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Agree entirely. I got the d750 relatively soon after it was released - and now I see that was more than six years ago. Apart from quibbling about some details - in my case, I occasionally wish it had a deeper buffer (kids) - about all I'd want is 'better', but very little of that is critical.
Image quality, handling, autofocus, exposure are all really damn good on d750 and later. And the newer ones don't provide the 'jump' that previously would have been seen between generations.
I've looked at the mirrorless Zs: I don't see any clear, obvious benefits. Everyone raves about the Z lenses (mostly) - but with only one or two examples, they're ... not at all cheap. The truth is, for what I need, lens quality/performance of what I have is mostly acceptable (actually way better than acceptable). Of course, there's always one or two things I'd like to acquire - but very few clear-cut wins that would make a difference. The relatively large size of the Z lenses so far also puts me off.
It seems to me that what's lacking in the Z series - for me anyway - is anything particularly fun that they would enable (at a reasonable price). They need E-series lenses - relatively small and decent quality, decent price, and small.
About the only other thing the Zs would let me do right now that I can't is goof around with putting old lenses on it (which I'd certainly do, just for kicks, but doesn't justify a new camera).
As it stands now, when I feel like changing things up or playing around with something different, just for inspiration or a change of pace, I either use an Oly micro four-thirds (also not recent, but small and fun with a fast prime), or something from the herd of older film cameras.
I'm not sure that approach would work financially for Nikon - I understand what they're doing now by going for premium/pro market (take as much cream in the form of margin as they can), but that market is by definition limited and hard fought.
At some point they'll come out with more for their stable of offerings that reaches further down into more of a mass market, but that might be too late.
I see lots of people with dSLRs when traveling, but otherwise - not so much.
That said, I'm not personally concerned - I honestly expect I'll be okay with the d750 for another ~five years, and who knows what will be on offer by then. But my indifference is hardly a good thing for Nikon.
