Photography - Updates

I have created this thread to put in all information regarding developments in the photographic world - new releases of cameras and lenses, softwares. etc. with valuable discussion among members which is bound to benefit all.

Members please put inputs regarding this.

Nikon is set to replace at least these two models in the coming months - the D-SLRs D90 and D3000

Specifications:

The D3000 replacement will be called D3100

Total of 11 or 12 AF points.
10 MP CMOS sensor
HD video: 1080p/24 and 720p 30/24 with AVCHD video codec and in camera video editing capabilities
3fps (same as D3000)
Will be sold in a kit with the 18-55mm lens.
No swivel display.

The replacement for D90

16MP DX sensor
Same noise performance like the D700 Full Frame SLR
Full HD at 1080p video with Video Autofocus
8 frames/second
Aluminium used in construction

dada, thnx for starting this thread. i myself want to upgrade my camera... will post the requirement soon...
btw, seen after a long time...

A great thread, I will be reading it from time to time so that I too can learn about cameras.
thanks, gypsie

Nikon is going to introduce a new but weird lens. It is the 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR . Now people may think what is unusual about this lens....Nikon have such a lens, Canon, Sigma, Tamron everybody has ....but in APS-C format, which is equivalent of the 28-300 superzoom in 35 mm/Full Frame format.

The weird thing is that Nikon says this will be on FX format (that is Full Frame) ...that means Ultrawide to medium Telephoto

This will be the first lens of this type and focal length in the world, if ultimately introduced.

Other new Nikon lenses to be released in the coming months are :

Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.4G N – (there could be a VR version)

Nikkor 24-120 f/4 ED VR N

Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR DX – this is an upgrade of the current 55-200mm lens for DX format.

"N" stands for Nano coating. It will be available in all Nikon lenses from now on.


Future plans for a new set of lenses for the upcoming Nikon EVIL system should also be announced. Expected is a general zoom lens (maybe something in the range of 18-55) and a pancake lens (probably 35mm f/1.8). Note that those lenses will not be available for some time and the final production version may vary from the initial prototypes.

Also expected is a Canon 60D, which will replace the Canon 50D in a few weeks.

Details are awaited for this camera.

Just curious...

What is useful in copy-paste from photorumors.com ?

Useful in sharing information....that is all about we visit this forum...ist it? People here can have it...But these are not 100% rumors this time. Otherwise, I would have given them much earlier. By the way, I have not visited your aforementioned site but other sites.


.....and I am 100% sure that interested people have benefited or liked and will do in the future.

knowledge/facts always welcome here...
dada, keep updating...

Bhsawaran, thanks for these updates. Useful thread …. ..

D3100 sounds interesting... please don't forget to share some more like review etc.

Thank you.

Definitely Somnath. Nikon D3100 is not officially announced yet. So, no reviews. I will post reivew links as soon as they come in the net.

As per the features, it is going to trump the beginer-consumer line up of other manufactuers.

The most interesting thing in the new D-SLRs will be the Autofocus in Video modes. Lets see how it performs. Hope they match up at least with the consumer camcorders available in the market. If this goes successful, I forsee a drastic collapse of the consumer camcorder market.

Talking of video feature in SLRs, if anyone wants to experiment, there's a free (open source) program called EOS Camera Movie Record, that records HD (720P) with any Canon EOS camera with the Live View feature.

Keep in mind that it has limitations - the camera has to have the Live View feature, it has to be hooked up to your PC when recording, it will save the recording on the desktop, the files can be large - I did a test video with my Rebel XS and 10 seconds was about 15+mb. You are pretty much limited to indoor photography, unless you use a lap top and have someone carry it around, etc. Fun to experiment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIE0UDL0dJg

Sony launched the replacement of its A380 D-SLR ....the A390...a 14 MP mid-range D-SLR

Nikon D3100 is due to be launched in August (between 10-14 MP)

Nice links Hydrabadi...I am gradually getting interested in the video features of the D-SLRs. Earlier, I did not liked the consumer grade camcorders (though have one with wide attachment) because they did not offer good wideangle options (quality degrades with wide adapters). As I love to shoot landscapes, my mainstay always have been on the wider side. I shoot about 90% of my images with this. Now, with D-SLRs capable of good video (if), I can use wide to ultra-wide lenses with them.