Nikon Rumors have posted what they claim are the specifications for Nikon’s next range-topper. The D4 seems likely to go head-to-head with Canon’s recently announced 1D X.
Here’s the spec list:
16.2 MP
11 fps
100-102,400 native ISO range, expandable to 50 and 204,800
CF + XQD memory card slots! That’s right, the Nikon D4 will have the new [...]
Another new card format. The CompactFlash Association have announced the completion of the new XQD card format, designed to be the successor to the venerable CF cards we all know (and some love).
Designed to be larger than the consumer-oriented SD cards but smaller than the current CF format, the PCI-Express based XQD cards should [...]
… at least, according to industry predictions by photographer/social media pundit Scott Bourne of PhotoFocus.
Here’s the quote:
A major camera maker in Japan will either fail as a company, face reorganization, bankruptcy, or be acquired by a larger company. While all the Japanese camera companies are having problems, Nikon and Olympus are least able to sustain [...]
Nikon have issued a press release detailing the state of operations following the flooding in Thailand.
The Nikon factory in the Rojana Industrial Park is no longer flooded, and they are working to restore production there. In the meantime, alternative production facilities have ramped up more quickly than they expected, and hence Nikon have been [...]
Nikon have announced a replacement for 2008′s top end speedlight in the new SB-910.
Main changes for the SB-910 include “hard” colour filters rather than the flimsy gels of its predecessor, and a “refined user interface”. It is as yet unclear exactly how the UI differs, aside from the addition of a new Menu button. [...]
One of the things that I’ve always liked about Canon DSLRs is that there’s an army of hackers out there, beavering away on projects such as the Magic Lantern firmware modification. This brings extra goodies to certain Canon DSLRs such as better movie modes, trap focus, very long exposures, and much more.
At the moment [...]
