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photobasset

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I know the manager of the local camera store. I had a chance to talk to him briefly about the camera market. I asked why he did not carry the lesser known brands. He said "when you are looking to purchase camera you need to think of the future. "If you need camera repairs will xz company still be there"? He went on to explain " that the lesser known brands are barely hanging on and their market share is very small" "Most likely one or more companies will be pulling out of the camera business all together.

He knows that I'm looking to purchase a camera soon. His remarks has have helped solidify my decision making about the camera I'm going to get. I was thinking of mirrorless, now my choice will be a Nikon D5300 or 5500.
 
Nero

Nero

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Yeahhhhh, except if he was looking to the future he'd know that there's a good chance that the future is in mirrorless cameras.

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Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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photobasset said:
I was thinking of mirrorless, now my choice will be a Nikon D5300 or 5500.
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Either would be a very solid choice. Of course the '5500 has the touchscreen and that's a deciding factor for many. I've shot with my GF's '5300 from time to time and seen (and processed (sigh)) a lot of images from that camera and it's a shockingly good performer.


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xlDeMoNiClx said:
Yeahhhhh, except if he was looking to the future he'd know that there's a good chance that the future is in mirrorless cameras.
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I agree the future is mirrorless but right now the tech is advancing so quickly I'm willing to wait a while longer. In a few years I think mirrorless will have matured a bit as a platform and maybe then I'll consider it. My DSLR is holding me over real well in the meantime. But... That's me.
 
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Daz

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Horoscope Fish said:
I agree the future is mirrorless but right now the tech is advancing so quickly I'm willing to wait a while longer. In a few years I think mirrorless will have matured a bit as a platform and maybe then I'll consider it. My DSLR is holding me over real well in the meantime. But... That's me.
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But the future is the future, Sony, Fuji etc its still mirrorless sooner or later Nikon and Canon will get their act together and move over to it.
 
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JH Foto

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Unless you really want a touch screen save yourself some money and go for the D5300, I did and I am very glad I did.
 
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Blacktop

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xlDeMoNiClx said:
Better to prepare for it now though rather than later.

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What and how am I supposed to prepare for? Will my D750 take worse pictures in the future? Do I start stowing away canned food and candles now?

Seriously. Once I'm not happy with my DSLR camera, then I'll go get a mirrorless. Not much there to prepare for.
 
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Nero

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Blacktop said:
What and how am I supposed to prepare for? Will my D750 take worse pictures in the future? Do I start stowing away canned food and candles now?

Seriously. Once I'm not happy with my a DSLR camera, then I'll go get a mirrorless. Not much there to prepare for.
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I was talking about the camera store.

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RocketCowboy

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Horoscope Fish said:
Either would be a very solid choice. Of course the '5500 has the touchscreen and that's a deciding factor for many. I've shot with my GF's '5300 from time to time and seen (and processed (sigh)) a lot of images from that camera and it's a shockingly good performer.
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I know you've been saying this for awhile now, but I have a whole new respect for this. My wife and I shot an indoor Mardi Gras ball last weekend (I was shooting the event, she got bored and broke out the D5300 to take some images I was "missing"), and I'm really impressed. The only thing I didn't catch before she headed off was that we still had Auto ISO on, so ISO was regularly up at 6400 or a stop slower, but she got some good captures for sure. I had the FX 35mm/f1.8 on the D5300 and put an SB-910 on top in iTTL mode.

I still don't care for Nikon's wifi implementation, and the GPS isn't all that, but that little guy can capture some light.
 
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mikew_RIP

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The reason it was just yes and no is i was having site troubles,typing with out a curser is not easy :D

Both systems have there advantages and disadvantages depends mainly on the type of photography you do.
 
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mikew_RIP

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Going back to the OPs original post regards camera stores stocks,its mainly down to sales potential,no camera store wants much money invested in slow moving lines.
 
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carguy

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photobasset said:
I know the manager of the local camera store. I had a chance to talk to him briefly about the camera market. I asked why he did not carry the lesser known brands. He said "when you are looking to purchase camera you need to think of the future. "If you need camera repairs will xz company still be there"? He went on to explain " that the lesser known brands are barely hanging on and their market share is very small" "Most likely one or more companies will be pulling out of the camera business all together.

He knows that I'm looking to purchase a camera soon. His remarks has have helped solidify my decision making about the camera I'm going to get. I was thinking of mirrorless, now my choice will be a Nikon D5300 or 5500.
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Sounds like it worked :)

Can't go wrong with either of those bodies, enjoy!
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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RocketCowboy said:
I know you've been saying this for awhile now, but I have a whole new respect for this. My wife and I shot an indoor Mardi Gras ball last weekend (I was shooting the event, she got bored and broke out the D5300 to take some images I was "missing"), and I'm really impressed. The only thing I didn't catch before she headed off was that we still had Auto ISO on, so ISO was regularly up at 6400 or a stop slower, but she got some good captures for sure. I had the FX 35mm/f1.8 on the D5300 and put an SB-910 on top in iTTL mode.

I still don't care for Nikon's wifi implementation, and the GPS isn't all that, but that little guy can capture some light.
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*PET PEEVE ALERT*

I agree with your assessment regarding Nikon's Wifi and GPS; even so it grinds my gears ever so slightly the D750 lacks any kind of (integrated) GPS; even Nikon's awkward excuse would be a welcome addition.

Still, I'm glad to see I'm not the only who thinks the D5300 is punching above it's weight. We have a D750 a D7100 and a D5300 in this house and based on what I've seen from all three, over a period of years, the D5300 is a proverbial "wolf in sheep's clothing".
 
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Daz

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Horoscope Fish said:
*PET PEEVE ALERT*

I agree with your assessment regarding Nikon's Wifi and GPS; even so it grinds my gears ever so slightly the D750 lacks any kind of (integrated) GPS; even Nikon's awkward excuse would be a welcome addition.
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It'll be even better to see why their soon to be release "Flagship" camera that cost more than most cars will not have it either :)
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Daz said:
It'll be even better to see why their soon to be release "Flagship" camera that cost more than most cars will not have it either
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I've always assumed(!) certain features, such as GPS, are not considered Pro-Level, which would explain why Nikon does not include them on pro-sumer or enthusiast-level bodies but that's pure hypothesis on my part. I suppose it could also be argued that native GPS would cut into sales for the Nikon GP-1A (at $250 a pop); this argument seems somewhat strengthened, at least in my own mind, by the fact that most (all?) Nikon bodies of recent manufacture have native support for GPS, but not native connectivity; but again, that's just supposition on my part.
 
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