Nikon discontinues D3000 and D5000 - nikonrumors.com

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I got multiple reports from different countries that the Nikon D3000
and D5000 DSLR cameras are being phased out and will soon be
discontinued. Some retailers were already told that there will be no
future shipments of those models. The Nikon D90 and D300s will
continue to be sold throughout the holiday season.

It is not clear if Nikon will introduce a new camera to replace the
D5000 (it should basically be a D3100 with a swivel LCD display).
Maybe Nikon will remove one of its DSLR models all together in order
to free up some production capacity for a potential new model (EVIL?).

The D3000 was released in July of 2009, three months after the D5000.

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Apart from special editions, the D3000 must have had the shortest
production life of any Nikon camera.

 

I do hope that a swivel LCD DSLR is retained by Nikon - a D5100 or
whatever - as I have found it a worthwhile addition. If the rumour is
true, thank goodness I got my D5000 while I could!

Cheers,
David

 

Thom Hogan gave a plausible explanation to this. Nikon's plant in Thailand
is production constrained. It should be obvious that the new models, where
demand is high and the profit margin high, are prioritized before older
and maybe somwhat margin pressed models.

See http://bythom.com/ "Nikon is Production Constrained".

My question is, how expensive is it to build another plant? Is it really
profitable in the long run to have a continuous pent up demand from potential
customers, that never get what they want? It sounds to me that those customers
will turn to other brands when they go bored waiting.

 

It has never done Leica any harm. Only now, after 13 months, can
Leica keep up with demand for the M9 digital rangefinder.

 

IMO WAY more appropriate to this group is "Will The Complaints Ever Go
Away"

to quote: " But complaining because a camera doesn't match each and
every specification of every possible competitor is nonsense."

 

That's exactly what the manufacturers want us to do.

They add a feature we never knew we needed (and probably didn't) then
get us to complain about the cameras from other manufacturers because
they don't have that "must have" feature.

Examples include Live View and HD Video. Personally, I don't shoot
video at all, but I still find myself comparing the HD Video features
(that I will probably never use) on different cameras. On the other
hand, I do find Live View useful.

 

More likely: Nikon is making room for the mirrorless camera.

 

Maybe true for leica, frankly I can't think of any real competition
to the M9. Nikon on the other hand is working on a commodity market
with near equivalents from several other brands.

 

True, but it still isn't a simple decision because buying a whole set
of new lenses is not something that many people are prepared to
contemplate.

 

regardless of how expensive it is, you can't build a new factory all
that quickly.

also, of all the problems to have, not being able to keep up with
demand is a lot better than having excess capacity with few people
buying and needing to dump unsold inventory.

 

Maybe you, not me. Perhaps your pseudonym might be Rich?