I am not sure where those Nikon D5100 images came from – my guess is that they were part of the press release from Nikon Romania:
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Here is a more detailed list of the Nikon D5100 specs:
Only the Nikon D5100 and the ME-1 microphone will be announced tomorrow (tonight US Eastern time).
Nikonisti.ro leaked the Nikon D5100 and the ME-1 microphone announcement. The Nikon D5100 will have a 16.2MP sensor. The RSS feed entry has been removed.
Some of you have already noticed the microphone-like object on the Nikon D5100 box. You were right – with the D5100, Nikon will announce a new external unidirectional stereo microphone ME-1. The price should be around 140 Euros.
AP had a interview with Simon Iddon, Product Manager for DX DSLR at Nikon UK. Similar to Canon, Nikon’s position is that they have “a complete line-up and does not need to fill any gaps in its product range with a compact system offering“.
Nikon does not see the mirrorless market as a threat to their DSLR line: “compact system camera market will not divert sales from the DSLRs, because if you want a DSLR you want what a DSLR stands for and that isn’t a compact system camera”.
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:
The official announcement should be on April 4th or 5th, 2011. This means that the Nikon US website will be updated either tonight or Monday night around midnight. I will be online covering the latest news.
