Just a quick comparison of the Nikon D700 and the D800 pictures from yesterday. I had to publish another post to continue the discussion (yesterday’s thread got almost 1k comments). Many readers are asking me if the picture is real. To the best of my knowledge, it is. Previous polls have always been very accurate [...]
Here are the weekly links if somebody cares: Nikon prices are raising in Japan (source: PEN weekly): “According to Kakaku.com Inc., which operates an online price-comparison site, Nikon’s D3100 DSLR camera/double zoom kit is currently sold at around 55,100 yen (US$706), or 19% higher than in mid-October. And the price of D5100 model has risen 15% since early October to 83,800 yen [...]
Those are the first pictures of the upcoming Nikon D800 DSLR camera. The specs so far are exactly the same as reported previously (there are some new updates in this list): Smaller and lighter than D700 Resolution: 7360×4912 (36MP) CF+SD memory card slots Slightly larger display Excellent video quality, better than D3s Video modes: 1080p/30/25/24 and 720p/60/30/25/24 [...]
I am still working on the details, please stay tuned. I also have some samples taken with the Nikon D800… and yes, it is 36MP – here is some of the EXIF data: The specs are exactly the same as I reported them 2 months ago.
Nikon firmware has been decrypted by Simeon Pilgrim (with the help of Vitaliy Kiselev – the person who hacked the Panasonic GH2 firmware). The decryption worked on D5100 and D7000 and is currently being tested on higher end models. The decryption itself doesn’t mean much at that point, but it may offer some neat “adjustments” in the future.
