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Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby ATJ on Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:12 am

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:26 am

 LOL, that's the best announcement from Nikon in ages!
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:15 pm

Judging by what I've received this morning, we can expect to see something on Wednesday next week.

Perhaps a smudge earlier, given that they often choose to make their announcements in Europe.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:18 pm

I reckon we'd just get some MILF and PHD action rather than DSLR. :mrgreen:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby aim54x on Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:39 pm

I like that announcement!
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby biggerry on Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:00 am

surenj wrote:I reckon we'd just get some MILF and PHD action rather than DSLR.


googles gonna love you :)


there nothing better at dsrluser than a discussion about nothing at all...classic stuff. :rotfl2:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby ATJ on Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:06 am

biggerry wrote:
surenj wrote:I reckon we'd just get some MILF and PHD action rather than DSLR.


googles gonna love you :)

Did Suren really type that? :rotfl2:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby CraigVTR on Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:30 am

biggerry wrote:there nothing better at dsrluser than a discussion about nothing at all...classic stuff. :rotfl2:


I want to announce I have nothing to say. :lol:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:57 pm

:rotfl2: MIght as well have fun if we decide to talk about nothing.

In any case the new D800 will have a time-space warp function. So I will come back and delete these bad words after the release.... :roll:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:45 pm

CraigVTR wrote:
biggerry wrote:there nothing better at dsrluser than a discussion about nothing at all...classic stuff. :rotfl2:


I want to announce I have nothing to say. :lol:


If you can read this, don't reply. :D
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby biggerry on Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:48 pm

CraigVTR wrote:
biggerry wrote:there nothing better at dsrluser than a discussion about nothing at all...classic stuff. :rotfl2:


I want to announce I have nothing to say. :lol:


I acknowledge you have nothing to announce :wink:


Reschsmooth wrote:If you can read this, don't reply.


what? you'll have to speak up, i am only wearing a towel.

ATJ wrote:
biggerry wrote:
surenj wrote:I reckon we'd just get some MILF and PHD action rather than DSLR.


googles gonna love you :)

Did Suren really type that? :rotfl2:


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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby aim54x on Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:41 pm

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:45 am

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:53 am

viral marketers.

and no i am not coming, contrary to what they believe.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby ATJ on Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:57 am

Jebus is coming!
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:02 am

Personally, I suspect that they're trying to MILC it for all it's worth.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:39 pm

Hmmmm ....

Things just got a whole lot more interesting.

Lunch today was at the Slide Nightclub on Oxford St, courtesy of the good folks at SanDisk.

Where they introduced a nice half dozen of new products. A new USB3 card reader. A storage device called The Vault, which is to be used for archival storage of your important documents and photos. A couple of new USB sticks.

And a new SDXC card. up to 64GB storage, with 90MB/s write speed and 95MB/s read speed. And while this is a class 10 device, well suited for movies, they were also pressing the point (at least, this is what I took from the presentation) that these are cards very squarely focused towards the professional market.

Also on hand were Marcus Bell, and Jasin Boland, both noted photographers. Some of you may know Jasin; he's a lovely guy - great personality, great shooter, and a Nikon ambassador. He shoots movie stills as his day job; Marcus is a top notch wedding 'tog, and spoke about people buying $6K wedding packages. Jasin mentioned some of the challenges he faced in his work, shooting stills of stunts that might cost up to $1million to set up.

In the case of both photographers, the fact is that their shooting leaves no room for errors: they need to get the images, first time, every time.

I had a good chat with Jasin, and he mentioned that he is also going to be at tomorrow's Nikon launch events. While he didn't tell me what's being launched, he did say that he's been using the subject of the launch for a little while ...

Now, here's where we can start to spread some rumours, if you like: consider that we have two very well respected pro togs at a product launch that is featuring high speed, pro-oriented memory cards.

This haoppens on the day before Nikon makes a new product announcement, and at which at least one of those togs will also be present ...

And at this time, Nikon don't actually make a camera targeted towards the pro market that takes the SDXC format.

This does not sound like PHD, nor MILC territory to me.

Ladees and gennlemen: place your bets ...
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:44 pm

gstark wrote:Ladees and gennlemen: place your bets ...


i waited this long, the extra 34 hours and 17 minutes 13 seconds 12 seconds...etc.. ain't gonna hurt me. :wink:

but, i am willing to bet one thing...that its a camera :mrgreen:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby bigsarg7 on Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:49 pm

interesting reading in this topic!! lots of laughs. Curious to know what will be announced, better be worth the wait! nothing worse then watching time slowly tick by......hmm what is it now 34 hrs 10 mins and 43 seconds to go!! lol
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Raskill on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:27 pm

I heard they are recalling all D3 bodies, and never releasing a successor to the D700s.

That way, my bodies will stay top of the line!!!!!

(Although, maybe I can pick up a cheap D3x when the D4 is announced.....)
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:37 pm

Nikon are being taken over by Kodak
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Chaase on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:46 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:Nikon are being taken over by Kodak


No Google is buying Nikon and merging them with their last acquisition Motorola! :shock:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:47 pm

Runs to find the time machine.... Need to delete a few posts...Now where did I put it.... :roll: :roll:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:49 pm

Also, just heard the Canon are finally releasing an equivalent camera to the D700 (low-Mpix but high ISO performance; not sure about focus-probably manual only] :roll: :mrgreen: This will be released when the D700 is finally about to become obsolete.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:54 pm

surenj wrote:not sure about focus

Like all Canons it will use Hocus Focus :twisted:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:54 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:Like all Canons it will use Hocus Focus

:biglaugh: True

Only two more days to go.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby radar on Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:44 pm

I suspect that Nikon is buying the Pentax 645D line and upgrading it to use a new line of Nikkor lenses and faster Expeed engine. The 645D already use SD cards but with the faster Expeed engine, will need the faster SDXC. Are we in April yet ??
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:00 pm

Nikon is being bought by . . . . . . . Sony :up:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:42 pm

Best one yet, Nikon will bring out a dedicated video camera which will take nikkor lenses... :mrgreen:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Steffen on Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:12 am

Interesting rumour. I just wonder - why? Why would they want to go there? Their P&S's are firmly seated at the sucky end of the spectrum, do they need another me-too line? And a new lens mount as well? So they'll be making FX, DX and CX lenses?

I hope this rumour turns out false, bigger companies than Nikon have gone from profitable to crap by trying to do everything rather than concentrating on their strengths.

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:40 am



David Richards generally has good sources, and of course a MILC was my first suggestion.

I guess I'll know at 2 this afternoon.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:21 am

Steffen wrote:Interesting rumour. I just wonder - why? Why would they want to go there? Their P&S's are firmly seated at the sucky end of the spectrum, do they need another me-too line? And a new lens mount as well? So they'll be making FX, DX and CX lenses?

I hope this rumour turns out false, bigger companies than Nikon have gone from profitable to crap by trying to do everything rather than concentrating on their strengths.

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These "in-between" cameras are selling like hot pies in Japan - some estimate that they have 40% of the new camera sales already.

I suppose Nikon feel that they must be in that space. I agree that their P&S cameras are not all that well regarded.

I also wonder at the economics/marketing requirements to have another range of lenses, although if they wanted a smaller camera the size of the existing lenses would be a negative factor.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:24 am

gstark wrote:


David Richards generally has good sources, and of course a MILC was my first suggestion.

I guess I'll know at 2 this afternoon.


gstark wrote:


David Richards generally has good sources, and of course a MILC was my first suggestion.

I guess I'll know at 2 this afternoon.


He is clearly unsure of what to make of it all.

He has used the word "controversial" three times in the first two sentences.

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:52 am

the foto fanatic wrote:if they wanted a smaller camera the size of the existing lenses would be a negative factor.


While yes, it's probably more the issue of the distance from the rear flange to the focal plane in the camera. Making a MILC means no mirror box, and thus the resulting body can be significantly thinner and lighter. Any lenses used on the camera must still accommodate that distance, which would defeat the whole purpose of making a more compact (thinner) body as in being thinner, the F mount glass would need a significant extension to accommodate the appropriate spacing needed. When Sony introduced the NEX bodies, they also brought in a new mount (and some very nice glass, albeit in a limited range) as well as an Alpha mount adaptor. I expect that if Nikon go down this road, they may do likewise.

Of course, this could also open up the way for an adaptor that allows Canon glass to be used on a Nikon body too. Not that I see that as a really useful idea.

the foto fanatic wrote:He has used the word "controversial" three times in the first two sentences.


Indeed, and I noticed and wondered about that too. Like, how "controversial" can a camera really be? Can we all, please, think back to the last time we saw a "controversial" camera? Maybe one that made the front page (or any page?) of the smh? Was the subject of a story on ACA?

Got into trouble for absconding with a union's funds, perhaps? :)

Got caught sneaking out of a brothel? :nono:

If I see David today, I will try to make a point of asking him. :)

I could also ask the Nikon people as well ...
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:09 pm

Two MILCs.

N1 and V1.

I'll post more shortly.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby radar on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:01 pm

For those that can't wait, see dpreview:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1109/11092 ... launch.asp

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:09 pm

At least they had a the sense to keep to 10Mpix with that microscopic sensor. Canon clowns would have done a 24Mpixie instead and bathed us in a noise heaven. :roll:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Steffen on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:26 pm

On the other hand the sensor appears to be awfully small, about half the size of a micro four thirds sensor.

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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:36 pm

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:02 pm

Ok, back at the orifice.

Two words: I'm impressed.

I'll post more in the other thread ... as I get my head around what I've just seen.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby gstark on Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:23 am

gstark wrote:
the foto fanatic wrote:He has used the word "controversial" three times in the first two sentences.


Indeed, and I noticed and wondered about that too. Like, how "controversial" can a camera really be? Can we all, please, think back to the last time we saw a "controversial" camera? Maybe one that made the front page (or any page?) of the smh? Was the subject of a story on ACA?

Got into trouble for absconding with a union's funds, perhaps? :)

Got caught sneaking out of a brothel? :nono:

If I see David today, I will try to make a point of asking him. :)


I did, and so I did.

He said it was because the camera was mirrorless. I don't see that as being all that controversial; I think on the Nikon 1, the sensor size may be the main point of controversy, but that will ultimately be determined by the quality of the images that the cameras produce.
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Re: Exciting Announcement from Nikon

Postby surenj on Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:29 pm

gstark wrote:the sensor size may be the main point of controversy, but that will ultimately be determined by the quality of the images that the cameras produce.

I agree. If they are using the physics and mathematics currently in use, the pictures will have lots of noise or be smeared like vaseline. They used their wisdom and stopped at ISO 3200 which is a smart move.

It would seem that they want to firmly divide the DSLR and mirrorless market with image quality.

Very keen to see some samples with higher ISOs though. With the current lenses, you'd be using the high ISOs often, especially indoors.
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