would definitely get a M43 or Nex (with larger/better sensors) over this line any day. Or move the other direction with a Canon G12 or S100.
Any speculation when Nikon will have Sony buy them out?
Oh, if that would ever happen I am not sure on what I would think.
Nikon are acting like they are the only player on the dSLR market by thinking a smaller camera with a large sensor would hurt their F-mount sales.
Every other player out there will hurt their sales.
If they had chosen to bridge the gap to the dSLR with an APS-C based (or 4/3) with F-mount compatibility they would have attracted more to the F-mount and the serious photogs, amateurs and pros alike, would swarm to it. People on the fence would be persuaded by having both to choose from and to have the ability of a complimentary, smaller camera/outfit.
But now, no attraction unless you are about to dangle it off your man purse in San Fran on the weekends...
This camera isn't for people who post in alternative gear photography forums.
If you look at Nikon's home market and where MFT and even NEX is winning its essentially for women who are looking for something better than a Canon SDxxxx Powershot.
If you're in Japan or much of east Asia, its mostly women carrying a GF2 or Oly around who aren't Alt Gear photographers but are enthusiasts. Why do you think Olympus and Panasonic release those cameras in feminine colors?
Just saw your photos. Yuk on the colors. I am trying to picture the type who'd go nuts over them....lol [probably younger than me]. To me it shows you are not a serious photographer, but for young people they have a whole different idea of whats cool. lol
