Posts Tagged ‘nikon’

Nikon say “we will make our stills cameras for videographers”

Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 13:52

Nikon video rig from Redrock

Above: Marketing ploy alert! RedRock Micro’s new ‘Nikon gold’ branded rig for shooting video on the D800

In an interview with the British Journal of Photography, Nikon are really talking sense. It has taken a few years! Let’s listen to what Nikon group marketing manager for the UK, Jeremy Gilbert has to say about the company’s direction with their DSLRs and video.

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First truly representative Nikon D800 video footage. DXOMark says sensor is ‘best ever’.

Friday, 23 March, 2012 18:45

Nikon D800 1080p grab

Above: frame grab from Longshan’s Temple shot on the Nikon D800 in Taiwan. Click here to go to the Vimeo page and to download the original.

These findings have rather taken me aback.

Not only is the Nikon D800′s video quality far better than the Nikon D4 and more detailed than the 5D Mark III, the low light performance of the raw sensor data is nip and tuck with the Nikon D4 despite having double the megapixel count.

Even more surprising is that the D800 just scored the number 1 position overall on DXOMark… out-performing a PhaseONE digital back!

Needless to say this camera is now on my radar.

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Nikon may add 4K video to future cameras (J1 sensor already capable)

Wednesday, 01 February, 2012 10:45

Nikon J1 and c-mount lens

Consumer 4K is on the way, it is now as inevitable as the first 1080p stickers were on your TVs and cameras of 5 years ago. In an interview with DPReview, Nikon’s Tetsuya Yamamoto says that the Nikon J1′s (Aptina produced) sensor is already capable of a 4K horizontal resolution in video mode (although he doesn’t reveal the vertical resolution which I suspect would be lower than 2K).

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Sony, Nikon were asked to join Micro Four Thirds and new pro mirrorless coming

Sunday, 15 January, 2012 00:33

Olympus PEN with OM lens

“Don’t be afraid to cannibalise yourself” said Steve Jobs. “If you don’t do it, someone else will”.

In an interview with Imaging Resource, Toshiyuki Terada of Olympus speaks candidly about Sony and Nikon.

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The Nikon 1 system – will it succeed?

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011 20:49

Photo by Rob Galbraith

Soon the single lens reflex design will be obsolete. Mirrorless technology is the next evolution of the DSLR into a fully electronic camera. An electronic shutter, OLED EVF, better AF and improved video modes all come from mirrorless technology production. So with this in mind it is clear to me the folly of the Nikon 1.

Nikon have gimped their future to prop up the past.

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