Nikon D2X...bets?

[Sebastian]

Up till now we haven't heard a lot about problems with the full-blown pro digital SLR's. It's interesting to see your feedback.

Charles

Then you probably weren't paying attention.

The D1 had problems with banding and a magenta cast, only the banding was ever resolved, and only with a "silent" upgrade.

The D1h and D1x were free of the banding and magenta casts, but earl runs seemed to have issues with the mode selector, as did a run of the F100 which shares the same part.

Now the D2h not only comes several years after the same technology did with Canon, it also fails to meet the quality of the Canon. It surpases it slightly in response and shutter lag, and introduces some other improvements, but falls short in noise and reintroduces the magenta cast to an extent, mostly visible in skin tones.

To say the Nikon waits until something is done before releasing it is unrealistic, the D100 wasn't really finished IMO until the 2.0 firmware. However, there is no difference here between Nikon and any other manufacturer. Ever since the high turn-around computer age came upon us, WE have become the beta testers at our expense. Blame all the early adopters.

BostonBullit,

The D2h has user-upgradeable firmware, the instructions mention it in the revised version of the manual that you can download on their site.