G2 King of the hill status threatened...

[blehman]

Ever since the days of theG1, The G family has always been the king of the hill by a long shot, even a years after introduction. At long last I see the 1st potentially worthy competitor The Nikon 5700. (even if $1.2K) It seems to have all that’s missing in the G2, i.e. zoom & grip, some bells and whistles, with out the unnecessary (for most of us) pixel overload, and with a full list of accessories. If picture quality will be classic Nikon (unlike the 5000 !) then Canon be aware. I honestly hope Canon have the equivalent up there sleeve. Any one know something ??

[jimmyjazz]

maybe the g3

[Mind Socket]

There's a big industry trade show coming up apparently. I guess we'll see what's going on in the R&D labs then.

- Rog
PS. I personally don't find 4MP to be pixel overload at all. That's most of the reason I chose the G2.

[blehman]

Agree 4 MP isn't an overload, neither is 5, but any thing beyond that isprobably unnecessary for normal and > normal applications. I'd rather the research $'s be spent on better lenses, and refinmenent of an existing product, and also - faster file save (a function also of pixel size) etc...

[21farms]

to me, the nikon 5700 is not a direct competitor to the canon G2...not in price, specs, nor features. rather, it will compete directly with the replacement for the canon pro90IS (whenever that comes out...hopefully soon).

[glawhon]

"with out the unnecessary (for most of us) pixel overload...."

Huh? How does a 5MP Nikon 5700 not have pixel overload compared to the 4MP Canon G2?

[yippy]

Will the introduction of Nikon 5700 cause Canon to reduce price for G2? Any market talk on that?

[zoobiewa]

The new nikon is ugly and huge. I wouldn't get it. I would much rather have a larger lens so a camera could support good zoom lenses, than a freaky looking bulky block of one.

[Stoneh]

Even though ive just bought a G2, the Nikon5700, from what sample galleries ive seen of it looks formidable, but then again... at that price it wants too!

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/nikon5700_samples.html

[George]

I loved Nikon's 35mm cameras, but I haven't been turned on by any of their digital cameras. In addition to Canon making a great camera (G1 & G2) for the money, the fully support RAW as a standard feature. Nikon seems to continue to overlook this feature. The D1 has the feature, but Nikon has the nerve to charge a few hundreds bucks for it. This attitude has turned me off with Nikon when it comes to digital cameras. As far as I'm concerned... Canon rules the less than $1K digital market!