The Nikon D5100 DSLR is the replacement of the already discontinued D5000 and should be announced in the next 36 hours. Here are the expected D5100 specs: 11 AF points 1080p video Side swivel LCD screen Some kind of a new “Night Vision” mode Should use the EN-EL9 battery 14.2MP or 16.2MP sensor – I […]
Here is another appearance of the Nikon D5100 camera box (see previous picture of the box). You can go to ed-oorklep’s flickr stream for high resolution version of the images:
A reader sent me another picture of the Nikon D5100 from the PR event held by Nikon Korea few weeks ago (thanks brieltothev): You can clearly see that the LCD screen swivels to the side and not to the bottom like the current Nikon D5000:
Update #2: the surprise of the event was the Nikon D5100. Update: the post is now updated and the surprise is the Nikon D5100. There will be a Nikon Day on April 7th, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia and one of the organizers promises an event “full of surprises“: The Nikon D5100 is expected to be released on […]
I feel pretty confident about the April 4th release date for the Nikon 5100, even though some countries have a Nikon press event scheduled for April 5th, 2011 (probably because of the different timezones). The interesting part is that there’s also suppose to be some kind of a Coolpix presentation. This could just be rerun of the latest Coolpix cameras announced in […]
Multiple sources confirmed that the Nikon D5100 is currently being shipped in bulk to Canada. I still don’t have detailed specs, except the new swivel display leaked by Nikon Korea. The oficial announcement should be on April 4th or the second week of April.
Update: the event in Taipei was for the already announced Coolpix cameras – see this report for more info. Nikon has scheduled an event in Taipei for tomorrow (March 22nd, 2011). The only detail I have is the text 新品體驗會 (translation: “the experience of new models” or “an experience of new stuff“). The event will […]
Update: DxOMark removed the Nikon D5100 reference from their website. DxOMark included the Nikon D5100 in the conclusion section of their Canon EOS 600D review: “The new EOS 600D brings no improvement over the 550D other than a few features. The two sensors perform exactly the same, and show the same persistent noise problem in dark areas at low ISO […]
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