Just received this update from Digital Wedding Forum (registration required):
So says an ‘industry-source’ I know (who’s been on the money for all the releases of the last 2 years). It’ll be to the D3 what the D300s is to the D300 (ie. essentially the same but with video and buffer upgrades). RRP is expected to be £4,500.
D3s
Nikon D3s rumors are spreading like wild fire. Another website (Cameratalk from Australia) writes about “insider information from a software developer at a research facility connected with Nikon” and that the new Nikon D3s will have 14fps and full 1080p HD video. Expected in stores on November 3rd, 2009.
I received some reports that Nikon D3s model may be released in the first or second week of October. I still need another confirmation to feel comfortable with that rumor.
Update: Nikon Singapore response: “based on the current outlook, we do not foresee a similar product range as the Leica X1.” I did not expect a different answer, did you?
The new Leica X1 has a 12.9MP Sony based APS-C sensor. The interesting part here is that at the Leica Singapore event Sunil Kaul, (Regional Director of Asia Pacific for Leica) mentioned that apparently the same Sony APS-C sensor is going to be used in a new Nikon compact camera (source: Cnet Asia).
"Nikon X1"?
A dpreview comment indicates that the new Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II lens already started to show up in stores (in that case in WA state).
Also confirmed: Nikon D300 is listed as “discontinued” in B&H.
Update: some sample shots and a review available here and another one here.
What is a rumor blog without some fakes? This picture is coming from a Chinese forum and has a time stamp of December, 2007:
For comparison here is a Nikon D700:
the Nikon D300:
and the D3:
I think this is D300 + D3 PS job.
