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 03/06/2007 01:32:05 AM · #1
Not sure if this has been posted yet (the forum search seems to be getting angry with me), but I thought some folks might be interested:

Nikon Announces D40X
 03/06/2007 01:47:24 AM · #2
i was just talking about it on fanatics.
looks like a serious competitor to the 400D.
10mp sensor, ISO100 and spot-metering.
best of all, 3fps burst mode, until the card fills up if JPEG.
 03/06/2007 02:06:58 AM · #3
DAMN!!!!

that's an awesome camera now ... i recommended the D40 to a friend and he loves it, i'm kicking myself that they've released an upgrade so fast. this would have been a better camera.

and to think i just shelled out big $$$ for the D200!! LOL

watch out canon ... nikon is throwing down the gauntlet! :)
 03/06/2007 02:08:50 AM · #4
and oooh.... auto-ISO, sweet
 03/06/2007 02:13:36 AM · #5
It looks more like a product of the marketing department. Same D40 without built-in focus drive motor. But wow! 10 MP.
 03/06/2007 02:16:08 AM · #6
Originally posted by rommel:
It looks more like a product of the marketing department. Same D40 without built-in focus drive motor. But wow! 10 MP.


yup, no older prime lens for you.
isnt every other camera (even yours) a product of the marketing department? the companies just want our money, that's the final line.
 03/06/2007 02:22:03 AM · #7
I have Auto ISO...
 03/06/2007 02:22:50 AM · #8
Originally posted by rommel:
It looks more like a product of the marketing department. Same D40 without built-in focus drive motor. But wow! 10 MP.


the D40 had no focus drive motor either. so the D40x is just following suit.

or am i mis-reading your post?? LOL

this is a really bloody fast upgrade, is anyone else as surprised as i am?
 03/06/2007 02:29:57 AM · #9
Originally posted by super-dave:
this is a really bloody fast upgrade, is anyone else as surprised as i am?

I like this. It's like having the buses passing the bus-stop more frequently, rather than wait few years for one! The upgrades are not merely cosmetic, and so it can only be good.

Message edited by author 2007-03-06 03:32:15.
 03/06/2007 03:14:37 AM · #10
I'm not too sure how id feel about this if I had purchased a D40! I'd feel pretty let down if Pentax released a K10Dx this week...
 03/06/2007 08:08:32 AM · #11
Originally posted by crayon:

isnt every other camera (even yours) a product of the marketing department? the companies just want our money, that's the final line.


IMHO the marketing comes last to promote the product.
 03/06/2007 05:51:16 PM · #12
Originally posted by super-dave:
this is a really bloody fast upgrade, is anyone else as surprised as i am?


Yes I am. It seems Nikon is very keen on keeping its marketshare on this very big and most profitable section of the market. But it hurts their pro market (less profitable) that there is still no succesor to the D2h and no announcement of when it can be expexted.
The speed at which they added this camera to the line-up is interesting. Nikon used to be very slow, just look at the D100 and how long people had to wait before they came up with the D70 and finally the real thing in the D200. Now with increasing speed new models are announced:

D100 (feb 2002)
D70 (jan 2004)
D70s (apr 2005)
D50 (apr 2005)
D200 (nov 2005)
D80 (aug 2006)
D40 (nov 2006)
D40x (mar 2007)


03/06/2007 05:54:17 PM · #13
I really hate it that the D40's do not have an internal focus motor. At least two of my lenses are useless on it. More interested in the D200 though, but I promised myself to wait for its succesor. :)
It does mean that I cannot sell those lenses to D40 owners if I would like to get rid of them.

03/06/2007 06:00:28 PM · #14
I agree. What next? Focus and zoom buttons on the back of the camera? Why reach all the way to the lens? ;-)
 03/06/2007 06:08:38 PM · #15
I don't find the news surprising.
The D200, D80, and D40x more or less use the same sensor now, just with different readout channels. I think it makes it more feasible for the smaller Nikon to compete with Canon who seems to have a different sensor for every body.

Still, the D40 is a good value as it is still less expensive than the D40x.
 03/06/2007 06:09:34 PM · #16
Ok Nikon enough with he entry level stuff, now get on to competing with the real stuff. Finally put out a D3H or D3X with 10 fps and at least a 1.3X crop...
 03/06/2007 06:10:00 PM · #17
Originally posted by Azrifel:
I really hate it that the D40's do not have an internal focus motor. At least two of my lenses are useless on it. More interested in the D200 though, but I promised myself to wait for its succesor. :)
It does mean that I cannot sell those lenses to D40 owners if I would like to get rid of them.


Most people who buy the D40 are going to be using the kit lenses. There really isn't a need for an onboard motor for these types of shooters.

Or you can think of it another way, a digital version of the FM2
 03/06/2007 06:14:33 PM · #18
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
Or you can think of it another way, a digital version of the FM2

Now this is pushing it.
 03/06/2007 06:16:17 PM · #19
But the kind of enthusiasts who need decent low-priced slrs are precisely the people who would be interested in older, cheaper primes.

I'm not saying it doesn't make business sense; just that it's infuriating.
 03/06/2007 06:23:18 PM · #20
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
Or you can think of it another way, a digital version of the FM2

If it really was a digital version of the FM2 they'd have photographers breaking down the door to get one. It's nowhere near.
 03/06/2007 06:39:30 PM · #21
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
Or you can think of it another way, a digital version of the FM2

If it really was a digital version of the FM2 they'd have photographers breaking down the door to get one. It's nowhere near.


I think you guys have fonder memories of the FM2 then you recall? I didn't say an F3... I still believe to some extent it is a modern iteration of that camera. Feel free to point otherwise. It has almost the same finder, the same shutter speeds, manual focus all regular "AF" lenses. Same weight, nearly the same size... etc... I guess you all want a manual winder? Or an all metal body (like that will ever happen again in a consumer camera).

And the point of breaking down the door... Seems like the D40 was indeed doing that, I would expect the trend to continue with the D40x? No?
 03/06/2007 08:54:11 PM · #22
I'm hating digital cameras more and more... Point-and-shoot-ism is ruining photography, in 20 years there probably won't even be any cameras with manual shutter speeds or apertures manufactured. But they'll have millions and millions of megapixels...
 03/06/2007 08:59:47 PM · #23
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
I'm hating digital cameras more and more... Point-and-shoot-ism is ruining photography, in 20 years there probably won't even be any cameras with manual shutter speeds or apertures manufactured. But they'll have millions and millions of megapixels...

I think that you are overly dramatic, there will aways be pro cameras with a manual mode, but I hear what you are saying. If there was a digital FM3a, I'd definitely buy one.

On the bright side, used film cameras can be had in mint condition at low prices. I just recently bought an F100 in a like new condition for just CAD$300 (about US$250). One can get an entire darkroom set up for about US$100-150. We owe this to digital. :)
 03/06/2007 09:32:20 PM · #24
Originally posted by Azrifel:
.... But it hurts their pro market (less profitable) that there is still no succesor to the D2h and no announcement of when it can be expexted.


Yeah and what about lenses? Why no VR on the 500mm yet? That is where they are really falling behind. Almost like they have given up that end of the lens market.
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