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Is it me just imagining things, or DSLR manufacturers really are a little bit superstitious? Like, using lucky number 7 in cameras they hope would turn tables in the DSLR market. For instance:



Nikon D70 - to steal the limelight from Canon 300D.



Nikon D700 - to end Canon's 5D reign.



Pentax K-7 - to get Pentax back into the race.



Canon 7D - to rain on Nikon's D300 parade.



Sony A700 - to get a foot in the semi-pro segment, dominated by Canon and Nikon.



Or not? :-)

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='Lomskij' timestamp='1281527344' post='1669']

Is it me just imagining things, or DSLR manufacturers really are a little bit superstitious? Like, using lucky number 7 in cameras they hope would turn tables in the DSLR market. For instance:



Nikon D70 - to steal the limelight from Canon 300D.



Nikon D700 - to end Canon's 5D reign.



Pentax K-7 - to get Pentax back into the race.



Canon 7D - to rain on Nikon's D300 parade.



Sony A700 - to get a foot in the semi-pro segment, dominated by Canon and Nikon.



Or not? :-)

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The 3!



Canon D30 - to break the price barrier for DSLRs till that point, a camera to give Canon a jump on the competition price wise.



Olympus E-300 - Olympus' bid for entry DSLR supremacy.



Canon 300D - to bring down the price of DSLR-bliss down to under the $/€1000 barrier.



Nikon D300 - to bring an end to Canon's lonely at the high ISO low noise CMOS top position.



Nikon D3 - to bring an end to Canon's full frame monopoly and Nikon's own dogma of "we will never go full frame and believe in the strength of DX"



Nikon D3x - to give the Canon 1Ds mk III competition, finally



No, the 1!



Nikon D1(x/h) - Nikon's vision of how high end DSLRs should be



Canon 1D(s) - Canon's vision of how high end DSLRs should be



Canon 1000D - to show up the lame Nikon D40-D60 line



Or.. NO! The 5!



Konica Minolta 5D - finally playing in the so important sub 1000 ($/€) segment!



Sony A500/550 - the appointed big marketshare maker for Sony in the so important feature complete entry level



Canon 5D - to break through the high price points of full frame DSLRs till that date.



Canon 550D - To again assume market segment dominance with a model that is very feature complete and surprisingly capable, with advanced video for entry level.



Nikon D5000 - to diversify the bottom end of the line up, to try and gain or keep marketshare.



And so on <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

[wim]

[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1281538209' post='1671']

The 3!



Canon D30 - to break the price barrier for DSLRs till that point, a camera to give Canon a jump on the competition price wise.



Olympus E-300 - Olympus' bid for entry DSLR supremacy.



Canon 300D - to bring down the price of DSLR-bliss down to under the $/€1000 barrier.



Nikon D300 - to bring an end to Canon's lonely at the high ISO low noise CMOS top position.



Nikon D3 - to bring an end to Canon's full frame monopoly and Nikon's own dogma of "we will never go full frame and believe in the strength of DX"



Nikon D3x - to give the Canon 1Ds mk III competition, finally



No, the 1!



Nikon D1(x/h) - Nikon's vision of how high end DSLRs should be



Canon 1D(s) - Canon's vision of how high end DSLRs should be



Canon 1000D - to show up the lame Nikon D40-D60 line



Or.. NO! The 5!



Konica Minolta 5D - finally playing in the so important sub 1000 ($/€) segment!



Sony A500/550 - the appointed big marketshare maker for Sony in the so important feature complete entry level



Canon 5D - to break through the high price points of full frame DSLRs till that date.



Canon 550D - To again assume market segment dominance with a model that is very feature complete and surprisingly capable, with advanced video for entry level.



Nikon D5000 - to diversify the bottom end of the line up, to try and gain or keep marketshare.



And so on <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Not ot mention the 5D II <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.



Funnily enough, I don't see the number 8 or 88, considered real lucky numbers in Japan... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Kind regards, WIm

[popo]

Damn marketing <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



You know something with 5 in it is in the middle of the range. 7 is higher up, 3 is lower down. Higher is better!



Except with 1... echoing 1st I guess, for the best, with the Canon xD series reversing into that route.



Is 8 a lucky number in Japan? I thought it was only the Chinese, although both share a dislike for 4 (death).

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[quote name='popo' timestamp='1281544586' post='1682']

Damn marketing <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



You know something with 5 in it is in the middle of the range. 7 is higher up, 3 is lower down. Higher is better!



Except with 1... echoing 1st I guess, for the best, with the Canon xD series reversing into that route.



Is 8 a lucky number in Japan? I thought it was only the Chinese, although both share a dislike for 4 (death).

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Oh dear.. that dreaded nr. 4!



Canon EOS 400D - while Canon DSLRs, contrary to for instance Nikon DSLRs give really rather consistent tonal curve and colour results from model to model, the 400D had a more lackluster "rainy day" balance, akin to the Nikon D70(s).



Canon EOS 40D - It was a fine camera, were it not that 2 things eclipsed its qualities: Nikon D300 with higher res. sensor (10 vs 12mp) and more complex AF system, and it could be a bit temperamental with its AF (not in line with the 20D/30D predecessors and 50D successor).



Olympus E-4XX - too small to be comfortable or taken seriously, too big to make the small form factor make sense (really not very pocketable), Also lacking the Olympus standard internal sensor IS.



Nikon D40 - A throwback from the D50 predecessor, it brought no progress concerning sensor/IQ, but it did lose meaningful features (internal Nikon AF motor, exposure bracketing, from 5 to only 3 AF points) and lacked buttons for white balance and ISO setting. It also did not offer new features that were missing from the D50, like mirror lock up and DOF preview.



Nikon D40X - fixed nothing from the D40, only gained a higher resolution sensor (still with no live view).



Oh, I forgot.... Sony A450 - another 4-wonder. Same as A550, just with its most useful features removed (small, fixed LCD and no live view....)



Indeed... not a lucky number.

[edge]

Odd numbers (tick) are good, even numbers (tock) are bad. All the good engineers must be in the tick group.

I guess we shouldn't expect much from the next generation of Nikon cameras (D4, D400).

[janez]

So far I have and use these cameras:



[size="3"]·[/size] XG-1 (birthday present)



[size="3"]·[/size] X-700



[size="3"]·[/size] F90x (F70 was too colorful)



[size="3"]·[/size] [size="3"]D70[/size]



[size="3"]·[/size] [size="3"]D200 (only short time)[/size]



[size="3"]·[/size] [size="3"]FG[/size]



[size="3"]·[/size] [size="3"]D700[/size]



[size="3"]Am I superstitious to number 7 and letter G or X?!?

Nice evening janez[/size]