Category Archives: Nikon D700x

“To be revealed” Nikon @PMA banner – Busted!

Letsgodigital has this banner on their front page of what appears to be a new DSLR to be revealed at PMA (the lens is definitely nothing new):

Now, this doesn’t appear to be a paid banner since it doesn’t link to any website. The image was clearly taken from the Nikon D3 press release kit. Letsgodigital recently moved to [...]

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Nikon D700x makes its debut on TV with a price tag of $4,300

This one is weird.
On “The Suze Orman Show” (CNBC) from Jan. 23, 2010, a lady called in during the “Can I Afford It” segment. She wanted to purchase a Nikon D700x camera for $4300 (the show is based on callers who want to purchase expensive items and Suze Orman is giving them financial advice).
How did [...]

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Busted!

The Nikon D700x sensor and Nikkor AF-S 18-50 f/3.5-4.5G lens rumors got busted. Busted because those images were published in the Japanese magazine CAPA and are not part of an upcoming Nikon brochure:

Go to flickr or bayimg for hi-res image (thanks to the reader who sent that in).
Here is a general translation of the page [...]

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More rumors from China (Nikon D700x and Nikkor AF-S 18-50 f/3.6-4.5)

Two more interesting images appeared on xitek.com from the same user in the past hour (Google translation). The first looks like a larger crop (but a tiny image) of the previously reported Nikon D700x sensor:

The second one (Google translation) is for a new lens – Nikkor AF-S 18-50 f/3.5-4.5G:

Translation:
AFS Nikkor 18-50 mm f3.5-4.5G
Reasonably-priced, high-quality FX standard zoom
There is [...]

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This may be the Nikon D700x sensor

Just got this picture with questionable quality of a Nikon D700x sensor from xitek.com (Google translation) – it seems to be the same sensor used in the Nikon D3x:

Can anyone give us a quick translation? Thanks!
Update – here is the translation:
Nikon D700X
Price  350000 yen  (around?)
Special Feature: Fitted with the 24MP CMOS sensor that is the [...]

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PopPhoto’s crystal ball

Crystal Ball, originally uploaded by deanfotos66.

Popular Photography named the Nikon D3X as its camera of the year for 2009. In the same article they mentioned:
“Our crystal ball tells us the D3x’s 24.5MP sensor is likely to show up in a consumer model soon.”
Not sure how accurate their crystal ball is.

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