where there’s smoke there’s fire

The new retro FX DSLR camera will be called Nikon DF. The interesting part is that DF will stand for “Digital Fusion“. I also have two new bits of information:

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There is another image with a better view of the retro-styled Nikon DSLR camera:

It appears that there will be a total of 6 teaser videos for the new camera (see the first video here):

Nikon Imaging already has a dedicated spot for the new camera on their website – the link goes to a new page that has this description:

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Nikon just released the first video teaser for their upcoming retro-styled DSLR FX camera called “Nikon – Pure Photography #1” (update – see also this post):

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Update: this set of specifications is fake. The name of the camera will be Nikon DF.

I feel pretty comfortable with the information I have published so far on the rumored Nikon full frame retro-styled camera. Today I received another list of specifications from a new source (take them with a grain of salt) that slightly differ from what I have already reported (different battery, LCD screen size, etc):

• Will be called Nikon D4H
• Will use EN-EL15 battery
• 3″ LCD Screen
• EVF/OVF hybrid viewfinder
• Can be used with true mirror lock up for non-AI lenses while still allowing viewing through view finder.
• New hybrid mechanical shutter
• No AA filter
• No video in low power mode but otherwise it will have video (?)
• Expeed 3A processor
• Price: $3,000 for body only, $3,300 for a kit with the new 50mm f/1.8G lens
• Black, Black/Sliver and Chrome version will be available

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