I think the equation will be different for the D700. The 5D was less camera than a 30D with a much better sensor, unless you needed the better sensor (or improved low-light AF) the 30D/40D run rings around the 5D for most people, for 1/3 the money. But the D700 essentially gives you slightly more camera than a D300 (you give up 1fps without the grip and the 100% finder, but gain an improved UI, built-in level and a much bigger finder) and a D3's sensor. Nikon's going to sell a metric buttload of D700's. Frankly, I expect its going to seriously canabilize D3 sales as the pro market that doesn't need the marginally faster AF or extra couple fps or 100% finder will much rather pay $3000 for a D700 than $5000 for a D3, given the identical IQ and the D700 having the anti-dust feature the D3 lacks.
-Adam On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:23 PM, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't really think it matters. I very much doubt if a "full > frame" camera will account for a significant proportion of sales > in the next five years, let alone two. I'm sure Canon sell at > least one hundred 40Ds for each 5D or 1Ds. > > > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:12:44AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Yeah, I don't think it will take that long. There may well be an >> interim product that will spur sales a bit -- a K30D. And of course >> more DA* lenses. They'll survive as a second tier player. >> Paul >> On Jul 1, 2008, at 8:53 AM, David Savage wrote: >> >> > 2008/7/1 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> If the Nikon D700 starts out at three grand and hits 2500 within a >> >> year, >> >> I'm guessing around $2000.00 for a Pentax full-frame in 2010. I'll >> >> order >> >> the first one that hits B&H :) >> > >> > If it takes 2 more years for them to release a FF DSLR they are going >> > to be well and truly behind the 8 ball in the sales game. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Dave >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> > and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
