NIKON D40........ real or hoax

[big pix]

http://www.allengeorge.com/

and
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readf ... d=20719157

[Yi-P]

An upgraded D50 with a downgraded D80 combined together, sounds interesting...

There were some more humour about Nikon making the announcement in Mid November, just before Christmas to make a big hit on market... Dunno how will this gonna be...

[DaveB]

Since when has Nikon been known to announce a new DSLR and be able to ship appreciable numbers of units in under a month?

[Yi-P]

Since when has Nikon been known to announce a new DSLR and be able to ship appreciable numbers of units in under a month?

They can never produce enough to meet the demands...

[bwhinnen]

Sounds just like the whole 40D (Canon) rumour and photokina that was just going around...

[Glen]

Bernie, interesting. There certainly would be a market for a camera which doesn't end up using anything more than the 1 or 2 kit lenses which came with it.


Dave B, how right you are

[Nnnnsic]

If that's a fake, that Photoshopper knows what he's doing.

[Killakoala]

It makes sense to me.

Nikon have said time and again that it is trying to gain more market share in the low end market so a true entry-level camera with NIKON branding will fit very well in the entry-level stakes, with Pentax, Olympus and now Sony etc. I always felt the D50 was aimed a little bit too high for Nikon to be competitive with those cameras.

Still, it could also be another good fake.

[gstark]

Since when has Nikon been known to announce a new DSLR and be able to ship appreciable numbers of units in under a month?

Actually,

The D80 is suprisingly available. No shortages in HK, at any rate.

[Underload]

This is just a thought...happy for it to be found wrong or illogical

If the D40 exists, and does become a production model, have Nikon made a potential mistake in using a 6mp chip? I mean, it probably helps keep the manufacturing cost down (rather than sourcing a 7 or 8mp unit)- so that might ameliorate some of the disadvantage.

What I mean is, the D40 would be a camera pitched at people getting into photography, a cheaper alternative. However, some of the people upgrading to it from a p&s, or just buying it outright as their first camera have that real mentality about more mp=omg...better camera.

Maybe as a purchaser, they'd have a hard time justifying it when the p&s market moves on to higher mp counts? Some people might not 'get' the idea of a dslr.

[moz]

It's that time of year... we're heading towards the Christmas spending spree and the beta test phase for the "spring" show hardware. I have the usual FOAF rumors coming in, one guy who swears he has actually seen a 1DsIII and some new glass to go with it. Whether that will turn out to be true I dunno, but 23.9MP full frame does sounds good (unless, of course, you're a PhaseOne victim. I mean, customer).

personally I'm just hoping it drives the price of the 1DII and 1DsII down in the second hand market to the point where I can afford to buy one. Or one of each if I trip over a $10k note ijn the street.

[MCWB]

Some people might not 'get' the idea of a dslr.

I think that this is aimed at those who do get it (had film SLRs etc) but have been put off by the sheer $$$ in the past. Let's face it, you used to be able to buy entry-level film SLRs around $500 yeah? DSLRs haven't been in that ballpark yet; maybe the D40 is a push towards that sort of market.

[Glen]

Trent, spot on. I have given two F401 as gifts in the past, and would love to give my godson a DSLR, but when I bought him a camera the D70 was the lowest. I bought him a digital P&S instead. I would have jumped at a D40 for say $850 kit.

[Nnnnsic]

Whether that will turn out to be true I dunno, but 23.9MP full frame does sounds good

I'd heard 22.

(unless, of course, you're a PhaseOne victim. I mean, customer)

You've obviously never had the pleasure of using one.

[bumthology]

i have the d40
my first dslr camera
must say its pretty good
i mean having a dslr.

[Yi-P]

Its fun to read back posts from several months ago and compare to what really happened today.

Congrats on your new camera bumthology, you gonna love it