Update: you can see some more shots of the making of the video here.
Remember this report from Barcelona before the Nikon D3s announcement. Yes, this was a D3s. Take a look at the last picture – the model with the black dress. Now, watch the video:
The video was produced by the German Nikon Professional Services team. Shot in one day. Edited in one night.
I swear I saw those four guys in black jackets waiting in a black car in front of my house the other night 🙂
Update: Nikon Transfer 1.5.2 is also released – download here.
This issue should be fixed for Mac users now.
What’s new after the break:
Credit: CNBC (click on image for larger view)
This one is weird.
On “The Suze Orman Show” (CNBC) from Jan. 23, 2010, a lady called in during the “Can I Afford It” segment. She wanted to purchase a Nikon D700x camera for $4300 (the show is based on callers who want to purchase expensive items and Suze Orman is giving them financial advice).
How did this make it to TV? Where is the price coming from? How about the picture? A prank from a NR reader?
You can watch the video on iTunes (the Nikon D700x segment starts about 29 minutes into the podcast).
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The Nikon D700x sensor and Nikkor AF-S 18-50 f/3.5-4.5G lens rumors got busted. Busted because those images were published in the Japanese magazine CAPA and are not part of an upcoming Nikon brochure:
Go to flickr or bayimg for hi-res image (thanks to the reader who sent that in).
Here is a general translation of the page from another reader:
Every rumor is taken from just one of these predictions by three distinguished professional photographers you see on the lower left side of the page in the link Mr. Fool provided. On the upper right side, it reads “New Full frame camera will be the axis of Nikon’s new model in 2010”. They predict that D700X will be using the same cropped sensor as D3X and the price will be about 350k yen ($4000 US). They also predict that 14.2 mega pixel APS-C sensor ( the same one currently used on Sony A550) will be the new standard for Nikon’s APS-C camera, and the replacement of D90 (which they call D95) will adapt that sensor. According to them, it will have Full HD video. The least credible of all is listed lenses on the right page. The source simply states “we want attractive lenses to fully experience new high-megapixel full frame camera”. So lens part is more like a hope than a prediction.
The question is are those predictions based on facts or fiction?
Just a reminder that last week, a similar “rumor” came from another Japanese magazine for a new Ricoh GXR lens slide-in module (it was on the first page).
Two more interesting images appeared on xitek.com from the same user in the past hour (Google translation). The first looks like a larger crop (but a tiny image) of the previously reported Nikon D700x sensor:
The second one (Google translation) is for a new lens – Nikkor AF-S 18-50 f/3.5-4.5G:
Translation:
AFS Nikkor 18-50 mm f3.5-4.5G
Reasonably-priced, high-quality FX standard zoom
There is also some talk about Nikon D95 (?), AF-S 85mm F1.8G and AF-S VR 80-400mm f3.5-5.6G. Maybe a native speaker can provide more details.
Let’s what will come out tomorrow.
In the past, we went through a list of products compatible with Nikon D900. Some of them could be a typo or just an easy way to get Internet traffic. Today, a NR reader sent me those pictures of Phottix Titan battery which is compatible with Nikon D900 – clearly written on the back of the package (click on image for larger view):
On the manufacturer’s website, D900 is not listed as a compatible cameras.
For a list of previously reported products for Nikon D900 click here, here, and here.
I know, after the D700x sensor post, this news doesn’t make it any easier to guess what’s coming next. The actual model number is not important, but it can give us a clue what the camera would be (D700s->sensor from D3s | D700x->sensor from D3x | D900-> completely new camera).
