Wednesday, December 3, 2008

The D3x - Priced beyond market reality?

Well, Nikon's newly announced D3x digital SLR camera is really causing a storm on the internet. With its US$8000 price tag, people like Nikon expert Thom Hogan, all-round photography expert and ex-CEO of IT companies Michael Reichmann and photography clown and maverick Ken Rockwell are all basically saying the US$8000 price tag is out of touch with reality.

Nikon is trying to be like Canon to milk the market with a US$8000 cam. Problem is they are a couple of years too late. Tough luck.

Having said that, here are the Nikon D3x sample pics from Nikon.

They look really good. I'm not just talking about the exposure and color rendition... but look at the corners and edges.... there's almost no distortion or corner softness to speak off.

Canon better be coming out with some good lenses to do some justice to the new 5D Mark II. That new lens plant better be churning out good glass next year and Canon's QC had better be up to scratch cos we're getting our bums kicked here. Nikon's overall market share grew by 333%.... gosh. I wonder if Canon lost market share....

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