Nikon today announced their newest top of the range DSLR, the D4.
Headline features are a massively improved video mode (no doubt to compete with Canon’s lead in this area, though Nikon go on to trump them with features such as uncompressed HDMI output), support for the new XQD memory card format, a new Nikon-developed 16mp [...]
The $6,000 D4 (and a $500 85mm f/1.8 AF-S lens) is likely to be announced tomorrow (6th Jan 2011), but some sites have already jumped the gun on the press embargo. Nikon Rumors found the following. Enjoy!
Nikon Unveils New D4 Flagship D-SLR
Released : Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:01 AM
The Nikon D4, which is [...]
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 [...]
