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Eric wrote:
richw wrote:I thought the D200 was 98% of the camera that the D2x was, and possible a better model than the D2h but I think there has always been clear water between the D3 series and the D300. I have no doubt that the D300 (particularly the 's') was a big step forward over the D200.
Perhaps it's because I own a D200 and have a real soft spot for it, most of my photos where taken with it, but I never felt that the D300 was quite as good a value proposition.
I am with Tom on this one.
Yes the D200 is a nice camera and (as you say) 98% of the D2X. But I didnt think much of the D2X in the first place...it was a stop gap till Nikon got the FX sensor working....and sorted out noise!
Yes there is clear water between D3 and D300 ...but it is still a better performer than the D200 in several ways.
Its this fact that has delayed the arrival of its successor for so long.
Well I never had a D300 so that may explain some of my feeling!
No doubt the D300 is a better camera, but compared to it's peer group at the time (not just Nikon, but Canon et al) I still believe the D200 stood apart in a way the D300 didn't.
I'm not for one second saying it was a better camera but give that it was a whole generation earlier, at the time it came out I think it stood out from the crowd as a great buy in a way the 300 never managed.
But however you rate the two models I think this niche is an important one for Nikon and I hope they bring out a D400 that really knocks our socks off.
I think you are overlooking that one of the reasons the D200 and D2X were so close was they shared the same DX sensor. This wasn't the case with the D3 and D300.
The D300 DX sensor was never going to approach its FX big brother in image performance. It was the D700 that was 98% of the D3.
I was on record at the time of its launch, saying that the D300 had reached such a level that, with the advent of FX, It could be the last pro DX body for a long time.
With the tweaks of the D300S I believe that has been the case.
It remains to be seen what the D400 can bring to the image and performance party.
My fear is that its developments will be merely movie biased.
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Eric