D5100 going extinct???

[AC016]

Nikon D5100 next to be discontinued? | Nikon Rumors

Our beloved D5100 may be getting discontinued. What is Nikon going to add to this beautiful little DSLR? If they want to keep up with Canon, they are going to have to put a 24mp sensor in there - a le 3200. However, as we all know, MP is really not the most important feature of a camera. Therefore, what could Nikon package into the next model that will really get people to pay attention to it? Here are a few ideas: Touch screen, more MP, more manual controls, a Nikon battery grip as an accessory, a better viewfinder - something closer to 100%, and maybe a built in focus motor. Again, i really don't think the MP are that important. The d5100 already shares the same sensor and processor as the D7K and both cameras take stunnig pictures. The only problem is, is that if Nikon upgrades it to much, then it is running into the D7K.... so perhaps the D7K will get an upgrade??? Hmmmmmmmmmmm...... who said DX was dead??

 

[stmv]

the life cycle of cameras are shortening, Nikon's lineup is a bit rich now, and the 5100 is kinda squeezed with the 3200 getting awesome reviews, and the 7K providee features missing from the 5100 like the ability to meter old glass and drive old auto focus lens.

so the question will be will a 5200 provide enough over the 3200, and still be enough of a price break to stay to establish a niche over the future 7K replacement.

you might be right,, maybe the 5200 will fade, and it will be 3200, 7200, 600, etc

 

[TedG954]

While the 3200 may have squeezed the 5100 with the MP folks, it is not necessarily a better camera. The loss of the bracketing feature in the 3200 is a guarantee the 5100 won't be pushed around by the 3200. I had the choice of bracketing or more MP and I chose the bracketing, i.e. D5100. I don't believe the D5100 needs to be replaced, it has a nice little niche of its own. Let the MP loaded 3200 fight it out with the in-camera motorized D7000, and their heirs. The D5100 will just sit back and take the excellent photos it is known to do.

 

[stmv]

Yes, cracks me up when Nikon artificially cripples a function, I still get irratiated that they cut the bracket depth to 3 on the 7K and 5100, The cameras are getting so good, that they really have to work on trying to create "value" in their line.

 

[§am]

I think a better viewfinder (100%), built in focus motor, commander mode for the flash, more AF points, some refinements to the menus/sw and a few MP here and there would be enough to push it into the D5200 category.

I personally wouldn't want to see a touchscreen LCD - a lot of the current screen options are accessed through clever placing of the controls, and having to move your hand away from these areas would be cumbersome.

What would be amazing though, would be a FX body with all the D5100 features, plus a few extras (like the ones above), and call it a D6000 and priced around.... £800 (body only)??

 

[eurotrash]

I think a better viewfinder (100%), built in focus motor, commander mode for the flash, more AF points, some refinements to the menus/sw and a few MP here and there would be enough to push it into the D5200 category.

In that case, we should all just buy a D7000, lol. This is the reason that there are different tiers of camera out there. If you feel limited, buy something that has the features you're in need of. The reason the D5100 doesn't have these is obviously to A: get the camera into the hands of more consumers due to the non-intrusive "friendly" feel to it, and B: adding all those little extras, which, are erroneous to most consumers would produce a more expensive camera. This would be limiting as people wouldn't buy it, and simply step up to the next model in the line.

 

[§am]

I guess with my D5100 I'm thinking of a future upgrade and hoping by the time I get round to it, the path will be there for me to do so, and at the same time, the D7000 will have progressed on as well, thus leaving the same gap between the two future models as there is between the current ones

Until then though, I shall love my D5100 and learn to take better pics with it

 

[Eye-level]

Imagine if you didn't even have a Nikon...you'd be extinct! You know my motto...

 

[silvercreek]

My D5100 is far more advanced than my previous camera. I probably won't need another camera for other 10 years or so.

 

[fotojack]

My contention is that there isn't a camera made that somebody, somewhere, won't bitch about! It gives new meaning to the truism..." You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please everyone all of the time."

Someone buys a camera...wow, this thing is awesome...3 months later, they find that it doesn't have this, or it should have that.......

To me, it seems that a lot of people are trying to keep up with the Jones's........they gotta have the latest bling and bells and whistles. Instead of learning all they can about the camera they bought in the first place, they see what others have bought and bragged about, and now they're not happy because their camera doesn't do the things someone else's camera does. I personally don't think this will ever end, but........who knows?!?

 

[Sambr]

I Agee with you Jack. I should talk though. Buying newer cameras never made me a better photographer. Not one bit. Learning about lighting, composition etc. is what made me a better photographer. So why do I keep buying them? Two reasons I have the good fortune to be able to, and I have to keep up with my wife's shoe purchase and I'm well behind.

Seriously though I must admit the D3s has "wowed" me more of any cameras I own including the D800 in which I think is an incredible machine in it's own right.

 

[pedroj]

Just want a D4 and 400mm & 600mm "When I Win The Lottery"

 

[Ironwood]

Just want a D4 and 400mm & 600mm "When I Win The Lottery"

I'm working on the Lottery as well, when I win it, I will probably get one of everything

 

[silvercreek]

My contention is that there isn't a camera made that somebody, somewhere, won't bitch about! It gives new meaning to the truism..." You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please everyone all of the time."

Someone buys a camera...wow, this thing is awesome...3 months later, they find that it doesn't have this, or it should have that.......

To me, it seems that a lot of people are trying to keep up with the Jones's........they gotta have the latest bling and bells and whistles. Instead of learning all they can about the camera they bought in the first place, they see what others have bought and bragged about, and now they're not happy because their camera doesn't do the things someone else's camera does. I personally don't think this will ever end, but........who knows?!?

I think about that every time a new Apple iPhone comes out and people sleep on the sidewalks waiting to get one of the new phones at premium costs. What a deal!

 

[§am]

There'll always be the fanboys who will sell their grandmother if it means they can get the latest iPhone, I mean tech kit

I saved up about 4 years before I got my D5100 and lenses, and I'll probably keep it for a good decade or so.
After all, the quality of photos it takes won't get worse in that time frame (putting aside wear and tear etc). Technology will move onwards and upwards, but on a 4x6, 5x11, or even some other reasonable size print, today's D5100 will still be more than sufficient

I guess we all live in a world of "wish to haves"

 

[JimC777]

Well, as a new guy, I'd hate to think that the camera I bought a year ago is now out of date, and to upgrade is not an option because of the cost. Like my Olympus OM1 I guess I'm just stuck in the dark ages. It's like trying to keep up with cell phones that change each week. The 5100 takes wonderful pictures especially as I take many action rodeo pictures. I just wish I could afford a couple of more lens's for it. $$$ for good ones are a killer and to think that probably my old lens's won't work on a newer camera. I'm just figuring out the 5100 after a year. I suppose life goes on and I'll just keep a happy face and love what I have.:cheerful:

 

[stmv]

5100 is such a deal, that I have been recommending it to some friends, so my advice. At the current sell price, some happy buyers.

 

[§am]

What you got to look at really is not the body, but the lenses.
Bodies come and go more often than lenses. You don't see new features added to lenses as often as you see a new body come out.

Invest in the glass more, and when the absolute need arises, time to change the body

 

[Rick M]

It will be interesting to see what Nikon does with the Dx lines. If they put a high MP sensor (like the 24) in the next high end Dx body, sensor diffraction will become a much more popular discussion and concern. A high end body with diffraction setting in above f5.6 will be a failure among more serious photographers. Shoot a waterfall at f13 with the 24 mp Dx sensor and it will be very evident. The 16mp sensor in the D5100 and D7000 is the best available and at the upper limit of where any landscape shooter should be in regards to pixel density (it is actually more dense than the D800). Unfortunately, technology has no control over the bending of light rays and that's not going to change anytime soon.

 

[pedroj]

Well, as a new guy, I'd hate to think that the camera I bought a year ago is now out of date, and to upgrade is not an option because of the cost. Like my Olympus OM1 I guess I'm just stuck in the dark ages. It's like trying to keep up with cell phones that change each week. The 5100 takes wonderful pictures especially as I take many action rodeo pictures. I just wish I could afford a couple of more lens's for it. $$$ for good ones are a killer and to think that probably my old lens's won't work on a newer camera. I'm just figuring out the 5100 after a year. I suppose life goes on and I'll just keep a happy face and love what I have.:cheerful:

Welcome Jim..If your happy with what you have and it's doing what you want that's all that matters...

The manufacturers are coming up with new stuff to try and entice you you to put your hand in your pocket..

I have a D300 I bought 5 years back...It still does the job and will continue to for a lot more years hopefully..