Comments on: Nikon MX ad #3

By: Nikon Rumors

Nikon Rumors — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:46:58 +0000

Nikon medium format (MX) analysis

Many readers think that those Nikon medium format ads are fake (even though the poll says otherwise). I would agree if it wasn’t for ad #3 and the ad #1. Each one of the remaining ads could be created based on existing Nikon product images and a good knowledge of PS, but the viewfinder in ad #3 looks real to me. Can someone think of a camera that has similar shaped viewfinder? This seems to be difficult to fake (but not impossible). Note that all of the fake PS jobs are based on existing models. I haven’t seen a fake …

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:24:30 +0000

wow – this is pretty good – I will post it so everyone can see it

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0000

Who’s not to say some are real and some are fake?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:44:44 +0000

How do you check? Some cameras add *four* internal JPGs (thumbnails, full-sized views, etc.) in addition to the main JPG.... a total of 5. An astounding waste of space in exchange for fast on-camera replay, I guess. Many cheap image-editing apps update only one of those four internal images when writing a file, leaving the others unchanged. You can use exiftool to list them all, or an online viewer like http://regex.info/exif

By: hulk

hulk — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:57:49 +0000

certainly. the viewfinder is the only photo which makes the whole rumour realistic.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:21:56 +0000

Surely that’s xenophobic rather than racist… the Japanese aren’t a “race” as such.

By: Fed Up

Fed Up — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:46:58 +0000

Seriously..
this:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/115/2minutesinphotoshopmi7.jpg
takes just 2 minutes in Phtoshop, from a pc-e lens image off google images. Rest off the 'ad' I could do in 5 minutes tops.

By: Woodrow

Woodrow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:03:56 +0000

I think anyone with enough time on their hands could do this and start this snowball of us wasting our times pondering what/where/how much/how big etc

If something is in the works – we gain NOTHING by knowing a few weeks beforehand ; just have some patience and let announcements happen as they do

If someone out there is doing this – faking all this … seriously mate – get a life .

For the rest – just be happy with what you have and use it – isn’t that why we bought them?

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:46:50 +0000

What I’m not clear about is, are these adverts that are currently running in the Japanese press, (in which case, can someone in Japan, or someone who knows someone there, have a look for us?) or proofs of not-released-yet adverts?

By: Shoewreck

Shoewreck — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:04:53 +0000

If we look at modern P.C. lens range as at a set of MX lenses we would see a superwide, wide and a normal lens. No portrait lens (something in range of 135-200 mm). Do wedding photographers need a system without one?

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:27:17 +0000

Perhaps you should take your racist attitude somewhere else.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:24:04 +0000

Thanks for the photo. They look exactly the same to me. Turn your lens around so the markings are on the backside. Now tell me exactly what’s different. I don’t have time to sit here and go over ‘em w/ a fine-toothed comb; but right off hand, they look the same to me.

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:51:28 +0000

and what do you suggest I post on a Nikon rumors site?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:50:15 +0000

Stop posting these Jap pictures, they are completely fake.

By: fauxhawked

fauxhawked — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:19:52 +0000

hmmm, the blue rings make ‘em look like olympus lenses, lol!

By: sonololo

sonololo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:59:15 +0000

is this is an Nikon’s reply to Leica S2?

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:58:22 +0000

I checked already – nothing.

By: Pablov

Pablov — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:31:13 +0000

“This is a “second hand” rumor – it originated in Japan and was submitted to me by another person. I do not know the original source directly”

Thanks Admin for the answer !!

Regards

By: Blog Admin

Blog Admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:04:48 +0000

This is a “second hand” rumor – it originated in Japan and was submitted to me by another person. I do not know the original source directly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:48:12 +0000

Do you check the exif of the original images you get (before you put your watermark on them)? Sometimes there are uncensored thumbnails in them that could reveal what’s behind the blacked-out section…