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I think that both Nikon and Canon are dragging there heals with the D300 and the 7D, is this because they are now wanting to make a buffer between DX and fx, who knows.
Fuji has a cracking sensor in there cameras now but they are not Nikon or Canon.
I think that if nothing in announced by spring 2014 as far as top of the range crop cameras, I think that will be it.
Well I was quite vocal a few years back about the D300 being the last of the pro Dx bodies. But even I would be surprised if that really came about. I confess I imagined another body coming along after a period....if only to update again. 6years is a long time digitally speaking.
There is a place in the market for a high spec DX body. But it may rob too many sales from the FX models. Maybe that's why there is a delay?
As some people have mentioned before on the forum, what we see in the market place is some years behind the technology which Nikon et al have in hand ...and only meter out to us as they see fit. Only major competition issues like the high noise problem with D2 series bodies and the major customer drift to Canon caused them to release a quantum step...the D3.
Can't help thinking there is a lot of gamesmanship going on between the big players....playing cards close to their chest and only metering out the technology to suit them.
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Eric