Nikon D7000

hubcaps wrote in post #10911336
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the D7000 the 7D's competitor? The 60D's supposed MSRP is less than the D7000. The D90 is a better comparison for the 60D.

$1200 for the D7000 vs. $1100 for the 60D. The only reason why they aren't competing is because the 60D doesn't even try. Man, talk about DOA. Drop the 60D price, Canon. That's really all you can do to save face at this point.

Are those prices for the d7000 accurate? Dpreview has the body with kit lens for 1299 pounds, which is about $2000. It's hard for me to imagine a mag alloy body for that price. The nikon rumors site is quoting $1200 from an old rumor (from july), which they called the camera a D95. I guess we'll see street prices soon enough.

hubcaps wrote in post #10911486
Are those prices for the d7000 accurate? Dpreview has the body with kit lens for 1299 pounds, which is about $2000. It's hard for me to imagine a mag alloy body for that price. The nikon rumors site is quoting $1200 from an old rumor (from july), which they called the camera a D95. I guess we'll see street prices soon enough.

Nikon USA has body listed at $1200. You can't simply do the conversion to dollars.

Yohan Pamudji wrote in post #10911413
$1200 for the D7000 vs. $1100 for the 60D. The only reason why they aren't competing is because the 60D doesn't even try. Man, talk about DOA. Drop the 60D price, Canon. That's really all you can do to save face at this point.

I'm in for sure at $800 for a 60D.

hubcaps wrote in post #10911486
Are those prices for the d7000 accurate? Dpreview has the body with kit lens for 1299 pounds, which is about $2000. It's hard for me to imagine a mag alloy body for that price. The nikon rumors site is quoting $1200 from an old rumor (from july), which they called the camera a D95. I guess we'll see street prices soon enough.

Never convert prices based on currency exchange--it just doesn't work that way.

U.S. price is $1199 body only: http://www.dcresource.​com/news/newsitem.php?​id=4191

I'm 110% happy with my 7D. But there is no way I can recommend any budding photographer to buy a 60D or maybe even a 7D over the D7000. I'm too entrenched in Canon gear now to switch, but if I was starting out now I would go Nikon.

mpix345 wrote in post #10911497
I'm in for sure at $800 for a 60D.

Now that would turn some heads!

Yohan Pamudji wrote in post #10911507
Never convert prices based on currency exchange--it just doesn't work that way.

U.S. price is $1199 body only: http://www.dcresource.​com/news/newsitem.php?​id=4191

My bad... it's also on the nikon website. This is a lot of camera for that price.

Oh god, what was canon thinking when they released 60D? O.o

kokakaste2 wrote in post #10912175
Oh god, what was canon thinking when they released 60D? O.o

Canon copied Nikons old lineup and Nikon did a reversal and produced their first XXD style body....They simply switched places. I prefer Nikon's current choice and wish Canon would have stuck with the XXD line in its previous feature set.

If I get a new body it would be a 7D anyway, but this doesn't look good for Canon sales this year....

Looks like it, years ago I chose 30D over d80 because it was far superior camera. Now it looks other way around. Oh well, d7000 is also priced good for what it offers. Need to see real life performance of it

kokakaste2 wrote in post #10912175
Oh god, what was canon thinking when they released 60D? O.o

Can someone explain to me the rage on POTN toward the 60D? It is NOT a bad camera...I must be missing something here...

I did not say its bad, but to compete with d7000 (which obviously seem to be in same class as price is not that much more) Canon needs to pull off something bit more than a 60D.

p.s. after reading dpreview feel more and more tempted to buy the d7000... only thing holding back is SD cards (I have pile of CFs, but then again 60D use SD as well) and that I would need to sell (or trade) my ex580II :/

AngryCorgi wrote in post #10912399
Can someone explain to me the rage on POTN toward the 60D? It is NOT a bad camera...I must be missing something here...

Folks seem to have trouble accepting that despite the progressive numbering, the 60D is NOT the next body "up" from the 50D (the 7D is...)

Number higher but lower on the food chain = Angst and Gnashing of teeth.

I think we need to wait a bit to see where Canon are headed.

AngryCorgi wrote in post #10912399
Can someone explain to me the rage on POTN toward the 60D? It is NOT a bad camera...I must be missing something here...

The 60D underwhelmed many people when it was accounced. That's because it is a repositioning of the xxD line, not a straight upgrade over 50D. I think that sentiment was starting to wear away a bit, at least for me. But now that Nikon drops the D7000 in at only $100 more, and it looks like what many hoped the 60D might be, those same old underwhelmed by Canon feelings are coming right back up I think.

The reality, I think, is that the 7D is still a better camera than the D7000. But is it worth the $300 or so price difference? D7000 looks to easily be $100 better than 60D, real world performance pending, of course. Nikon seems to have placed a camera in between Canon's mid level/Prosumer grades, closer to prosumer 7D in performance but closer to mid-level 60D in price. If you are invested in glass and accessories that price difference is likely not significant enough to make you jump brands, but as somone else posted, if you were just looking to buy your first DSLR, or looking to upgrade from entry level with minimal lenses, it would be very hard not to make the D7000 your first choice.

It will be interesting to read early reviews, though expectations should be that all Canon and Nikon offerings will perform well, and then see what pricing does. I can certainly see Canon dropping both the 60D and 7D prices a little more quickly and more dramatically than they might have been planning to.