Nikon Japan issued a statement today that the amount of D800 pre-orders have greatly exceeded the amount of produced cameras. They also confirmed that the D800 is scheduled to launch on March 22, 2012.
It’s interesting that Nikon did not make such statement about the D4.
Amazon and B&H still have the D800 release date listed as March 20th (tomorrow) and delivery date of March 22nd:
A month with the Nikon D800: Interview with Jim Brandenburg (he made the statement “I think the plan was to have it released sooner” – if you remember, the D800 was supposed to be announced earlier). See the full version here.
If you did not get the new iPad today, here is something else to fill your weekend – the Nikon D800/D800 user’s manual is now available for download.
Enjoy!
The previously rumored Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZF.2 lens is now officially announced. Here are the detailed specs:
Nikon filed a patent (201253230) in Japan for a 9-25mm f/2.8-5.0 lens (24-68mm equivalent) for Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras:
The first Nikon D4 is already listed on eBay by an authorized US dealer. The starting price is $6,999.95. Let’s see for how much it will sell tomorrow.
There is another listing here.
