There is this post on dpreview, which is very hard for me to believe. Apparently, a Nikon tech support rep revealed a lot of info about the release of a new MX camera this month:
I call this one busted right up front.
I received an anonymous email stating that beginning December 1st, the Nikon D90 will get a buffer upgrade that will cost around $30. The upgrade will allow 5 minutes of 1080 resolution HD video. It will also have upgraded firmware that will allow the new MP-7 microphone (?) to be plugged in via the USB port and get activated in the camera. A new microphone adapter to plug in any microphone will be also available.
If this was an $300 upgrade for the D700 (especially the microphone part), I would probably believe it, but for the D90? I don’t know… What do you think?
Nikon D3 price drop: B&H is now selling it for $4,198.95! Coincidence? You will have to add it to the cart to see the low price.
Nikon D80 is now discontinued from Adorama and B&H (automatically redirect to D90)- if you want one, you better hurry up (Amazon still has it).
I also updated the complete price watch section today.
Is there going to be a new Nikon D3 soon? Nikon Germany thinks so – they already have a placeholder named “Nikon D3_2”:
We will be seeing more leaks in the next few weeks, in anticipation for the November 20th world wide Nikon event.
“Nikon will introduce soon a high res FF. Today I had a chat with a friend of mine that owns the biggest local photo retailer and he told me that … all photo retailers here cannot place orders for D3 anymore.”
What? Can someone who owns a shop confirm that? Hard to believe.
The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon since 1969. The application period is from September 1st till November 30th 2008. More info on how to apply can be found here.
Grand Prize:
Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3
AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm F2.8G ED
AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm F2.8G ED
Good luck!
I don’t take this seriously since the #1 top tech flop is the new Google G1 phone, the MacBook Air is #3, and Blue-Ray is #4. Nikon D90 is #6.
I believe all of those technologies will prevail and will be with us for a while.
