Mr. Tetsuro Goto is the Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan. Focus-Numerique just published a lengthy and very interesting interview with him (in French | Goole translation).
Key points & quotes:
No medium format from Nikon: “We have no experience in the niche market of medium-format. It may simply be impossible for Nikon to go [...]
Remember the Nikon MX rumors from last year? Some Chinese forum now claims that the M stands for Micro and the new MX camera will have:
24.8mp full frame sensor
1080p video at 24fps, 30fps or 60fps
100% optical viewfinder
Nikkor 10-70mm f/1.2 lens
NR probability rating: 0% (this post belongs to the Humor-Rumor section)
Last issue of the French magazine Réponses Photo, in the Nikon PMA ‘09 report section (page 10):
“Regarding the current buzz on a large format MX sensor, it seems to be more than a rumour now. We’ll tell you more soon…”
Can’t wait to hear their story.
Price increases, economic worries… but not for everyone in the DSLR industry. If you have missed the news from few weeks ago, Pentax reduced their prices (Pentax K20D & Pentax K200D models) and today they announced plans to revive its long-awaited 645 Digital medium format camera:
Are they nuts or we are all being taken for a ride? [...]
For everyone that missed this post: there will not be a new Nikon MX announcement today @ WPPI.
I got this email from a reader and after a brief investigation of the source I feel comfortable to post it here – I have no way to confirm the validity of the rumor, but I have a reason to believe that the source is trustworthy:
Hi,
Whilst surfing the web I came across your site and [...]
Flashback: “The D3x gave medium-format looking files with all the flexibility of the Nikkor Lens system”
Dxomark tested sensors from several medium format cameras: Mamiya ZD Back, Leaf Aptus 75S, Hasselblad H3DII 39, and Phase One P45+. Now medium format can be compared to the D3x (in theory):
Related article: ”Especially at low ISO, the Nikon D3x offers the cleanest [...]
… free Blues Traveler concert – WPPI confirmed this in an email today. What a joke!
“We told you something BIG is coming to WPPI! Something so BIG that we had to rent out the MGM Grand Arena. We promised—and we delivered. Please join us for a private WPPI performance by Blues Traveler! This is a [...]
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