Wakabayashi was also the development leader for the F80 (N80). Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Nikon's chief designer and development leader for the D100, provides some interesting insight in a «Behind the scenes» article on Nikon's own web site.
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One reviewer wrote: «Forget about the D100 model number and the pathetic attempt at associating it with the very fine Nikon F100 film camera.»īeing a completely new digital camera, smaller than Nikon's previous pro bodies, the inside of the D100 had to be designed from scratch. This caused a bit of controversy among some people, as if it really mattered. The camera body had much in common with the Nikon F80 (N80), but Nikon typically preferred to mention it in the same breath as the F100. There's plenty of technical information and D100 reviews online, so I won't repeat data that can be easily found elsewhere. The D100 was available until the summer of 2005, or so, when it was silently discontinued. With its six megapixel (3008x2000) sensor, the D100 (later supplemented by the D70) was Nikon's highest resolution camera until the 12.4 megapixel flagship model D2X was announced in September 2004. Priced at $1999 (in the US - I paid a lot more), the D100 became the second six megapixel DSLR to break the $2000 barrier, following the Canon EOS D60. It became immediately clear that Nikon had designed a very attractive and, relatively speaking, affordable camera. Being Nikon's first consumer priced Digital SLR camera, it attracted a lot of attention from the photographic community.
The D100 was first announced on February 21, 2002, just before the opening of the PMA (Photo Marketing Association Annual Show) in Orlando.
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