Comments on: Another D400 rumor from Germany

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:03:13 +0000

I did contact him already – I will remove his email from here (because of spam)

By: Peter Fox

Peter Fox — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:21:16 +0000

You can contact the source directly here:
******* – email removed by admin because of spam

By: albert

albert — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:18:01 +0000

I’m also alright with them adding the VR feature to the up coming new 85mm f/1.4 lens.

Not a must have though. With or without VR, i’m buying one.

By: cy

cy — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:36:45 +0000

Make all of those lenses but at least the 85 1.4 a VR!!
They are as overdue as overdue can be so skipping a generation without VR is really, really indicated at this point!

By: alex

alex — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:28:33 +0000

olympus is a toy. we’re talking at least 1.6x dslrs that actually are photo cameras.

By: Nik oN

Nik oN — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:15:02 +0000

exept that de olympus E3 already does it…And to go back to the future Nikon top DX I bet its gona be out with or after the next top sony slr that will film !!!not those apetizer that goes out for summer first try shooting I bet for september or november;I ts better to take time for a pro or semi pro slr I think ,anyway.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:55:47 +0000

I think he was referring to the consumer end which has a much more frequent refresh cycle.

By: Nikkorian

Nikkorian — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:58:38 +0000

For me it would be cool. Since i’m tall, when shooting portraits I always have to bend my knees looking through the viewfinder. Only being able to tilt would the screen be worth anything at all for me. Still AF speed is in the way of total LV mode though. I prefer to go by the uptilting mirror to get phase AF at the selected AF point.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:14:17 +0000

On the contrary, I can’t wait. Would love to have ‘em on my D300 and D700.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:10:15 +0000

Ah, I hadn’t looked. I’d read something of Thom’s before where he had it mapped out into roughly 1 1/2 yr cycles, so that’s what I was going by. It’s been awhile, too, so perhaps the rust is affecting my gears.

Thanks for the info!

By: alex

alex — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:11:25 +0000

i don’t think you can make tilting screen body weatherproof. it seems very hard to keep water out of joints.

that’s why i think d300 type of camera is very unlikely to have rotating screens

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:53:10 +0000

Tilting screen? Oh dear god, please no. I hope this doesn’t become a standard Nikon feature.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:39:26 +0000

Agreed that 16MP is too much.

I’d pick 12MP, but +1 stop high ISO performance (and smooth real ISO100), and +1 stop dynamic range anyday.

By: PHB

PHB — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:11:01 +0000

Reproduction ratio is a lens attribute. A 1:1 lens on a 24MP FX format camera will cover full frame. If the object you are photographing is DX sensor size or smaller you will get better resolution with a 24MP DX sensor camera.

The other aspect is lens design. For most telephoto designs coverage is not an issue. any lens of 50mm or more is probably going to give decent FX frame coverage. Macro lenses are the exception. That is why Canon’s 1-5x lens only fits on a crop sensor camera.

Same goes for long telephotos. If all you ever use is a long telephoto you might as well use a lens 2/3 the focal length on a crop sensor.

By: albert

albert — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:51:16 +0000

AF-S 24mm f/1.4
AF-S 35mm f/1.4
AF-S 85mm f/1.4 (Have a AF-D 85mm f/1.4, too slow & noisy when focus hunting)
AF-S 200mm f/2,8 macro VR ??? (Quite difficult to realise this “dream lens” though)

By: albert

albert — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:30:18 +0000

For D3 owners, maybe they don’t mind the D400 to be hi mp, but a bit less “cleaner” in the hi iso performance. They’ll use it more in base iso setting???

I do own a D3 btw. Photographic service is my sole income. So, as a professional photographer, i do welcome a 2nd or 3rd solid built body in different sensor factor (DX).

I do welcome the video capability, self sensor cleaning feature, flexible LCD screen. LED screen is even better. BUT, it’ll never happen this soon. Maybe new upcoming generation DSLR in 2010.

I NEED & WANTED AF-S fast primes so badly. For quiet, speedy focusing & shallow DOF. Just my 2 cents.

By: Quash

Quash — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:22:53 +0000

Nice work, NR Admin!

By: Ronan

Ronan — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:11:38 +0000

Honestly i’m more interested in a D300 DX camera that has D700 ISO capability and higher FPS.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:15:20 +0000

It’s not the lenses that demand small sensors, it’s the applications. If you want reach, then you want high pixel densities, and 16Mp DX has the same pixel density as 36Mp FX . You need really good lenses to take advantage of pixel densities like that, though.

By: Pablov

Pablov — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:54:26 +0000

Any specific detail about Video ?

HD or Full HD ?
frame rate?
AF while recording?
Codec ?

(well, I know, there would be lot of questions to do…)