Comments on: New year, new rumor: Nikon D900 (updated)

By: JeroenW

JeroenW — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:50:56 +0000

Hmm.. somehow I doubt if a company like bower would get much in the way of warning. I do like the amazon conspiracy theory.

This whole story makes a D900 as a D700 even more plausible. If the new cam shares the grip I doubt if it will be a spectacularly different camera, more like the d300s is to the d300.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:29:26 +0000

Easy to make multiple typos when the process is automated. Notice the page does not include D300s and that it does call out the D900 specifically? If I search on D700, I get this http://www.batteryupgrade.com/shopBrowser_search.php?searchphrase=Nikon+D700&searchType=searchByshopGroup#/assortmentProductId/44947609/shopGroupId/45309820… See that D900 (D300s is not) is still indicated at the bottom but nowhere else. So I suspect that whoever updated the description for the battery thought the D300s was going to be named the D900 and the search engine software fills in the rest of the places with “D900″.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:19:51 +0000

Amazon also has a D400 ad on google… And on the right hand side of a google search results page, an Amazon ad comes up for just about any Nikon Dxxx search. B&H has ads for D400, D500 and D800, as well as a more generic ad on the right side of a search results page for just bout any Nikon Dxxx search.

As for the battery, I suspect that the manufacturer is just assuming that since D100 through D700 all use the same battery (in fact, All the Dxx and Dxxx bodies except the D40 and D40x use the same battery) that it will work with whatever the next Dxxx body is… also, the ad did not mention compatibility with D300s… very curious.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:58:04 +0000

Interesting that the bag is compatible with D300s but not D300, even though it IS compatible with D80, D70s, etc…

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:53:21 +0000

Amen! If I want video, I can get a D5000 for about $550 – shoot, I can get that Pentax K-x for $550 with a 18-55mm zoom and it even looks impressive at the higher ISOs.

Give me a D700x. D800, D751.5, call it what you want but please, give me someshere between a 16 and 24MP camera.

Maybe I should asked Santa before Xmas?

By: sylvain

sylvain — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:01:43 +0000

I need a D700 with video and 12 Megapixels for best sensibility is it posible? D800? D900?

By: Pebbles

Pebbles — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:01:21 +0000

Just like your botched “definately.”

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:41:40 +0000

Gieeeeffff

By: caz

caz — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:09:41 +0000

The bags could be BS. Amazon lets you change product title/descriptions. I updated asin B0017JWLAA with “D800″.

I’ll post as soon as i get a confirm/reject on the change.

(the ebay guy might be smart marketing)

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:25:26 +0000

Its called Reverse Engineering. Companies do it all the time, for everything. Design equipment that can listen in on the conversation between the lens and body, design your own system to speak to the body, and if it works, you can use it… provided it does not do it the same way as the original. The result can be the same, the process cannot. Thats what is patented, not the end result.

By: Anony-mou

Anony-mou — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:21:48 +0000

It has begun.

By: Stefan Krösbacher

Stefan Krösbacher — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:23:58 +0000

Hi,
hmm… I’m a Film guy…
I bought a d5000 back half a year ago to try the d5000 out. Can it be helpful for my Videoproductions?
Conclusion was, for special purpose, maybe….

5dmII was not an option for it had no 25p and was too expensive.

Last month i shot a Imagevideo with an EX1, a RED One, and a 7d.
I was shocked how well the 7d performed.
I would go so far to say if you have the decent lighting Crew you could even save
some rental money with some clients and go with the 7d instead of the RED One.
For some Clients. For Some.

Everyone i know is shooting Canon now. 7d, 5dII all over the places…
Well. Now i have a lot of Nikon Glass.
I think for Photographers Nikon has with the d3s a Killer Camera out there. Video is ok too. Not 1080p, no 25fps, or 30fps, but very usable.
But what to do against the 7d?

Only Camera that would bring Video Folks back (and i think everyone in the industry underestimated the amount of Cameras sold to video people big time) to Nikon would be a FF at 12mp, 1080p Video with decent Codec, and a camera that doesn’t overheat after more than 30mins of continuos recording like the 7d does.
This essentially is the only flaw the canon 7d has, that holds me of from selling my entire equipment and got to canon.

Now, the d400 will come too. Maybe in Summer or Autumn. It will have 1080p h264 on par with the canon. Maybe higher stills speed at say 9 or 12 fps. but definitely a better camera than the 7d.
What with the d900 then?
hmm…

the only camera at a price range from 2000-3000 dollars or even 4000.- that would make sense to me in the current nikon line-up is a:

FF 12MP
1080p at 24fps,25 fps, 30fps, (48, 50, 60 fps)
720p at max 60fps or even faster…
no overheating
swivel display
better Codec: h264 (Apple ProRes LT)
3D AF in Live recording Mode.

Except for the FF sensor this is the benchmark i see for this year that is for sure
about to be reached by some manufacturer. Sony, Panasonic, Canon, and Nikon -
DSLR or Micro 4/3rds or any other hybrid… We’ll see a camera with these specs…

And as Nikon has started a Firmware department according to Nikonrumors focusing only on the video features of the DSLR, i surely hope that Nikon will be first…
If so, i’m happy to be the first in line for a d900..
Cheers
Stefan Krösbacher
krost-audiovisual.com

By: Nikonuser

Nikonuser — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:06:52 +0000

Thom mentioned the 18MP sensor as a strong possibility (they used one in a D3 prototype)…so it makes sense.

By: Nikonuser

Nikonuser — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:05:28 +0000

According to previous data, the D90 is due for a full replacement this summer, not just an “s” update. 2-year product cycle.

By: Nikonuser

Nikonuser — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:03:37 +0000

It no longer seems to link to the D700, but to a menu page of various Nikon products, with the SB-900 coming in at the top (presumably because of the “900″).

When I type “Nikon D7000″ into Google, I get an amazon ad link for a “D700x” (leading to anothersearch results page with the D700 at the top).

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:48:46 +0000

CES is next week and PMA is in mid February

By: Is there any ???

Is there any ??? — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:39:21 +0000

I would like to know, if there is any Nikon trade show soon?

I know only about photokina fair in September. Does NR know when and where Nikon introduced new cameras in the past?

By: dnerd100

dnerd100 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:17:54 +0000

YOU ARE SO GLOBAL IT SCARES ME. HAVE YOU BEEN EVERYWHERE?

By: litebyte

litebyte — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:53:10 +0000

Not sure why i could not post the link to DPreview. But a user in the Nikon camera forums (Mr. Lammerse) put a link to D900 information as well.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:46:09 +0000

yup and then the 5dmkIII will come out and defeat nikon and the nikon d5billion will come out and defeat canon… seriously where do you people come from?