Comments on: Nikon D30 or a typo? http://nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx/ where there’s smoke there’s fire Wed, 23 May 2012 14:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeroen http://nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx/comment-page-1/#comment-7038 Jeroen Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:41:25 +0000 http://nikonrumors.com/http:/nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx#comment-7038 To keep the D30 rumours alive, I just saw this in the D90 preview on DPReview:<br /><br />"HDMI output / High Definition display<br /><br />Like the D3/D30/D700, the D90 offers HDMI digital high definition video output. From the setup menu you can select between Auto, 480p, 576p, 720p or 1080i output, in this section we are only going to examine the 720p and 1080i options. HDMI output works in any mode which would otherwise use the LCD monitor; shooting information, menus, live view and playback."<br /><br />Greetz, Jeroen To keep the D30 rumours alive, I just saw this in the D90 preview on DPReview:

“HDMI output / High Definition display

Like the D3/D30/D700, the D90 offers HDMI digital high definition video output. From the setup menu you can select between Auto, 480p, 576p, 720p or 1080i output, in this section we are only going to examine the 720p and 1080i options. HDMI output works in any mode which would otherwise use the LCD monitor; shooting information, menus, live view and playback.”

Greetz, Jeroen

]]> By: Blog Admin http://nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Blog Admin Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:09:35 +0000 http://nikonrumors.com/http:/nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx#comment-7037 I can just confirm that it is a large retailer.<div><br></div><div>fyi - I do not post emails directly without the sender's consent.</div> I can just confirm that it is a large retailer.
fyi – I do not post emails directly without the sender’s consent.
]]> By: Matthew Saville Photography http://nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx/comment-page-1/#comment-7036 Matthew Saville Photography Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:48:53 +0000 http://nikonrumors.com/http:/nikonrumors.com/2008/06/15/nikon-d30-or-a-typo.aspx#comment-7036 Sounds credible, but in reality I think that retailers actually know a LOT less about new gear than they want us to think they do. I'm very very good friends with a good number of reps / retailers, and they're awesome, knowledgable people but they just are NOT informed about a product BEFORE it is announced. Nikon cannot afford to have THAT many people know about a new piece of equipment until it is the very last minute. Remember what happened when that Bestbuy employee saw the Canon 40D on the computer and posted about it because he was simply an idiot and didn't think he would lose his job?<br /><br />So yes, I'm saying that this guy sounds friendly and informative, but I just doubt the "several weeks in advance" timetable. That's just too soon for THAT many people to go running around knowing about a new camera. Unles we're talking about just a few, elite retailer "higher-ups", then maybe I could see an NDA being more easily kept. But I doubt any of the guys "on the street" who deal with customers all day long, who have tons of "good friends" they think they could trust with a "hint", etc. ...know about what is coming more than just a few days in advance. For their own good.<br /><br />If the D90 is not announced today, it MAY be announced on the 1st or 3rd of July, but then after that there is usually a "summer dead zone" of no announcements until Photokina. :-(<br /><br />=Matt= Sounds credible, but in reality I think that retailers actually know a LOT less about new gear than they want us to think they do. I’m very very good friends with a good number of reps / retailers, and they’re awesome, knowledgable people but they just are NOT informed about a product BEFORE it is announced. Nikon cannot afford to have THAT many people know about a new piece of equipment until it is the very last minute. Remember what happened when that Bestbuy employee saw the Canon 40D on the computer and posted about it because he was simply an idiot and didn’t think he would lose his job?

So yes, I’m saying that this guy sounds friendly and informative, but I just doubt the “several weeks in advance” timetable. That’s just too soon for THAT many people to go running around knowing about a new camera. Unles we’re talking about just a few, elite retailer “higher-ups”, then maybe I could see an NDA being more easily kept. But I doubt any of the guys “on the street” who deal with customers all day long, who have tons of “good friends” they think they could trust with a “hint”, etc. …know about what is coming more than just a few days in advance. For their own good.

If the D90 is not announced today, it MAY be announced on the 1st or 3rd of July, but then after that there is usually a “summer dead zone” of no announcements until Photokina. :-(

=Matt=

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