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DSLR 1 thread. PnS 1 thread

D3k, D5k - no motor, no commander mode, cannot meter properly with manual lens
D80,D90,D7k - got motor, cannot meter properly with manual lens
D300, D700, D3 - have all the feature but not much user. This thread is usually very quiet.

The reason why I don't agree to merging all into a single Nikon thread due to
1) Thread grows too fast, things posted at morning will be 3 page behind by afternoon and not much people notice it.
2) Big difference between nikon body (No motor ), Money will be wasted if D5k user accidently buy a AFD lens or even AIS lens then only discover it won't work on their body.

ps: I might be wrong with the limitation of each class of bodies.

About merging into FX and DX thread, I forsee FX thread will be very quiet while DX thread will grow very fast like the canon thread.

My 2 cents.

Maybe can change the thead name to
Nikon light Body
D3k,D5k

Nikon Medium Body
D80,D90,D7k

Nikon Full Body
D300, D700, D3

Sound like wine thread now.

I would suggest a Entry level thread (PnS, D40,D3000/D3100, D5000) and another thread to accommodate higher range (D90 - D3S) since the entry level models doesn't have motor, the discussion topic for them would be more relevant rather than having D40 and D3s users talking together in a big thread.

Two threads is good because it retains the current state and not having too many threads at the same time. PnS users is very few here so they can just join the entry level thread.

Does this make sense?

P&S user will get poisoned and jooin the dslr crowd. hahaha

if you dont merge I Will create a pentax kx thread

anyway since canon only have 1 thread, why nikon need so many

why not leave it as it is, most of the question"discussion" is about the same...

the thread will grow too fast but the discussion is quite the same. i.e: should i buy this lens/camera etc.....lol

p/s: why this discussion come out again. I taught we been through this before. which is exactly proved my point.. hehehehe

What i worry is merging all thread together will end up thread going too fast, and questions asked will be left out accidentally

Can re-ask ma. Not that you need to pay a single cent

Proof that Stars =/= ability to add to a discussion.

You know that you can click on "my assistant" on the top right corner and find your last 10 posts.

Heck.. the mods should even merge the S90/S95, LX3/LX5 threads together. After all, they're all the same thing.

Sien lo wanna ask again and again

This case happen before in canon thread, I saw forummer got pissed off because he thought no one wanna answer his question

better put all nikon dslr in 1 thread & pns in 1 thread.

1. and then we will be in a loop again to break the thread into models....

2. Users will open a new thread to ask a question, which the mod will kolos and ask to go to the giant thread.... and we will in a loop again as the above quote.

seems like somethong similar in Apple Section

D40/x, D60, D3000. D3100, D5000, PnS --> Entry
D50, D70/s, D80, D90,D7000 --> Semi
D100, D200, D300/s, D700, D3 --> Pro<s>gol</s>

one thread - nikon the dark side . xD.

higher end model user can guide the beginner user (d3000/d3100/d60/d40) in term to produce nice images.

Mentality issue lar.. if someone wanna get pissed cos no one answer his/her question, then that's own problem di.

Split into different model... like now D90 wanna EOL di... later those fella's lepak where?

Besides... one DSLR model got so many question can ask ker?

If group into class... ppl with D3000 will think it's a semi-pro model.

All these issues cannot change wan.

That's the part most of the post above don't get it. A little lazy to reply already

I'd say gather all. Be it entry level or super pro level. So what ? it's still a dslr under Nikon. One day, they will move to that level as well.

If I look at all the threads in Photography forum, the top 10 of them usually belongs to products discussion. Sometimes, even still you need to choose one thread to go in if you just want to talk about photography in general (regardless of the camera brand). I haven't see such thread yet. Or is there any?

Even in D90 thread, we can still talk about high end stuffs like D3 or D700 etc just for the fun of it. So imagine I owned a D90 and I'm a beginner, I asked some photography questions, no one bothers to answer me, does it mean I have to go to D3k or D5k thread just because the general demographics of the photographers there are mostly beginners or just started in the world of photography?

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 15 2010, 08:17 PM

there are thread regarding general photography regardless of the camera brand in here. search for it please just don't make up point to strengthen your own..

p/s: we got one about black and white, we got one about street photography... if we don't have one...just make one lor. the mod wont fire you for it...

just group all la...

DSLR 1 thread, PNS 1 thread... like canon's thread. very neat and tidy...
whats the point of multiple threads? exclusivity? the feel of superiority?

and even sony's thread, the fastest growing thread here with the most versions also i dont get lost...