I'm in the market for a back-up, but I can wait to see if the D400 does make an appearance. This does show some promise, but it's specifically not what I was looking for.
Two23 wrote:
Hmmm. If I can connect a radio trigger to it (to fire camera from long distance,) this will work for me. At $1,200 the price is certainly right too! Maybe Nikon has regained some momentum again? I await some user reviews from "regular" guys. I might get $400 for my D300 and $500 for D5100 (after taking 18-55mm VR lens off D5200 and putting it on D5100.) New D5200 (minus lens) maybe $750 plus new D7200 body for $1,200 plus spare battery or two comes to $2,000. subtract $800 for current cameras....$1,200. I can do that. No more buying $3,000 antique French lenses for awhile though. I still think there is some chance for a d400 yet. It just got slimmer, though.
Just a modest update, nothing special. Too many Mpx for me.
IMHO there's still room for a D400, spec wise and price wise.
Sony developed a new 20Mpx AP-C sensor, which would fit nicely in a D400. This could be a high fps (and buffer) with very good noise performance and great DR.
Here's how we'll know if Nikon is definitely not making a D400. I'm not a NPS member. But for those who are. In a few months. After the D7100's release. See if they count the D7100 as a Primary body and not backup for NPS membership.
That will instantly tell you if a D400 is definitely out of the cards.
I figured something like this would happen after I bought a used D 300s last week. For $ 1199, it has to be built with polycarbonite instead of MgAl. The buffer is too small.
Maybe they don't want to replace the D 300 or the D 700. I think they're making a mistake.
If it's got the D 7000 AF in it, it is definitely a bad decision instead of using the proven D300/s AF.
Chris Dees wrote:
Just a modest update, nothing special. Too many Mpx for me.
IMHO there's still room for a D400, spec wise and price wise.
Sony developed a new 20Mpx AP-C sensor, which would fit nicely in a D400. This could be a high fps (and buffer) with very good noise performance and great DR.
+10 And again, I don't see anything about "flagship DX" in the official news from Nikon:
Mishu01 wrote:
Andre, D400 is a dead concept. Or a wet dream. Nikon will not produce it. D7100 is DX flagship and this will not change till D7200.
If that were the case, which I doubt, Nikon will lose a lot of sports shooters, those who have to pay their own expences and cannot afford a D4 and the big, heavy glass. Even with the D7100 in crop mode, the buffer is shallower than on my 5 year old D300 without offering much more resolution (15MP). In FX mode, the buffer of the D7100 isn't much deeper than the one on the ancient D80. Add to that some important ommisions with regards to ergonomics, the lack of an AF mode switch being the most important for sports shooters, and this isn't even suitable as a backup camera.
I can't be sure that they will launch a D400, but if they don't, I'm off to somewhere else. Unfortunately, there aren't many other options out there.
The D7100 is clearly a great camera, but it ain't no action cam.
Blind loyalty in this day and age, umm not sure I understand it. Hey if the D300 works for you then stick with it, sitting there waiting for some camera you think should be next in line is a waste of time. The DSLR market in this price range is getting whacked by mirrorless cameras. Read the non photo press and they say the DSLR is dead, sometimes we get caught in this bubble. Nikon cares, yeah right introduce a $2100 D600 and then discount it heavily 3 months later, talk about the shaft.
They dont have to call it flagship in order to play the role... Looks at the improvements over D7000. Think a bit at the technical distance existing between D300 and D90. If we dream for a D400 so much better than D7100 that will be a D4 with DX sensor and Nikon will never do it. Its a matter of strategy.
Jorgen Udvang wrote:
Add to that some important ommisions with regards to ergonomics, the lack of an AF mode switch being the most important for sports shooters, and this isn't even suitable as a backup camera.
Where are you seeing a lack of an AF mode switch? It looks to me like it has the same AF mode switch as the rest of the Nikon lineup. AF/M switch with a button to press to rotate through the rest of the modes.
As others have said, I don't see room for a D400. What would they possibly do to differentiate? They already put the high-end AF module in there, promised it'd be fully weather sealed, bumping the megapixels would be a little excessive... so, what, they release a D400 with a bigger buffer, a 9-pin connector, and a D800 body? That's not enough.
