The first one is a joke from dpreview's PMA 2010 sneak peek (this is a F100 with a D900 sticker).
The second one is from CNN.com - what's up with the orange "N"?
Now you are entering Photoshop country.
The third one is from the Olympics and probably a PS job - the delete button is on a different location, but the red card format sign is still on the same spot (click on image for full size):
Two more after the break:
The next one is also from the Olympics - not much to see, just another taped Nikon body with only a "D" on the strap:
The last one is another Nikon D4 fake from a Russian forum - some of the buttons on the back are PS-ed:
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Photo number 5 from the same CNN set also shows the yellow “N” on the body…
Notice that also.
But what’s with the weird Flash foot bracket cover?
My D700 has a “push-in” type cover. The ones on these cameras look waterproof and cover the entire thing!
Yeah what is up with that?
It is the D3(s) Hotshoe cover it looks like. The Nikon BS-2
http://www.adorama.com/NKBS2.html
Photo number 3 from the first set of photo’s and has the Comment “Beck has shot photos for more than 50 Sports Illustrated magazine covers.” The photographer isn’t using a vertical grip. so it’s probably either the D700 or something new!?
I think Beck may use D300 and D700 as well…http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Tips/fy1hs50h/1/The-A-List-Super-Sports.html
NR is really busy the last few days. This just feeds my addiction.
hey those cant be pro’s cameras ken rockwell says no pro would use stock neck straps lol.
According to Rockwell, pros don’t use digital cameras either. They use “real raw”, lol….. Cuz nothing is more professional for up to the minute news reports in a global world-wide media era than waiting for your film to get processed.
Man, those amateurs at the Olympics don’t know what they are missing!
Well, Ken would probably use his D40 to cover the Olympics.
+100
I’ve a feeling that the orange N signifies the cam belongs to a Nikonian (as in, one of us guys from the website with the same name)…same colour…
Pretty weird range, if you ask me. It should be more like 24mm~
The champagne is still in the cooler…..
At least, Nikon’s cameras have a better quality control than the Nikkor lenses !
Haven’t you switched to Canon yet? Spilt milk, stop whining.
I have around $6500 in Nikon SLR/LENSES how much money will I loose selling it now ?
It’s a pain having to check if a brand new lens is working fine, but after 2-3 try you may get a good one !
And have no experience with Canon, I don’t know if they would to better thank Nikon about quality control.
Prices just went up last year by almost 20% in some cases — you will probably MAKE money. Unless you trashed your gear, I guess..
Robert Beck is a nikon die hard. When I saw the CNN story yesterday I looked up the exif info of the pictures in his SI gallery. The exif was removed. Is that a standard procedure for pro publications?
Yes, all Getty and other pro photo stuff posted in the net has EXIF removed.
sweet! that guy’s packin CLIF bars!! ^_^
The DPR joke could mean two things. Either it’s a complete joke or it is a hint for Tuesday.
I’m guessing that the Orange N is a way for that photog to mark his own gear.
Kind of like marking your golf ball.
Good point, but the Orange “N” seems too bright.
Maybe its fashionable to have neon orange N’s in Canada. I hear they also drink milk out of BAGS up there…….. so who knows!
Some people like milk in cartons. Others like neon orange Ns.
heh.
I was thinking the same thing!
The top of the camera in the first picture looks like a D3s
I konw this is a Nikon site and I am a Nikon guy too…
but I want to share this with you guys…
yesterday I was lining up in a Japanese noodle (Ramen) restaruant in downtown vancouver and guess what… the two japanese guys behind us were holding a Olympic pass saying “Camera Technician Canon”!! one of the guys has a big back pack with him… i was like “damn, the back pack must be carrying the 1Ds Mk4!”… haha
I wish i can see a guy from nikon in here….. then i will keep following him to see if he is testing the gear…. haha
in the photo with the oranges “N”s the flash bracket looks watherproof..and there are also no pop-up flash..this make me think is more like flagship than a d700 replacement…
It is the Nikon BS-2 Replacement Hot-Shoe Cover for the D3 and D3X D-SLRs
This hotshot cover does not allow a pop-up flash to open, so it would not be on a D700 type body. This is a D3s at the Olympics guys . . .
May be don’t take for granted that the D900 will have a pop-up flash… that might be for the D700 s or x or xhatever. Wouldn’t you like a D3-type viewfinder (looking a bit like a F100) ?
I’ll repeat this comment: Nice dual metering pattern switches!
Chopped poorly.
I bet the orange N is only some custom mod (by mod I mean… highlighter) to identify his cameras.
I can tell you this that the SI guys are using the Nikon D3s and Canon Mark 4 at the olympics
yes D4!!!
ISO 409,600 please!!!
http://nikonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/taped-nikon-body-olympics.jpg
http://nikonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/taped-nikon-body-olympics.jpg
Maybe it’s just the uber bright screen on my Vaio, but the image above has been altered – you can see pixel inconsistency over where the D3 should be on both the body and the strap. It’s circular and two dimensional.