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.
Love the separation between the wedding/sports oriented D4 and the studio-oriented D800…really smart product planning. Ultimately will mean more sales for Nikon as the two will do very different things very well.
Glad to read someone understood the purpose of each one. I agree with you totally.
I shoot with a d700, d7000, and the d3 when I’m working events, and I’m having a hard time justifying the price of the d4 vs. the rumored specs on the d800.
Seems like Nikon is aiming this at the action photographer, possibly dSLR filmmakers too.
The iso boost is great, but I don’t find myself hurting for more than what I get with the d700 anyhow… so it’s not attractive enough in and of itself.
Probably the best things I see are the increased light sensitivity for AF (a major issue currently with the d3 IMO), and the new image processor. If they fall in line with the d7000, it’ll be a must for anyone shooting events or sports (I would think).
I’m waiting to see a d800 first though… if the AF on the d800 is the same, and Expeed 3, then the increase in overall image size is more important to me than the other features.
What I would like to know:
Does it line-skip? Or will it read the full sensor and then downsample?
Will the hdmi be 8-bit or 10-bit? I understand that hoping for 10-bit is a little to much, but on the other hand Nikon does not have a video department to protect.
And lastly, will they have to have a 25p option?! Everyone in Europe needs it!
Im a video guy, and if it downsamples instead of line-skip and has 25p… Im sold!
You cannot compare the Fuji Xpro 1 to the new Nikon D4 – Two completely different category’s of cameras. And how could you even think of comparing the Fuji xrpo 1 to this marvel of a machine. everyone seems to think Mirror-less is the way to go for the future of photography but I think that’s just absurd!
different strokes for different folks! nature shooters want it sturdy, studio shooters want it big, news and sports shooters want it fast, street shooters want it silent, etc.
I am sure the D4 is a great camera, just like the D3s was and will continue to be one.
That said, I think the big camera makers are really missing the point here by concentrating on video while keeping the SLR model in its 1950s form. I really believe that there is a lot of room for creative solutions to SLR that will truly make them better machines for everyone. Here was my reaction to a post on G+ yesterday:
There are many things I would like to see in my camera before I look at video. How about INTEGRATED wi-fi and GPS. If my 2oz smartphone can do it, I am sure the gigantic SLRs can too…how about more customization, smaller yet still sturdy bodies…the current form factor is a dinosaur of the past…How about modular cameras, exchangeable sensors…etc…I could ramble on forever
I agree that the form factor of the Dslr is hitting it age but I dont want to see our beloved Dlsr’s end up the size of a point and shoot!
Agreed, but between a P&S and a 3 pound beast, I am sure we can find a happy medium (for the record, I find the combo of my d700 with my 70-200 f/2.8 to be so heavy that I vowed to never take it with me on my travels again – and I am a travel photographer!).
Totally agree! I use D700 bodies because they’re “lighter.” But, they’re still monsters. In the past I would sling two bodies around my neck, one on my shoulder and a Domke bag on the other and go shoot all day and into the night. Not now. Today to shoot DSLR I work out of a rolling case I trudge behind me like a homeless tourist.
To ease the burden, last year I bought the Leica M9 and lenses. Sure, it’s never going to be as good as Nikon in many ways, but the difference in size and weight is enough to make me look sideways and ignore its shortcomings. The files, when you understand the quirks, are spectacular.
So if Leica can produce a professional grade digital camera not much larger than their legendary M bodies, then Nikon can surely build something that doesn’t more closer resemble a concrete block than an F3.
I’m with you 100%. This is a huge pet peeve of mine.
WIFI and by extension GPS should have been standard in pro cameras two generations ago. There is NO reason not to have those integrated.