photo via Gizmodo
Here’s some highlighted specs:
_16.2 effective megapixel, full-frame sensor (16.6MP total)
_10fps shooting with AF and AE, 11fps with focus and exposure locked, 24fps 2.5MP grabs
_1080p30 HD video at up to 24Mbps with uncompressed video output
_91,000 pixel sensor for metering, white balance, flash exposure, face detection and active d-lighting
_ISO Range 100-12,800 (extendable from 50 – 204,800)
_MultiCAM 3500FX Autofocus sensor works in lower light and with smaller apertures
_Two sub-selector joystick/buttons for shooting orientation
_New EN-EL18 battery (21.6Wh capacity, CIPA-rated at 2600 shots)
_Twin card slots – one Compact Flash and one XQD
Please note I HAVE NOT touched one of these cameras, and NO I didn’t shoot the campaign. and I haven’t yet spent the appropriate time with the camera to tell you any gory details. I’m assuming I’ll be able to chat more soon.
So.. I (we) knew this was coming, but rather than me spouting off about having played with the system (I can’t), or telling you what your feelings about this system should be (I won’t), I’m turning the tables on you.
What’s your take? Love, hate, indifferent? Insights?
[Reminder that Nikon plays close attention to this blog, so your comments on this post – glowing or otherwise – might help inform Nikon about what your thinking.]Link to all the Nikon D4 details and/or purchase here via B&H.
The most intriguing feature to me is the Ethernet port. I haven’t seen it talked about much, but this is a sweet addition for those that shoot tethered. Reason being, USB speeds are slow and get slower the longer your USB cable. With gigabit Ethernet you have high speed file transfer, and you don’t compromise speed over distance. I didn’t read anywhere that the D4 supports gigabit, but I would assume it would. Wish I could afford the D4, but at $6,000 I’ll stick with the D700 for a while longer. I would rather invest in better glass than a body with lots of extra cool features.
The video abilities and HDMI uncompressed out are great. And they need to tie in with the digital media recorders (AJA Ki, Pix 240, etc) which will start to kick all these 5DMKIIs off of commercial productions (as they have dirty screens an compression on the HDMI displays). The post workflow would would welcome a hard drive hand off with no transcoding of footage. Definitely on track for what’s needed now.
I think I am gonna give my little baby for adoption and get a better one 🙂
baby=d3s 🙂
Thanks for the clarification!
I do agree with most people–having two different media slots is a pretty poor idea. Look at the Canon 1D MKIV…supposedly, one could use the SD slot for video, and CF for photo. But, as it turns out, almost no one shoots both video and photo on the same body at the same time (that I know of. I could be horribly wrong, maybe Chase uses his D3s, now maybe the D800/D4 in exactly that fashion). This tells me that a D4s could be on the horizon with twin, or triple XQD slots and maybe hitting that 12FPS with insane write speeds and buffer-size.
Just my $0.02
Steve
This is too much camera for me.
Gimme the D800 so I can retire my D90, lol 🙂
d3, d3s, d3x…what about us suffering d700 users? I could really use an upgrade to my d700 platforms as I am dying to get into video and am getting requests for higher resolution images, but the 6k is a bit out of my $$$ range for the work I do. Please Nikon?