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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

More Trouble Reports (of GXR A12, D700 and D300S)



1. Supply shortage of Ricoh GXR A12 modules owing to shortage of manufacturing component parts that are made in and supplied from Thailand:-

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20111108_489328.html
(in Japanese, Google translation to English Here)

2. Discontinuation of Nikon D700 and D300S in Japan homeland, owing to the non-conformance to the latest legal product safety regulations published and enforced. No replacement models are available in the meantime! :-o

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20111108_489260.html
(in Japanese, Google translation to English Here)

Well, the impact of the Thailand flooding to the camera industry is really huge. I bet the D700 and 300s replacements should have come, but the flooding has delayed the launch of them. Otherwise, I don't believe Nikon would have such poor planning in product succession, and let two models discontinued without any replacement to them at their own country, especially considering that the D700 is the only "affordable" FF model of Nikon.
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frank · 696 weeks ago

Actually Olympus seems to be the on in really big trouble as they have just discovered the company has been falsifying profits for the last twenty years and its stock has basically died. Olympus cameras may soon exist.
http://news.yahoo.com/olympus-investment-losses-r...
http://news.yahoo.com/olympus-says-used-m-funds-c...
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frank · 696 weeks ago

I also work with nikon and I would have to say their quality on camera seems to be going down. They are really crippling thier cheaper cameras I guess to promote people upgrading. Before cameras like the d70 were really built to last forever the newer cameras are built to last a year and need to be replaced. Maybe all companies are doing this.
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RiceHigh 110p · 696 weeks ago

Yes, the Nikon 1 and lenses seem to be cheaply built. In comparison, the Pentax Q stuff look well made and are better.
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bandymelis · 696 weeks ago

You correctly said Nikon D700 is "affordable". I would never buy a camera for more then $1000 (that is the price I paid for the K5). When the price of FF cameras gets to this point, I will buy one.
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Ying · 696 weeks ago

Everyone has their 'fair' price point. And yep $1000 is about it for me, I may stretch to $1500 for a FF. But it needs to be as small and light as the K-5 for me to be interested.
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Simon · 696 weeks ago

Sure you pay a premium for FF, but the 5D mkII is the cheapest one and you get the most bang for the buck.

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