Is Nikon Shutting Out DX In Pro Bodies?
February 21st, 2013
The shiny new D7100 was introduced today. Which leads me to speculate that Nikon has deemed DX crop-factor cameras to be "amateur" and FX to be "pro" (barring the D600). Why? because it has not upgraded the former "pro" lineup of DX bodies since the D300s.
Now ever since the D7000 saw the light of our wallets a few years ago, photographers have been waiting, hoping or clamoring for an upgrade to the significantly older "Pro" D300s. The D7000 didn't have the feel and weight of the Dx00 series, nor were the images quite as good in terms of color authenticity, external ports and other more or less important aspects. Now that the Dx00 lineup has not been updated while the D7x00/Dx0 amateur lineup has leads me to speculate that Nikon does not deem DX to be fit for pro use anymore.
Which might actually make sense, now that I think of it.
It also appears that the optical low-pass filter is a thing of the past, since Nikon experimented with dropping in the D800E. While the D3200 already has a 24MP sensor, same as the D7100, I assume the D7100 would easily knock the socks off the smaller model in the sharpness department due to this feature.
