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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan Lanni" data-source="post: 174774" data-attributes="member: 14629">Rick,As someone fairly new to the dslr, coming from film ages ago, my first thoughts in looking at dslr's was that most people would want to replicate 35mm in a digital format. As you are aware, graininess in cropping and blowups was the issue so the &quot;real McCoy&quot; photographers ran medium size formats, like the Hasselblad. In 1984 I needed a magazine product ad so I hired a studio photograph and he used a Hasselblad. I still have the negatives today and they are impressive.But, I understand differently now and some of the reasons why (still learning) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It seems there is a lot of chatter in favor of a dx frame size. Considering that making things smaller is the trend, I don't see how Nikon's business wonks can ignore that market opportunity. The problem is a company can't have two competitive products in the same market segment, so my sense is for it to really compete above the d7100 it will need to be a next gen d800 w/ a dx sensor. It's a matter of timing for proper market positioning. It's likely that Nikon doesn't want to lose it's d7100 investment. Maybe early to mid 2014?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nathan Lanni, post: 174774, member: 14629"] Rick, As someone fairly new to the dslr, coming from film ages ago, my first thoughts in looking at dslr's was that most people would want to replicate 35mm in a digital format. As you are aware, graininess in cropping and blowups was the issue so the "real McCoy" photographers ran medium size formats, like the [I]Hasselblad.[/I] In 1984 I needed a magazine product ad so I hired a studio photograph and he used a Hasselblad. I still have the negatives today and they are impressive. But, I understand differently now and some of the reasons why (still learning) :) It seems there is [I]a lot[/I] of chatter in favor of a dx frame size. Considering that making things smaller is the trend, I don't see how Nikon's business wonks can ignore that market opportunity. The problem is a company can't have two competitive products in the same market segment, so my sense is for it to really compete above the d7100 it will need to be a next gen d800 w/ a dx sensor. It's a matter of timing for proper market positioning. It's likely that Nikon doesn't want to lose it's d7100 investment. Maybe early to mid 2014? [/QUOTE]

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