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.
meh.. let me know when the real news happens. I was hoping for maintained Nikon dominance, instead they release this? Maybe they spent all their creative capital on the D3 generation.
The high ISO is a nice touch, but only 1 stop beyond the D3s, and yet to be confirmed if its any better in low light. Though it is a marked improvement and one I glad to see, just wish it wasn’t the only significant one. Had they not released a D3s this would have been a huge improvement, but they kind of burst their own bubble on this one.
Again, meh…
I love nikon, i do, I always have, even when last month I sold all my nikon gear to buy new canon gear. I do food photography and a ton of videography now, and I just coudn’t stay with nikon because they were so behind in video. even the d800, while a dream camera i’m sure, was so out of my budget and only had minimul improvements towards being like a 7D.
This is a great camera i’m sure, and I will always be a nikon fanboy, even though I coudn’t continue to succed using their cameras professionally for my company.
(p.s., i’ve been sking and shooting for 12 hours straigt, I can barely read this little font so my spelling is the last of m concer…zzzzz zzzzz)
I cannot believe the ISO range can go up to an extended 204,800. Insane!
Not very impressive.
The D3 felt like an revolutionary improvement over the D2 family.
This feels like an incremental improvement over the D3.
I want.
But I can’t afford just yet. And I’m happy enough with the D7000 that I’ve only had for ~7 months and still don’t have down completely.
In all honesty, the D4 is way too much camera for me, and too big to take sneaky street shots with. The first is a short-term issue. The second is (at present) a non-issue since I mostly shoot stuff that knows it’s being shot or is completely static and unfeeling (and cats, who may or may not have any idea what’s going on). Then again, Nikon didn’t have people like me in mind when they came up with this camera, that’s why there’s the D7000 (and other consumer models).