Nikon Japan issued a statement that the D800E pre-orders/reservations have greatly exceeded the amount of produced cameras and they apologize for the inconvenience/delay. Nikon issued a similar statement for the D800 a month ago. I expect the first D800E shipments in the US to start early next week and will probably again be distributed to NPS members, unless you […]
Nikon D800 vs. D3s and D7000 by Cary Jordan There is no question the Nikon D800/E is a spectacular camera. But just how well does the D800 stack-up against the venerable Nikon D3s? What about in DX crop mode; how well does it fare against the D7000? We now know the new Nikon D800 has […]
This guest post describes another (see also this post) Wi-Fi solution for Nikon D4 by Nick O’Donnell: Like most of you I love spending a boat load of money on things I won’t be using very much. Yeah, right. The Nikon D4 is one heck of a camera with seemingly every capability the could stuff into […]
In today’s guest post, Jinn Leong is explaining why Motion blur, diffraction and noise are not impacted by high megapixel count (in our case the Nikon D800): Diffraction Diffraction depends on the lens, not the sensor. A higher megapixel count won’t increase diffraction. There’s a common misconception that a higher megapixel count increases diffraction because most of […]
This is a quick high ISO comparison between the Nikon D3 and D4 cameras – the first image above is the original (click for larger view):
Pricing for the new Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD lens (model A007) announced: $1,299.00. Shipping are expected start at the end of June, 2012. The new Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f/2.8 PRO DX Ⅱ lens is delayed till September. Nikon D4/D800/D800E manuals are now available for download in the “Nikon manual viewer” app for […]
The European Space Agency published the article “Tracking cities at night from the Space Station” where they describe a new NightPOD intelligent tripod head used to take long exposure photographs by eliminating the motion blur from the International Space Station: “To help astronauts take better pictures, ESA developed a motorized tripod in collaboration with Dutch company Cosine. Called NightPod, this device […]
I reported this rumor over a year ago – similar to previous Nikon professional cameras, the latest full frame DSLR models were also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. You can see the D4 and D800 pages on italdesign.it.
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