Nikon D90 replacement and P7000 will not be announced tonight

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2010

A lot of readers are still asking me about the Nikon D90 replacement and the P7000 announcements. I will just repeat some of the old information I already published online: the D90 replacement (not sure about the exact name yet) will be announced on/around September 15th together with a new Nikkor 200mm f/2 lens. I already reported some basic specs a month ago:

  • Magnesium-alloy body
  • 16MP sensor
  • 1080 HD video
  • Somewhere between 6-8 fps
  • Improved ISO range: 100-25600*
  • 39 AF points
  • Price: $1199 for body only

Since the Nikon P7000 p&s camera was not announced yesterday with the rest of the Coolpix cameras, I am guessing that it will be announced in September with the D90 replacement. We may have the same scenario in September – one Coolpix announcement and few days later a DSLR and lens announcements.

I will repeat again, there is no sign of a full frame DSLR for Photokina.

* – Today some more details surfaced on the new Alpha cameras from Sony (specs | pics). You can see that the 16MP sensor has hi ISO of 25600. I already mentioned that the D90 replacement should have a better ISO compared to the 100-12800 ISO range of the D3100, so I assume this range will be 100-25600.

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Tonight: Nikon D3100 and four lenses (3FX+1DX)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2010

Second round of announcement should happen tonight. I do not expect any surprises (i.e. no full frame DSLR from Nikon for Photokina)

Nikon D3100:

  • 14 MP CMOS Sensor (23.2 x 15.5 mm)
  • live View
  • Continuous AF in video mode/live view
  • 3 inch Display (not swivel)
  • 100 – 12800 ISO
  • ISO setting manual or automatic
  • 11 AF points
  • new AF points configuration which should cover a very large portion of the viewfinder
  • full HD Video (1920 x 1080)
  • HD video: 1080p/24 and 720p 30/24
  • AVCHD video codec
  • new EXPEED2 processor
  • improved objects recognition for the AF control
  • improved in-camera menu
  • user can save picture profiles
  • in camera video editing capabilities
  • 3 fps
  • price 650 €
  • will be sold in a kit with a 18-55mm lens

Lenses:

  • Nikkor AF-S DX 55-300 f/4.5-5.6 G ED VR (ca. 420 €)
  • Nikkor AF-S 85 f/1.4 G with Nano coating (€1650/$1650): 10 lens elements in 9 groups (the old version has 9 elements in 8 groups)
  • Nikkor AF-S 24-120 f/4 G ED VR with Nano coating (€1220/$1300)
  • Nikkor AF-S 28-300 f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR (€1000/$1050): 19 lens elements in 14 groups

I will have a continuous coverage today. Some Danish websites are already reporting that they are invited to a Nikon press conference tomorrow @ 10am.

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Nikon Movie Editor

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2010

Nikon View NX2 now also comes with a new video editing tool called “Nikon Movie Editor”. Nikon Europe has more details on the Nikon Movie Editor package and the H.264 requirements I mentioned earlier. The “Create Movie” option also lists 1280 x 720 and 1920 x 1080 resolutions:

The Nikon Coolpix P100 is currently the only camera from Nikon that shoots H.264 @ 1920 × 1080. This will probably not be the case a month from now.

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“Playback and editing of H.264 movies” is a requirement for View NX2

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2010

One of the requirements for the new View NX2 software is the ability of your computer to perform playback and editing of H.264 movies:

“Display, playback, and editing of still images and movies (MotionJPEG): Intel Celeron / Pentium 4 / Core Series, 1.6GHz or above
Playback and editing of H.264 movies: Pentium D 3.0GHz or above (during playback), Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz or above (during editing)”

I am just saying.

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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj presentations (video)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2010

Nikon Coolpix S1100pj pre-orders are now accepted at Amazon.

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Nikon View NX2 now available for download

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2010

The link to download the View NX2 (free) just got published: http://nikonimglib.com/nvnx/

See all View NX2 details here.

What’s new in version 2 after the break:

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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj, S5100 and View NX2 announced

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2010

Nikon announced two new Coolpix cameras today: S1100pj and S5100. In addition, a new version View NX is also available. The View NX2 info is only on dpreview for now.

Full press release after the break:

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Announcements

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

There is a low chance that new Coolpix cameras will be announced tonight (Monday, US Eastern time) and the Nikon D3100 plus the four lenses on Wednesday night. The second option is that everything will be announced together on Wednesday night (around midnight, US Eastern time).

The German magazine “Foto Digital” leak from last week had only two Coolpix cameras – the Nikon Coolpix S1100pj and  the Nikon Coolpix S5100. Not sure why the rumored Nikon Coolpix P7000 was not covered in that article. Maybe they will announced it at a later date? I don’t know.

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Nikon patents update: new 24mm lens and more EVIL

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

A quick update on the latest Nikon patents before the announcements start tomorrow.

Patent application 20100195221 is for a 24mm FX wide angle lens. Two examples are shown – one with f/2.8 and one with f/3.5:

First example (f/2.8) | Second example (f/3.5):

f = 24.698     | 24.400 (focal length)
FNO = 2.9    | 3.596 (aperture)
ω = 41.86°    | 42.44°
Y = 21.6         | 21.6
TL = 74.298 | 68.898
Σd = 36.297  | 30.900
Bf = 38.000 | 37.998

Patent application 20100194974 is similar to the previously reported patent from Japan, but the US version has very detailed drawings of what appears to be an EVIL camera (there is still a mirror in the viewfinder):

Interesting: in all illustrations it seems that there is no shutter, or at least I cannot see one. The same patent application contains also a detailed drawings of the sensor housing (3:2 aspect ratio) and the lens mount:

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Nikon D3S and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens receive EISA awards

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

Nikon D3S is the best professional camera and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens according to 2010-2011 EISA awards.

Reasons for selection after the break:

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