On September 21st Nikon will present their new mirrorless camera. The next day, on September 22nd, Canon will have their own announcement but it is still not clear what will be introduced. Canonrumors thinks new Pixma printers.
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Ladies come first.
For Pete’s sake, I hops Canon’s announcement is more epic than a 2.7x crop CSC
There’s also some talk about a lower than 5D-II FF body with a lower res sensor.
So Nikon’s first “I am coming” then followed by Canon’s “Delighting you always” ha ha ha ha!
I can’t help but laugh at this lol
Sony, Olympus and Panasonic should send Nikon a big thank you card… Nice of Nikon to make a camera that won’t be any competition for them.
Maybe it won’t be of any competition. But maybe it will have its own purpose?
1st: I will be appealing to all Nikon fanboys (and -girls).
2nd: It will be significantly smaller than NEXs are. Some might go for it.
Who knows? I don’t and I don’t really care.
Trouble is I doubt that it will appeal to fans all that much. A bit like Nikon thinking “We have a great style accessory here.” and maybe if the under 30′s in Tokyo want one to look “cool”, then it will sell to them. More profit for Nikon to invest in better higher level products? I’m fine with that.
Trouble for photographers is that the specs released so far, are less than stellar. The IQ has to be amazing for this to be much else than some kind of fail.
We will see very son now…
It’s not signficantly smaller. Here’s a comparison to the Oly EPM1
Nikon J1 (w/out EVF) 106mmX61mmX30mm, 277g
EPM1 (w/out EVF): 110mmX64xxX34mm, 263g
(both from DPR camera database)
Pixma Printers sounds even worse than mirrorless.
I really want to see someone moving in the DSLR-field and I want that move to be a new FF. APS-C has seen some pretty progress with D7000, D7 and a77 (lots of sevens). About time to show what progress can do for FF’s IQ.
Unless you’re expecting the same pixel densities to be in modern FF sensors (which means ~38MP FF), it’s difficult to compare these technologies because FF has the area advantage when gathering light. And APS-C has the easier manufacturing process advantage due to its small size.
Thanks for the info genotypewriter,
I do not necessarily expect the same density or densities and I am not comparing. I just want a FF to be clearly better in IQ than any of the three named cameras. I would be perfectly happy with the a77′s RES and the D7000′s DR and colors in a FF camera. Technically this is not to much to ask for. Quite the contrary. The bigger sensor and pixels should offer less noise than D7000 as well.
Where is it?
And they are… a 2008 5D Mk II is still better than anything that APS-C currently has to offer. Anyone who thinks differently has (1) not used a 5D Mk II and (2) doesn’t know how to do a valid comparison between two sensors with different areas and pixel densities and finally (3) puts too much money in to dxomark, etc. tests which have limitations that are barely stated, if at all.
Like I said, manufacturers can experiment more with APS-C (e.g. introduction of gapless microlenses in the 50D) but the incremental gains they get this way still aren’t enough to offset the light gathering advantage that FF has with an area that is 2x the size of an APS-C sensor.
“(…) a 2008 5D Mk II is still better than anything that APS-C currently has to offer (…)”
Yes and no. A D7000′s DR beats the 5D Mk II and it beats the DR of a D3x. I specifically said what I want: a combination of RES (24 MP) and high DR plus low noise.
“(…) aren’t enough to offset the light gathering advantage that FF has (…)”
I know. This is why I want a new FF.
“not used a 5D Mk II (…) puts too much money in to dxomark (…)”
F##king no! I have never donated to dxomark and I’ve used 5D MKII as well as I own the D7000. As I said, the latter clearly beats the former in DR. This is f##king 2011 (and not 2008). A new FF can’t be too much to ask for.
Victor Hassleblood:
What you never studied is physics and what you’re forgetting is how cameras like the D7000 cook the raw files to make less-informed consumers think their camera is better.
Not even dxomark can do a proper noise and a DR comparison. Hope _your_ credibility doesn’t only come from your use of profanity.
I agree — the difference between APS-C and m43 is real, but small compared to FF vs. APS-C
i want a ff after two years of shooting aps-c
Nikon getting ready for the money shot..
new canon teaser for tomorrow: http://www.thebighands.com/
Nikon is Coming – Canon is Cleaning !
Countdown’s still running from where I live:
http://www.iamcomings.com/
The countdown ran out…then they added another 5 hours to it ?
@admin
Is this it?
http://raykophoto.com/2011/09/from-capture-to-print-with-canon-thurs-sept-22nd-co-sponsored-by-spectraflow-rayko/
http://www.spectraflow.com/events.html
?
Ummmm… I guess I’m not staying up for that one, lol.
I think this is it, thanks.