yes it is old,

however, 70-300 vr - 77mm filter ?

new lens.

Nikon sneaked this one in on us.

No and evidently either did jimphotos :( thats what happens I guess when you've been around these parts as long as we have haha and cry

kanuck said:
Nice call on the 16-85 brphotog its quite sharp I hear. Adding a 70-300mm VR would be a great combo with it. For the 18-200mm you get vignetting with a CPL filter over the UV filter just at the 18 end. Maybe try to purchase a slim CPL as admaz mentions or take off the UV when using the CPL. The lens cap fits over the filter naturally.

Do you realize how old this thread is? :D

Nice call on the 16-85 brphotog its quite sharp I hear. Adding a 70-300mm VR would be a great combo with it. For the 18-200mm you get vignetting with a CPL filter over the UV filter just at the 18 end. Maybe try to purchase a slim CPL as admaz mentions or take off the UV when using the CPL. The lens cap fits over the filter naturally.

I have the 18-200VR, on my D300, and use the 24-70F2.8 (77mm), 70-300VR (72mm) and 16-35VR (77mm) on my D700. However, I have a step up ring on the 18-200 so I can use my 77mm Singh-Ray filters on my 18-200, and even my 50mm 1.8 I only have ONE size filter - 77mm Heck, I even have the extension tube and 52 to 77 step up ring on my Pansonic Lumix LX5 point and shoot so I can use my filters. Never leave home with them (or ANY camera)

J

This is "officially" (?) from Panasonic. There is also a rumor that a "pro" EVIL camera will be unveiled at Photokina in September 2010. Imagine an all metal weather sealed GH1 like body with 16MP priced between the D90 and D300!!

http://photorumors.com/2010/04/06/panasonic-image-sensor-roadmap-20mp-in-2012/#more-4038

Megapixel Race is not over yet.

Swivel touch screen, the G2 also has a higher resolution EVF. ;-)

swivel screen

What's the difference between the G2 and G10?

Large Lcd on this one though.

NikoDoby said:
Like it or not these EVIL cameras are the future.

Just hoping Nikon's flavor isn't another "me too" camera. Let's make it with an APS-C sized sensor, Nikon.

On a side note, the Ricoh GXR was reviewed by DPReview. Not all that great it seems.

looks good, can't wait to see G2 smaller brothers

On a side note here's a teaser commercial for Sony's new EVIL cameras. You get a very brief out of focus look at the "actual" camera. Like it or not these EVIL cameras are the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFiBk5PfEIk&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91ISfcuzDw

How mucho compadre?

G2 and G10 are just about officially official now as they appeared briefly on Panny's website.

http://photorumors.com/2010/03/04/panasonic-g2-panasonic-g10-full-specs-are-out/#comments

I think the coolest thing about them is that they have 3inch swivel touchscreen LCDs! I wouldn't mind seeing that on a Nikon.

This could only work in a Camera without a mechanical shutter and how would it work in fast motion

Pete

I think "The green pixels are exposed 4 times longer than the red and blue, thus achieving the sensitivity gain" = fail in still photography.

According to a Panasonic engineer the GH2 will have a new sensor that will have,
"A factor of 4 increase in sensitivity will allow the Micro 4/3rds camera to surpass the full frame Canon 5DMkII"

Pretty brazen statement! The same engineer goes on to say that Sony will become their biggest competition because of their new sensor and that Sony will have a CMOS camera with a global shutter. So no more rolling shutter!

There is also mention of a curved sensor!!!

Could the same or very similar sensor make it's way into future Nikons? That would definitely be a "surprise" wouldn't it?

http://www.eoshd.com/entry.php?29-Panasonic-engineer-reveals-workings-of-GH2-dual-exposure-sensor

Gentoo said:
This is true and I think Nikon tries to maintain a balance. I for one am all for improved low light, there are situations when I'm under the canopy of trees on cloudy days when high ISO's are a must. However as you also said, the higher MP's are also good for us bird shooters as usually we need to crop. It will be interesting to see what the replacement of the D300/D300s offers in terms of this compromise.

Yup, I think the next generation Nikon DX bodies will host 14-18MP sensors, and that the noise control will be similar or better than it is now. That would be a nice bump, and like you, when I'm shooting birds, the lens is never long enough, cropping is often required.

Yeah that is really cool.
But if you look at it Canon 1Ds Mk III and 5D Mk II have almost the same mark (Resolution is NOT factored into the DxOMark Sensor) as D3 or D700. But they are 21 Mpix cameras compared to 12 Mpix. Sony Alpha 850 and 900 too, and at 24 Mpix.
To be honest 7D is just a bit lower (64.9 to 69.8) at 18 compared to 12 Mpix D300s. And it amazes me how D5000 and D90 are better then D300 when D300 gives better images at least in my view.
I doubt this will have any implication on the fact then Canon DSLR sales are stable while Nikon DSLR sales are going down. And I really hope Nikon will surprise us as Hiroshi Takashima General Manger of Imaging Division at Nikon claims, but not with a new Coolpix S220 he regards so high (crappiest P&S of all times, most current mobile phones are making better images than this failure) but with something with better quality and better line-up of cameras.

PB PM said:
Yes, the Nikon DSLRs do better in low light, but there are situations when you want more MP, although I can only think of a few.

This is true and I think Nikon tries to maintain a balance. I for one am all for improved low light, there are situations when I'm under the canopy of trees on cloudy days when high ISO's are a must. However as you also said, the higher MP's are also good for us bird shooters as usually we need to crop. It will be interesting to see what the replacement of the D300/D300s offers in terms of this compromise.

haha, so I did a comparo with my D200. . .has the same SNR, lol!

That's no good - a brand new "gen 3" camera as pooey in noise control, color, DR as a 2005 Nikon. . .if that's the rate Canon's going, then. . .

woah. . .not totally unexpected, until a camera manufacturer can start using different materials to help mitigate noise, adding MORE MP's to a CCD/CMOS sensor will get you a 7D. . .or something equivalent. . .

Film is natively at about 25 mpx.

Honestly, with 10mp, I've NEVER had issues blowing things up to sizes I can AFFORD to print at. . .and clients RARELY even want things printed outside of a album (max 8X10), so not sure why Canon is wrapped up in this, but I'm sure the smart consumer will realize the limitations. . .