Chipworks has a new report online for the Nikon D4 and the 16.2MP FX CMOS sensor inside (NC81366W) is made by Nikon. Similar to the D3, D3s, D700 and D3100, the sensor inside the D3200 was also made by Nikon. The D7000 did use a Sony sensor. Few months ago there were some rumors that [...]
Nikon D4 and D800 were chosen as the 2012-2013 best professional camera and camera of the year by EISA: The EISA judges said: “The best professional camera of the year is Nikon’s full frame 16-million-pixel D4, for its ability to deliver the highest image quality even in extremely difficult conditions. Tests performed by EISA magazines [...]
The Nikon instant rebates for August offer up to $450 savings on DSLR + lens combo purchases. The new D3200, D800/E and D4 cameras are also included:
Just a quick add-on to my weekend post – a pimped up Nikon D4 from pimpyourcam.com (some images on the site are NSFW):
The video bellow shows technicians working together with AFP to build a dozen robotic arms equipped with Nikon D4 cameras that will be used for aerial shots during the 2012 London Olympics Games:
The end of the pre-orders wait time is near: Amazon currently has both the Nikon D800 and D4 in stock. This means that they no longer have a waiting list. I expect other stores also to fulfill their pre-orders soon.
Today Lexar announced that they will start producing XQD memory cards that are currently used only in the Nikon D4 DSLR camera. The first Lexar XQD cards are expected in Q3 of 2012. Currently only Sony sells XQD memory card and they recently announced a faster S version.
Nikon released new firmware update v1.02 for the Nikon D4 DSLR camera. The included changes in this version are:
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