Gah! A Nikon Post!
Yes, it matters what they're up to. I only post Nikon stuff close to an announcement.
October 14/15, 2009
Nikon will be announcing the successor to the highly successful D3 this week. I've received some CR3 info as has Nikon Rumors who has received a lot more :)
The D3s Specs (NR)
- Better ISO-performance (ISO 200-12800 probably)
- New 1.2 crop mode
- Bigger buffer
- Motion-Jpeg 720p (no 1080p!)
- Improved AF-ON button
- Improved multi-dial
- No 14 fps, I repeat no 14 fps
The CR3 Specs I received (NR has all the juice):
- Nikon D3s
- Oct 14/15th
- 12 mp
- ISO 102,400
At the moment no new lenses will be launched with the D3s according to Nikon Rumors.
Nikon is really upping the spec game if these rumors are true (outside of the 1080p omission).
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33 Comments
Good Job Nikon ! Stick with 12MP
If WE (canon) stick with 12MP
then we’ll have ISO 496,000 no doubt
Where do you see an ASA of 102,400 listed?
Where is that listed? I see nothing on this site or NR about an ASA of 102,400.
Nikon’s video is only 720p and from current Nikon bodies most likely suffers from bad jello effect. Upping the ISO is superficial at best, we wont see any ground breaking NR technology from Nikon since Canon is at the forefront of that. I recall news of a P&S camera that can do ISO 250,000 picture was so bad it not useable.
D3s is just a refresh very much the same way the D300s is a refresh of the D300, same sensor, minor tuning of speed and crappy video with no manual control.
If the 7D is anything to go by the new 1DMk4 will make the D3s look ancient.
Here’s the deal. Lets wait to see what Nikon is offering, it maybe the new Exmor sensor developed by Sony.
What Nikon may doing is taking the voltage readout from the sensor, passing it through an LNA and then applying some filtering prior to the A/D conversion. Unlike Canon who actually did the hard work and developed a new sensor for the 7D in which they improved the quantum efficiency of the photo diodes. This is real engineering, no amount of signal processing trickery can make up for improved quantum efficiency. I believe that Canon pulled its punches on the 7D sensor in terms of noise performance and with the 1DMkIV, will hit another home run. What Canon is bad at is the feature set and ergonomics of the body, but they redeemed themselves with the 7D.
Of the 3 companies, Sony, Canon & Nikon; none of them want to hurt the other. So they increase prices or hold back features deliberately when current technology is more than capable.