Superka Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I would be happy if Nikon resume the production of their perfect COOLSCAN film scanners instead of trying to make digital - look like analogue. There are so many people shooting film now. Nikon is doing everything wrong. That's speaking about photography. shijan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreensPro Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Your recent blogs all seem to be "I want X and if Y does not provide it, they must be terrible at their multi $million business". I'm scratching my head as to why you think the no budget indie market should be such high priority, just because YOU want it to be. You really think Nikon took 4 years to come out with this, rather than purposely deciding that the market would be right in Q4 2013? Even my much smaller business has 1,2 3... even 5 year targets, planned to match the projected trends and tech of that time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarimNassar Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I've skipped through the couple articles about this camera and I feel you are wrongly judging this camera Andrew. I feel you are acting and over analyzing this as if it is the latest and best camera from Nikon and represents the future or direction the brand wants to go in. But it is not. It is a specialized camera targeted at a specific nostalgic type of consumers that can afford it. A side "cool" "retro" camera so to speak. And it is a retro camera, so obviously it will be retro in terms of features and by definition does not represent the future. HurtinMinorKey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odie Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 a simple solution for me (when a job requires more than my 5d mark 3) is to shoot on film..(on higher end jobs I found it cheape(almost no post) and with beautiful images) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Flores Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wow, that opening graphic kind of says it all. Nice. When the dust settles from the digital photo revolution, only one of the two biggies will be left standing. I think KarimNassar makes a good point about the Df though; it's a retro-niche play and not necessarily the direction of the company. Accepting that though, what is Nikon's direction? I had high hopes for the Nikon 1 system, and it may get there yet, but right now Canon looks to be innovating faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreensPro Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 When the dust settles from the digital photo revolution, only one of the two biggies will be left standing. What? The dust has settled years and years ago. They are both still here. Digital video will have minimal impact on either company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Ava Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I see the the Df release as partial appeasement to photo "purists" who think video is uncool and adds unnecessarily to the cost of a camera. Now Nikon can at least say that they did what the purists were asking for and see how the actual sales numbers shake out. Demand so far seems to show that video inclusion was probably NOT stifling sales and taking video out of the camera obviously did not lower the price - so go figure there. yes nikon is the photographers "brand", taking video out of the camera obviously did not lower the price , can i add but it surely lowered the production cost.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted November 11, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted November 11, 2013 yes nikon is the photographers "brand", taking video out of the camera….surely lowered the production cost.... Wrong I'm afraid. It's just disabled in the firmware. The video code is already there in the Expeed 3 chip and the D4 sensor was designed to do it. There's no component Nikon have removed from the camera in not having video, aside from a record button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBarlow Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Everybody knows the best Photographers are left eye dominant (running the gauntlet :lol: ) So when will Nikon make a LED camera? I am fed up wiping nose oil from the LCD :angry: maxotics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted November 12, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted November 12, 2013 Take the screen off altogether. That would lower the production cost ;) Actually there's a market for a film camera with digital sensor, for sure. It just isn't the Df. Make it $1000, full frame sensor, absolutely the same ergonomics, build, and size as a Nikon FM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM And it will take over the world. I'd buy it. No screen, no video, no nothing, I wouldn't care with something like that. If you're gonna do a DSLR with silver top plate for $3000 I want video!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Flores Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 What? The dust has settled years and years ago. They are both still here. Digital video will have minimal impact on either company. I guess you haven't seen the cratering of point-and-shoot sales and the sudden slowdown in DSLR sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreensPro Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Downturn in sales have zero to do with your idea that the dust is yet to settle on the digital photo revolution.... That ship sailed about a decade ago, when digital DSLRs equalled film (stills) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreensPro Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Unless by digital photo revolution, you mean things like iPhone... In which case i agree there is still room for improvement, but it will never reach DSLR levels or have interchangeable lenses, other than the odd gimmick... So no major effect on Canon or Nikon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Flores Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Unless by digital photo revolution, you mean things like iPhone... In which case i agree there is still room for improvement, but it will never reach DSLR levels or have interchangeable lenses, other than the odd gimmick... So no major effect on Canon or Nikon. I'm not talking about film and I'm not talking image quality. I mean that the way people take and view and share photos is very different than just ten years ago and still changing, and that companies that we just assume are major players with their fingers on the pulse may not have their finger on the pulse after all. I posit that the way the market is still shifting means that five years hence there won't be room for two behemoths like Canon and Nikon, and that by 2018 one will be a shadow of its former self. I know it's a bold statement, but heaven knows we've seen more than one company in the last decade be blindsided by the pace of technology change-Microsoft, IBM, Yahoo, Blackberry, the list goes on. Let's come back in five years and see if I'm right :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Flores Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 FWIW, this post inspired me to poke a little (more) fun at Nikon... http://www.whatblogisthis.com/2013/11/canon-congratulates-nikon-on-df.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeys Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Unless by digital photo revolution, you mean things like iPhone... In which case i agree there is still room for improvement, but it will never reach DSLR levels or have interchangeable lenses, other than the odd gimmick... So no major effect on Canon or Nikon. Just want to say, it does - both Canon and Nikon's compact camera business are hurting, and that's costing them a fair chunk of both revenue and profit. Both companies need to adapt. Even Canon's real cash cow, their business automation division, isn't immune as paper use is decreasing every year. I don't have any particular real insight, but video is not going to save either company on its own. It needs to be something else on top of that, or something different entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Flores Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Looks like I'm not the only one seeing the five year window http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/camera-companies-risk-going-bust/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmcindie Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Looks like I'm not the only one seeing the five year window http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/camera-companies-risk-going-bust/ "Olympus and Fujifilm have already signaled they’re moving away from budget cams and exploiting other areas with better returns. This shows there’s hope" So Fujifilm and Olympus are doing well because they are moving away from consumer cams? Ok... So Canon and Nikon should just sell all of their factories and start focusing on something else? Sometimes I just don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharding Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I engaged in a debate on Canon rumors where I argued that Nikon may be bought by Sony... I think I'm going to state it again! It's certainly a possibility over the next decade, don't ya think? Though it's far more likely they'd buy Olympus first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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