Category Archives: Nikon D800

Nikon D800 shows us its dark left side

This Nikon D800 image was sent to me anonymously without any further explanations. Some of the camera design details are consistent with the previous D800 images but I have no idea if this is real or fake. For comparison, here is a side image of the Nikon D700:

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Interview with Nikon about their upcoming cameras

The Japanese Digital Camera Magazine did a series of interviews with leading camera manufacturers about their future products (see a recap of the interviews with Pentax and Olympus executives).  The magazine will be published on December 19th, 2011 in Japan. A 12 pages preview of the upcoming issue can be downloaded here (the Nikon interview is on page 7). Here is a […]

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Cropped Nikon D800 samples at high ISO

I have mentioned before that I have several samples taken with the upcoming Nikon D800 camera. The TIFF files produced by the Nikon D800 are around 103 MB: Unfortunately I cannot publish the entire images online but I can show you few JPG crops taken at different ISO settings. It’s not much, but at least […]

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Updated Nikon D800 specs

  I am now 99% confident that the remaining unconfirmed specs from this Nikon D800 post and the D800 pictures are real. Here is the updated list: 36 MP sensor (7360×4912) 100% viewfinder coverage Improved AF with face recognition – the D800 will still have 51 points AF point CF+SD memory card slots USB 3.0 ISO range: 100 – 6400, ISO LO […]

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Nikon D800 commercial was filmed in Chicago *updated*

Update: see more details on the Nikon D800 commercial here. A month ago I mentioned that the Nikon D800 promo video was shot in Chicago, but at that time I wasn’t really sure . Today I received another confirmation that this was the case. The production is now completed, which is another indication for an upcoming […]

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This is it for 2011, something big is coming in January 2012

Nikon is done with the new products announcements for 2011. Something really big is coming in January 2012 – Nikon has bought space for a LOT of ads in big photography magazines for January 2012. I know they use to advertise a lot, but in this case, the extremely high amount of ads next month […]

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Nikon’s substitute DSLR production ahead of schedule

Nikon started substitute DSLR production ahead of schedule (via Bloomberg): Nikon Corp. (7731 JT), a camera maker, gained 2.7 percent to 1,739 yen. The company, which shut its main plant in Thailand due to floods, will start substitute production of digital single-lens reflex cameras in the country at the end of November, nearly a month ahead […]

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4 upcoming Nikon products

An update to my post about the upcoming Nikon products: Nikon SB-910: samples of the new flash are already distributed in several different countries, announcement is imminent. DX lens: – two options here, either a new 18-300mm lens (see patent) or a 16-85mm lens (it may even be a fixed f/4 aperture). FX lens: “will […]

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