Mijn voorspellingen voor het komende jaar (geciteerd ook door Thom Hogan op zijn site
) Persoonlijk denk ik dat ik nog even kan wachten met nieuwe aankopen ...Eerst mijn D40 onder de knie krijgen !
So what do I expect product-wise in 2010? Here's what I see for Nikon:
* Something not called a D700x: announced by March 2010, and probably called something like D800.
o D700-type body, new Nikon FX high resolution sensor
o not 24mp, but at least 18mp
o 4-5fps
o Best video yet in terms of specs for a Nikon DSLR (not that this is of much interest to anyone reading this site)
* D90 Redux: announced August 2010, and probably called a D8000 in order to conform to Nikon's new naming conventions. The real question is what changes from a D90?
o A new sensor (e.g. not 12mp Sony). What sensor, I'm not sure
o A new focus sensor, likely a simplified derivative of the D300's
o Yep, more video capabilities (sensing a theme?)
* D4000: yes, this is like sqeezing the same lemon over and over hoping there's more juice in it:
o 12mp Sony sensor
o D3000-like body and controls, but with D5000-like video/Live View
Wait a second, that's it for Nikon? 3.5 DSLRs and a half dozen FX lenses? Well, I do expect a few more lenses than that, but I just don't know what they are. I seem to have lost any connection into what's really happening in the DX lens lineup, and there must be some more lenses coming there. I think Nikon's plan for the year is "big splash in FX, big splash just below DSLR, fill in gaps." Remember, 2011 is a big year for Nikon, as it will be year of the D4 and D400, and the introduction of many new technologies into the camera line, including a radically new AF system.
Tom Hogan (http://www.bythom.com/2010predictions.htm)
