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kf0rt
10-23-2011, 09:28 AM
Recent flooding in Thailand has submerged the Nikon and Sony camera factories there:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Global-fallout-of-Thai-floods-30167951.html

http://nikon.com/news/2011/1021_01_e.htm

This is the Nikon plant that produces The D300s and lower ("consumer") digital SLRs.

If you're thinking of buying, these models are expected to become scarce soon.
W4GPL
10-23-2011, 11:26 AM
Yeah, hard drives are a concern too. We went ahead and ordered a bunch of drives for our storage clusters just in case.. we lose a drive or two a week (out of thousands). We typically don't keep spares, just order them as they fail.. hoarding! Weee.. ;)
W1GUH
10-23-2011, 04:54 PM
No mention of Canon? Good. Canons are better!!! ;)

Not really...Canon vs. Nikon is a debate with no clear winner.

But I DO wonder if Nikon makes anything close to a Canon G10, 11, or 12? Never looked to see.
kf0rt
10-23-2011, 07:31 PM
No mention of Canon? Good. Canons are better!!! ;)

Not really...Canon vs. Nikon is a debate with no clear winner.

But I DO wonder if Nikon makes anything close to a Canon G10, 11, or 12? Never looked to see.

Seems like Nikon is starting to catch up in the P&S arena. Canon always did rule that market. DSLR stuff appears to be a dead heat with Canon winning the populist vote.

No matter, just take good pics. <g>
K7SGJ
10-23-2011, 08:40 PM
Speaking of cool cameras, check out this technology.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/lytros-new-light-field-camera-lets-you-focus-after-you-take-a-picture.ars