Re: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-08 Thread Kim Tang
pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so > it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of > attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed, > so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill,

RE: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: > Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so > it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of > attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed, > so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill, particularly when

Re: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-07 Thread John
Did Ricoh/Pentax even show up for this year's CES? On 1/6/2016 9:34 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: So I expect that all of you have been made aware one way or another of the Nikon D5 and D500 cameras. Pretty much every electronics site that it's my misfortune to belong to has sent me an announcement.

Re: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-07 Thread John
I've got nothing against Nikon, I was just wondering if Ricoh/Pentax showed at the CES this year? On 1/7/2016 8:53 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of attention. Also, blogs

Re: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-07 Thread Darren Addy
Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed, so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill, particularly when it is from one of the Big

Re: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Darren, I think you miss a certain point in your reasoning. You see, Nikon have once again pushed the envelope. How successfully - it remains to be seen, but based on their track record - I expect excellent stuff from them. Notice the quite new AF module that appears to breath new life into the

Bombarded by news of new Nikons.

2016-01-06 Thread P.J. Alling
So I expect that all of you have been made aware one way or another of the Nikon D5 and D500 cameras. Pretty much every electronics site that it's my misfortune to belong to has sent me an announcement. The specifications are quite impressive. There's been a bit of noise on various Nikon