Comments on: Nikon prepping new low-end SLR?

Photos purportedly from a Nikon commercial shoot show an SLR with a pivoting screen--a handy feature for shooting video. Perhaps an April 14 announcement?

[john94857]

The two things I have been waiting on the new DSLRs are live view and an articulate LCD. This may very well make that happen. It would be awesome if this is indeed the case!

[Biggnaa20]

I agree.

I bought and love the Nikon D40, but even though I have increased creative control and the pictures look better, I find myself taking less shots than when I take my Canon S3 out. The articulated screen completely changes the picture taking experience for me. I find myself taking more candid shots, better frames shots of myself and shots that i would otherwise have to lay on the ground to take. I've looked at the Olympus cameras, but wasn't ready to drop the $1,500 (at the time).

If this is true, they have sold at least one. To me.

nb

[ewelch]

More important is when is Nikon going to give us a D800 with 24 megapixels? I have a Canon 5D Mark II at work (that supplements and surpasses our 1Ds Mark II) and a high-resolution sensor would give Nikon clear leadership in both high ISO and high resolution with a D3 and a D800 (or whatever it would be called.)

[bugbot42]

I was just about to get a new DSLR, either the Nikon D60 or Canon XSi (haven't decided which), but it makes more sense to simply wait another 8 days to see what Nikon pulls out of its sleeve.

[jjolsen]

Canon has already announced the replacement for the XSi, called the T1i. It has 15.1 MP and does 1080p video. It also has the new 'digic 4' processor. I just bought a XSi, I guess I was early.

[ScottJG24]

I would like to see Nikon come out with the latest D Series that is at least 15 MP. The D90, in which is an excellent camera, is only 12MP. Canon has their Rebel XSi & XTi that are OVER 12 MP (15MP approx).

[make_or_break]

12MP vs 15MP differences is superfluous given the state of technology today. The difference is negligible in real world, to-the-viewer terms. Your bottleneck is still going to be your output device, either printer or viewscreen. PERHAPS if you print out posters on a large format printer, or unless you have a really, REALLY uber graphics card(s) setup with an ultra-super-duper-hi-resolution monitor (still on the drawing board, I understand), no one's going to be able to see the difference.