Comments on: New Nikon p&s revealed – S60, S610, S610c, S560, P6000

By: gfx

gfx — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:47:15 +0000

Weird slow lens f/2.7-5.9 My ancient canon G1 had a f/2-2.5 lens

By: rumpelhund

rumpelhund — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:49:32 +0000

Please please nikon get us a D90 by adding NRW-Raw to a D80. I wouldn't need anything else in the whole wide world.

From Wikipedia:
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW)

By: stageshadow

stageshadow — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:39:21 +0000

I really like the design and the new features of the P6000, but
even more Mega pixels on this tiny sensor and a lens with this sluggish apertures...

Nikon, you can do better!
Put more Performance in your P series and i will buy...

By: Hofbrau

Hofbrau — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:19 +0000

I’m totally dissappointed! What about the D90??????????????? Any new info????

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:10:10 +0000

Yep, they were late this time…

By: randini

randini — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:04:57 +0000

And here's the announcement:
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2008/0807_coolpixp6000_01.htm

Specs:
Effective pixels 13.5 million
Image sensor 1/1.7-in. CCD; total pixels: approx. 13.93 million
Lens 4x Zoom-NIKKOR; 6.0-24.0mm (35mm [135] format picture angle: 28-112mm); f/2.7-5.9; 9 elements in 7 groups; Digital zoom: up to 4x (35mm [135] format picture angle: 448mm)
Focus range (from lens) 50cm (1 ft. 7.7 in.) to infinity (∞); Macro close-up mode: 2cm (0.8 in.) to infinity (∞)
Storage media Internal memory (approx. 48 MB), SD memory cards*1
Image size (pixels) 4224 x 3168 (13M), 3264 x 2448 (8M), 2592 x 1944 (5M), 2048 x 1536 (3M), 1600 x 1200 (2M), 1280 x 960 (1M), 1024×768 (PC), 640 x 480 (TV), 4224 x 2816 (3：2), 4224 x 2376 (16:9), 3168 x 3168 (1:1)
Vibration Reduction (VR) Optical lens shift VR
ISO sensitivity ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200*2, 6400*2, Auto (auto gain ISO 64-800), High ISO Sensitivity Auto (ISO 64-1600), Fixed Range Auto (ISO 64-100, 200, 400)
Interface Hi-Speed USB
Power sources Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5 (supplied), AC Adapter EH-66 (supplied)
Battery life Approx. 260 shots with EN-EL5 battery
Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 107 x 65.5 x 42 mm (4.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 in.) excluding projections
Weight Approx. 240 g (8.5oz.) without battery and SD memory card
Supplied accessories*3 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5, AC Adapter EH-66, USB Cable UC-E6, Audio Video Cable EG-CP14, Strap AN-CP18, Software Suite CD-ROM
Optional accessories Battery Charger MH-61, Wide-angle Converter WC-E76, Adapter Ring UR-E21, Speedlight SB-400, SB-600, SB-900

By: randini

randini — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:24:27 +0000

I really don’t know. If I had to guess, and assuming it’s true, I’d say that maybe Nikon sent out some sort of statement in time to catch the morning issue of the newspaper & once the article was ready it got leaked prematurely. After all, there’s supposed to be a official announcemnt of something 6am central European time (that’s what, another 1/2 hour away – we’ll know soon enough!!).

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:03:43 +0000

Now I can say these rumors are 100% acurate.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:01:41 +0000

im somewhat skeptical of this myself as DPReview hasn’t posted anything nor has Nikonusa.com. honestly the touch screen is somewhat disturbing in my opinion. Nikon is a camera and lens manufacturer, and a touch screen requires different technology than nikon has in the past shown intrest in (also why im hesitant/skeptical of the “video” posibility on the D90). if these rumors turn out to be acurate, then it shows Nikon moving in a completely different direction than what they are set up to do, and that personally makes me worry!

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:56:01 +0000

So, how did they leak it without an official Nikon announcement?

By: randini

randini — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:39:44 +0000

NY Times also had an article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/technology/personaltech/07camera.html?ref=personaltech

wsaw it posted over on dpreview: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1007&thread=28493104&page=2