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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 617274" data-attributes="member: 7240">The D5000 line is the best selling Nikon camera line. On the other hand the D3000 line is really struggling, despite being cheaper than ever. I mean, one can get a 24 mpix DSLR with a lens for 299 at my local brick &amp; mortar store. The first Nikon with 24 mpix was 8000 without lens.The situation might be that the imagined 'entry level buyer' doesn't exist anymore because of phone cams. Buying a separate camera, a complex and bulky one, requires some amount of enthusiasm to begin with.Looks like Nikon is moving the DX line up a notch, with a bit higher price point.The lineup was D7200, D5600 and D3400. The conclusion Nikon made was that because D5600 sells well and D3400 not at all, they should concentrate on the enthusiast models (7 and 5 series) instead of the entry level that has disappeared.The new lineup is D500, D7500 and perhaps a new line that takes the best of 5-series but maybe at a little lower price. Perhaps named D5700 to sound more upmarket, perhaps D4500 to signify a new product line. In any case I doubt that Nikon will keep 4 lines of DX cameras in production.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 617274, member: 7240"] The D5000 line is the best selling Nikon camera line. On the other hand the D3000 line is really struggling, despite being cheaper than ever. I mean, one can get a 24 mpix DSLR with a lens for 299 at my local brick & mortar store. The first Nikon with 24 mpix was 8000 without lens. The situation might be that the imagined 'entry level buyer' doesn't exist anymore because of phone cams. Buying a separate camera, a complex and bulky one, requires some amount of enthusiasm to begin with. Looks like Nikon is moving the DX line up a notch, with a bit higher price point. The lineup was D7200, D5600 and D3400. The conclusion Nikon made was that because D5600 sells well and D3400 not at all, they should concentrate on the enthusiast models (7 and 5 series) instead of the entry level that has disappeared. The new lineup is D500, D7500 and perhaps a new line that takes the best of 5-series but maybe at a little lower price. Perhaps named D5700 to sound more upmarket, perhaps D4500 to signify a new product line. In any case I doubt that Nikon will keep 4 lines of DX cameras in production. [/QUOTE]

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