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 ISO range is quite killer, can’t wait to see test shots at 204800 ISO. Maybe a bit to ask, but I expected Nikon to dive into higher fps for video, like 48 or 60. Canon has been at it for a while now, and doing slow motion video with my Nikon lenses would give it this such nice and professional touch.
Overall this seems like a very nice cam with good performance upgrades, at par with past announcements.
Nikon used to roll out a new flagship camera every 8 years. Photographers spent those remaining 7 years, 364 days trying to make great images that mattered. Images that inspired. Images that moved people. Images that made a difference. They spent time to perfect their vision, their craft.
Think about the images before auto ANYTHING that changed the way we see our world, the ones that kick you square in the chest and suck the all air out of the room, the ones that are so powerful you can’t stop looking or have to look away, the ones you have to wait a minute or a day or a week to formulate a response.
Now we have a new tool that has more computing power than the space shuttle, that gives the operator more control over the process and the final product than ever, that lets us capture still and motion pictures in unbelievable detail, that can see in the dark, move faster than ever, auto anything you want and it isn’t enough?
Louis C.K. has it right. Everything is amazing and nobodys [sic] happy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
I am reminded of veteran photographer Bill Hatcher’s advice on equipment given to a room of photojournalism students. “It doesn’t matter. Get what you need to get your images in front of an editor.” If you earn a living behind the lens and this tool isn’t enough for you, find one that is and don’t look back. If this is the tool for you, please, push that visual envelope as far as it will go. Show us the world as we’ve never been able to see it before. Find the edge and try to break it. 1000 miles an hour with your hair on fire. For the rest of us, our time and money would better be spent refining the craft and our own vision until our current tool is the only thing holding us back.
Bravo to Nikon on this most wonderful tool. A challenge to the users do something with it (or whatever we happen to have) that truly matters.
I’m glad they didn’t go nuts with the megapixels!. Going to be a great wedding camera. Will have to see what the D800 is going to be like though.
As a videographer who mostly uses her Nikon D7000 for shooting video, I am so happy to see the incredible leaps Nikon has made with the video specs of this camera. Uncompressed 1080p video out is an AMAZING feature, plus the reports of less moire and rolling shutter, as well as a stereo mic/headphone jack, a Live View mode just for shooting video (with audio meters): these are HUGE features for any DSLR.
Nikon has nothing to lose adding fantastic video shooting features to their DSLR product line, unlike Canon or Sony, they don’t have to fear they will cannibalize their other product line. Kudos to Nikon. I’ve been waiting for a full frame Nikon that shoots full 1080p video and I’m hoping Nikon stays on this road and adds similar capabilities to their D800 model. We’ll see shortly.
If Nikon really read this blog…
I need a FM3a with a Digital Full Frame sensor. That’s it. D4 is too huge.
Don’t need auto focus…