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Nikon Digital SLR Timeline 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Flagship - High Resolution D1 D1X D2X D2Xs D3 Flagship - High Speed D1H D2H D2Hs High-end - FX/Full Frame sensor D700 High-end - DX sensor D100 D200 D300 Midrange - DX sensor D70 D70s D80 D90 Entry-level - DX sensor D50 D40x D60 D40 -Green indicates a camera using an FX Sensor- This box: view talk edit

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Nikon Digital SLR Timeline 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 High-end - FX/Full Frame sensor D3 Midrange - FX/Full Frame sensor D700 High-end - DX sensor, high resolution D1 D1X D2X D2Xs High-end - DX sensor, high speed D1H D2H D2Hs High-end - DX sensor D100 D200 D300 Midrange - DX sensor D70 D70s D80 D90 Entry-level - DX sensor D50 D40x D60 D40 This box: view talk edit

Placement of D7000

In Nikon's D7000 press release, it says that the D7000 "a model that introduces a new line of mid-class Nikon DX-format digital-SLR cameras.". Should we introduce another class of camera for the template? Or am I interpreting this sentence incorrectly? SCΛRECROW 09:28, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

IMHO, no needs to create a new row now. We will see later is it a new line or a successor of D90. Sergey Shandar (talk) 10:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Okay. So should we also call it the D90 replacement in its article? SCΛRECROW 10:25, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Nikon is not offering drop-in replacements for their model lineup. The D7000 is upmarket from the D90, while the D5000 is downmarket. But the D5000 is also upmarket from the D60. As far as the template is concerned, it's probably safe to treat the D7000 as the replacement for the D90. After all, it has the screw drive motor and top LCD in a midrange SLR. It's hard to believe Nikon would release another midrange camera that does directly replace the D90. Over the last few years they've had two midrange models above the entry level and below the high end D300 line, and this pattern seems to continue. What would be interesting is if the D300 line gets the boot, if too many pros and prosumers have jumped to FX. But I haven't seen evidence that will happen, just the observation that the D7000 is fairly competitive with the D300s. Fletcher (talk) 22:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

I disagree with placement of D90 and D7000. The current form of the template suggests that D90 is replaced by the D7000 and that D90 is out of production. Nikon Japan currently markets both. I agree with SCΛRECROW that D7000 seems to be a new line of DSLRs. I feel a separate line should be created for the D7000. Jovian Eye _talk 15:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Right now, the D7000 seems to be the start of a new line of DSLR and deserves its own category. However, I'm not sure if this is part of a product line restructuring, which would become more clear down the line.SCΛRECROW 04:33, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

So, I'm going ahead and creating a separate line. If things look different in the future we change it back. Jovian Eye _talk 20:09, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

There seems to be a little edit war going on over the D7000 line. To reiterate what I said above, we can treat the D7000 as the replacement for the D90. The D90 is an old model, an old sensor, it's on the way out. Nikon expert Thom Hogan says manufacture has stopped and now it's a matter of clearing the remaining inventory.. (See under April 21 news: "Side note: The D3000, D5000, and D90 all live on at the moment mainly because of built-up unsold inventory. As inventories disappear on these items, they'll be removed from Nikon's "current cameras" list. None of these models are still being manufactured.") It's interesting the Nikon website Jovianeye links to at does list the D90 -- but also lists the D3000 and D5000, which I think have pretty clearly been superseded the D5100 and D3100. So I think we need to read the writing on the wall -- these models will stick around on Nikon's website for a while, but that doesn't mean they are a separate product line from the newer models. Fletcher (talk) 01:07, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

The current line-up of models at Nikon Japan doesnt include the D90. So I guess I am restoring the D7000 to the previous version of the template. All in all, I dont agree with this timeline format because it creates a lot of ambiguity. This version of the template is well suited for the marketing done by the company wherein models overlap each other. --Jovian Eye _talk 02:32, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

As of today the Nikon D90 is still listed on Nikons UK and US sites (amongst many others), Amazon (again, amongst many others) is still selling and restocking the D90. If these facts, along with Nikon defining the D7000 as a new camera class, doesn’t confirm that the D7x00 range is distinct from the Dx0 range I don’t know what evidence is required.

The comments of some industry commentator do not override the facts. There may never be a D95, the D90 may be the last in the line – this happens in product lines. Maybe the D90 will be replaced by a D6000, who knows! We can only go on the facts and these are that the D90 is still listed on Nikon sites and it is still being sold (over two years after the D7000’s release) and restocked in parallel to the D7x00.

I think that the D7x00 range should have its own line in the Advanced bracket, the D7100 is certainly a match for the Canon 7D (which is Advanced). Also the D600, also classed Advanced, is virtually identical to the D7x00 range except for it being FX format.Bloodholds (talk) 19:12, 13 March 2013 (UTC)