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Possible Nikon D3s sighting in Barcelona

Update – here is a close-up:

nikon d3s close up Possible Nikon D3s sighting in Barcelona

Possible Nikon D3s caught during a video shoot in Barcelona. The D3s is mounted on a stabilization wheel. The camera name is taped:

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37 Comments

  1. Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    Awesome… can’t wait! Love the tall blonde on the third photo btw :p.
    Keeping my fingers crossed for some new glass!

    • Dweeb
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:41 am | Permalink

      Anne Coulter fan?

      • Posted October 13, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

        Ooh, that’s a low blow. What did Lucas ever do to you?

        :D

  2. Gordon
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:11 am | Permalink

    What lens is on the body with the big lens hood on? It has VR on it, doesn’t look familiar.

    • Gordon
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:13 am | Permalink

      Nevermind, it was the focus switch on the 24-70mm I’m looking at :D

    • Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:48 am | Permalink

      Mmmmmm….Nothing like a nice big matte box on the front of a VSLR in the morning. That’s a good looking setup. That Sachtler crane wouldn’t be too nasty to own either. The Fig-Rig (round stabilizer) however – I’m not convinced.

      Here’s to hoping the video on the D3s is even another step up from the existing lineup. Every improvement is a welcome one.

      • GlobalGuy
        Posted October 14, 2009 at 12:07 am | Permalink

        I’ve changed my mind… this thing is NOT the 24-70.

        Something is wrong. The distance between the focus ring and the distance meter is not right. And the front looks slightly different.

        And the back looks slightly different too!

        WHAT IS THIS SECOND LENS??

  3. Alex
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:12 am | Permalink

    I used fractale and you can clearly see that this is a D700x with battery grip !

    • Tony
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:37 am | Permalink

      Could have sworn I saw D90X.

    • jr
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 9:17 am | Permalink

      dumb dumb knows fractal can’t get you more true resolution

    • Ronan
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:36 am | Permalink

      It’s a D3 something (prob D3s).

      I know because theirs a D3 right next to me and it looks EXACTLY like it, except for the silver tape covering the D3.

  4. Niels
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    it must be the D3S its name is make onvissable with a piece of tape and wich other pro camera that lookes like a D3S has Nikon that can shoot video?

  5. TLT
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    I´d hit the left blonde!

    • Tabitha Green
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Permalink

      What’d she ever do to you?!

      • marvin gardens
        Posted October 13, 2009 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

        Too funny…

  6. BillyBobJohnson
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:18 am | Permalink

    It’s the new 24/1.4

  7. funny
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:21 am | Permalink

    it’s a 14-24 and 24-70 on a D3 body that shoots video. surely it is the D3s since there are no sights of a batery grip.

  8. Dude v2
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:25 am | Permalink

    I just hope it is not a D300s like memory card thore I am spotting there. Or is it just a shadow?

  9. Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:26 am | Permalink

    that lens on the second body doesn’t is not the 24-70. check out the second photo, the focus ring (closest to the front element) has a step. I wonder if this is the new 16-40 but at a reported f/4 I can’t help but wonder if the lens in this picture is too big.

    • Dude v3
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:35 am | Permalink

      I do not know. Does not look as if the step belonged to the lens to me.

  10. Sandra
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:34 am | Permalink

    It’s gotta be a D3s – look where the tape is. The name is on the left side whereas Nikon puts the name on the right side on all models below the D3…

  11. Groosome
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:36 am | Permalink

    That doesn’t look like a step in the ring to me, looks like one of those video specific focussing aids that has a sort of cog around the lens and is activated remotely for smooth filming – can’t remember where I saw a different one but a guy was showing his 5DmkII video kit and explaining what he packs and what each bit does. Can’t remember what they’re called either :)

  12. kalif
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:37 am | Permalink

    On the 2nd picture is the other camera turned to us and you can see a second display = D3…

  13. Alex
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:50 am | Permalink

    I think the blonde girl is there to divert people’attraction to the D3s.

  14. NikolajKeldorff
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:55 am | Permalink

    That’s a Manfrotto FigRig, used for small camcorders, prosumer cams etc. AND DLSR’s capable of filming. No reason for putting a Nikon that cannot shoot video on a Figrig IMO. The other is a Steady Crane… used for smooth panning motion when…tada…filming! Not shooting stills… so, if that camera is a probody Nikon… that’s for sure a video enabled camera… otherwise the whole shoot wouldn’t make any sense… And I’m a pro videoproducer – I would know :)

    • Posted October 13, 2009 at 9:58 am | Permalink

      Given the booms, I would say they were not shooting stills, either. The location was the corner of the Passeig de Gracia and Calle Provença, yesterday afternoon; outside Casa Milà (in tourist speak, Gaudi’s La Pedrera building).

      As for any more information, I don’t know, as most people were busy enjoying the public holiday.

  15. David
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 9:35 am | Permalink

    Is that…. two dudes on a motorcycle?

    • Anon
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:31 am | Permalink

      Huh? Yes? Everyone has a motorcycle in Barcelona, it’s crowded and tight. It’s a Triumph, good make I hear.

    • nikonmikon
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

      thats what i was thinking as well…. how come nobody pointed out the 2 dudes on a 3 cylinder bike….. hahaha

  16. Darryl
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:48 am | Permalink

    oooooo……. blonde model…… what camera? =)

  17. Moses Chisel
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

    The camera on the Fig Rig would suggest video

  18. Posted October 13, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    Solid mirror housing and integral grip say pro level camera and wheel screams video. At the very least we’ve got a pro level camera with video in the mix.

    But what type of amateur crap is that using light colored tape to cover the model number? Or were they trying to get attention?

  19. Posted October 13, 2009 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    Oooh, and the matte box on the other body says this was a matched set…

  20. anonymous
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 1:45 pm | Permalink

    nice work nikon. way to be doing that in front of one of barcelona’s biggest tourist attractions (the gaudi house)…at least the didn’t choose sagrada familia

  21. WoutK89
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    I’d say 100% 24-70 on that 2nd body.

  22. fotosniper
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

    who wears flip flops on a motorcycle, great way to lose a foot.