New Nikon DSLR... Soon

[hoodmeister]

Nikon Japan Link have a 20 day countdown to the unveiling of a new Nikon dSLR.

Not much is known about it yet, but it's looking likely to be a D70 replacement, using the same Sony sensor as in the D200 and A100.

Interesting!

 

[hoodmeister]

err, heres a link to the Global site which appears to have the same advert.. This time in a language I read

Nikon Global

That one came up after the Jap one

The D70 is getting long in the tooth anyway, it's about time for an upgrade.

 

[hoodmeister]

To be honest, I doubt it will...
The D200 is too recent a release for it to be anything superior to that (ala D70 // D100) - which means that it's perpetually wedged inbetween the D70 and the D200.
That means it can be a really rather good camera, but nothing that's likely to blow your socks off.

We already know what sensor performance is going to be like, and that seems to be where choosing a dSLR stops for a lot of people... All this is likely to do is sit at a price point similar to the 30D, but with high ISO performance that doesn't match it. Which leaves people still rooting for the Canon option, and puts no major pressure on Canon to do anything much.