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General Digital SLR Cameras
Frequency of new DSLR cameras released
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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 616350" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>I've bought a couple of bodies every 4 years. Last film bodies were F5 and F100 and every single-digit facelift body after that. That is D1H and D1x, D2Hs and D2x, D3s and D3x, D4s and none, next year D5s and hopefully the rumored D5x.</p><p></p><p>I think the rate of new bodies to the market is good, and has been stable for almost 2 decades. By 4 years the bodies are getting a bit long in the tooth anyway. Hence I voted 'wear'.</p><p></p><p>The rate of consumer bodies need to be faster. A new body announcement gets free press and makes the manufacturer look relevant. Every few months a new version with a new mix of features, with higher end AF and sensors slowly trickling down to help amortize the development costs. Consumer marketing 101 at its purest. Nothing wrong with that, consumer bodies are what makes Nikon its money. The single digit bodies are a halo product and possibly make no money at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 616350, member: 7240"] I've bought a couple of bodies every 4 years. Last film bodies were F5 and F100 and every single-digit facelift body after that. That is D1H and D1x, D2Hs and D2x, D3s and D3x, D4s and none, next year D5s and hopefully the rumored D5x. I think the rate of new bodies to the market is good, and has been stable for almost 2 decades. By 4 years the bodies are getting a bit long in the tooth anyway. Hence I voted 'wear'. The rate of consumer bodies need to be faster. A new body announcement gets free press and makes the manufacturer look relevant. Every few months a new version with a new mix of features, with higher end AF and sensors slowly trickling down to help amortize the development costs. Consumer marketing 101 at its purest. Nothing wrong with that, consumer bodies are what makes Nikon its money. The single digit bodies are a halo product and possibly make no money at all. [/QUOTE]
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