After the Nikon D5100 firmware was decrypted and we got the first unofficial “Star Wars” firmware update, there is now a full hardware emulator including screen visualizer for the Nikon D3100/D5100/D7000/D* cameras that uses the Fujitsu FR MIPS processor. This will enable anyone willing to write custom firmware routines and then test them without risking their hardware being turned to bricks. See this related flickr discussion and this forum post for more information.
The above video was part of the presentation during the Nikon D800 introduction in Bangkok. A short portion of it (at the 0:18 mark) was taken from the time-lapse the “The Mountain” (see the 2:10 mark) which was shot with a Canon 5D MarkII by Terje Sorgjerd. Oops. Here are some videos shot with “real” Nikon cameras.
Here is a quick specs comparison between the Nikon D800 and the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III:
This guest post was sent to me by reader and addresses some of the D800 criticisms from various websites:
Since the D800 has been introduced I have heard many individuals on podcasts and read where many blog writers were critical of Nikon for packing so many pixels on such a small sensor. The criticisms just seemed not to hold water when logically thinking about things. Also, I have heard numerous comments that lenses cannot do justice to this new sensor and that the sensor will out-resolve the lenses, therefore degrading the photograph. Again, logically it didn’t sound right. One other comment heard frequently is that focus, with this new sensor with 36mp will be so sensitive that the photographer will have to have impeccable technique or suffer out of focus photographs. Again, didn’t seem logical.
Here are some facts. I did some research and some calculations and confirmed my logic in thinking about this new chip.
A Marine Corps security convoy passes by Camp Dwyer in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan
A pair of weathered boots sits inside a Marines tent after a mission in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Next guest post is by Joe Blount (www.theonejoe.com) about his deployment in Afghanistan (click on images for larger view):
In October of 2009 I deployed to the Helmand Province, Afghanistan as a machine gunner in a Security Company. We provided security to Combat Engineers who were building and repairing roads and convoy security from base to base. Our missions ranged in time length from overnight to weeks at a time on average, with the longest being a month long mission.
Lance Corporal Daniel Sousa and Corporal Mitchell McCaughan wait to hear news about a Marine who was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device explosion during a convoy
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