Comments on: Nikon D90 will have a swivel display + New Nikon S like digital rangefinder

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:12:09 +0000

I would say 65% chance (non-scientific estimation) – we have received similar rumors from multiple sources, if this makes it more believable…

By: Theo

Theo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:18:54 +0000

Thom Hogan wrote:
> kdc41 wrote:
> > > Thom Hogan wrote:
> > > No, but it does have one surprise ;~).
> >
> > Swivel/tilt LCD for a better Live View experience?
No. Fixed 3" color LCD.

By: Cobra

Cobra — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:09 +0000

Digital Rangefinder like the Nikon S? How legit is this rumor?

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:30:04 +0000

“We” are 2 people: one knows how to write and the other knows how to read.

No, the truth is one of us knows a little bit about photography and the other one knows a little bit about computers. If this is deeply bothering the readers, we can always say “I”.

By: tibor

tibor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:29:40 +0000

durability should not be a bad point. I personaly own an 7 years old video camera with swivel lcd and it still works perfectly.

By: ram

ram — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:06:43 +0000

why do you talk in plural? “we”?! is there a mega corporation behind this site? It might be more downtoearth if you start using “I received…”

JMHO…

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:03:19 +0000

It was submitted by a reader. It is difficult to judge the authenticity of any rumor. Before we post something, we usually exchange few emails with the source and make a judgment that way. We will soon also introduce a rating system, that will give us an idea of the source reliability and "quality" of the rumor. Reports from some readers are always "dead-on" target. It is interesting to note that we have not received a "false alarm" from Europe yet. Most of the "fakes" are coming from the US - mainly PS-ed pictures, some of them pretty good.

If anyone has a better idea how deal with incoming rumors, please let us know.

By: RobJ

RobJ — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:52:47 +0000

So who does this rumor come from? Did someone email it to you? Did you find it on the web? I’m not asking you to name names, but just saying “rumor from Norway” is pretty vague. This leaves us no way to judge the authenticity, and frankly, you could just be making this stuff up.

I personally think it’s unlikely that the D90 will have a swivel LCD. I agree with others that it would make Live View more useful, but it would also impact the durability of the body and probably add some weight and bulk. I would be surprised to see Nikon go down that road.

By: rangerfinder lover

rangerfinder lover — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:24:29 +0000

Amen to that!

By: Shutter-Happy

Shutter-Happy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:31:02 +0000

Digital Rangefinder??? Yeeeehaaaaa!!! =D

By: c

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:35:54 +0000

I hope they dont use a swivel screen. They’re great for the first year then after that they end up breaking.

By: Ghargh

Ghargh — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:10:54 +0000

Live view is not a thing to have an impact on my decision as well, but I think that sooner or later we will see a swivel display on pro DSLR (like in Olympus for example). Otherwise I find LV quite useless. However the introduction of such thing by Nikon in a “non-pro” camera is highly possible as it has a significant WOW factor for amateurs and gadget lovers .

By: d-7

d-7 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:23:28 +0000

Remeber how the D80 was released after the D200 with almost the same (yet improved) feature-list in a smaller, lighter body?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:53:04 +0000

I think it’s a little late in the game for Nikon to still be deciding on things like swivel screens. Something like that seems to me to be a huge UI/physical layout decision and not something debated at this point. It either will or won’t have it. I agree- not on pro lines, but the Dx0 series is not aimed at pros. Wouldn’t shock me either way and would have little if any impact on my decision to buy it.

By: curlykale

curlykale — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:35:42 +0000

They value market share over everything else but a D90 over the D300?
I don’t think they want to cannibalize the D300 market by selling a D90 with the same image quality but more useful live view? Who knows, NOBODY saw the D700 coming!

By: Bipolaroldie

Bipolaroldie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:41:07 +0000

I have to agree with Peter. While I’m also not a big fan of liveview, but if I’m going to have LV on my camera I’d like it to be like Sony A350′s (I’ve fiddled with it and it’s a bit clumsy but functional to be fair).

By: peter

peter — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:17 +0000

this doesnt make any sense. LV without a swivel screen is far too limiting. swivel screens will become standard on ALL dslr’s soon enough, its just a matter of when they can get the durability of the screen to a level they are confident with.

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:19:59 +0000

The Nikon Coolpix 5700 had a swivel screen.
Olympus have one on their E3 (same size as the D300) which also seems to work well.

By: niko

niko — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:11:32 +0000

I really dont want to see any movable displays on any of my cams,… it looks like crap… I hope that they won`t introduce it at any of there prof cams…

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:48:13 +0000

Sounds like the are trying to improve on Sony’s liveview. Hopefully, they can pull it off…