One participant to the forums of Somethingawful otained a full collection of pictures taken in Croatia during the shooting of a commercial where we can see a guy handling an SLR camera. On some images, it is possible to notice that it’s a Nikon and that it has a tilt-and swivel LCD display. If the…
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Discontinued cameras at Leica and Nikon
Surprisingly, the PMA fair has been the opportunity to announce not only new products, but also the death of some others. The most prominent ones: Leica announces the end of its R-Series manual focus SLR cameras. Probably to be replaced by something else at the same level. Nikon has now discontinued the Nikon D40, after…
Nikon rumour: Nikon D5000 at PMA09
The nearly-arrived new entry-level SLR camera from Nikon would not be named Nikon D65, but Nikon D5000. This is what seems to become the common consensus. It would be a strong contender with: 12.3 MP (possibly the same sensor that comes with the Nikon D300 and Alpha 700, in its simplified version) No built-in AF…
First touchscreen SLR camera?
What do you think about this? There are already several point-and-shoot compact cameras using LCD touchscreens for all or part of the user interface. But, to this day, none of the major SLR camera manufacturers did try this on a them while it would be relatively easy to push this into a design budget for…
Cameras delayed for fear of recession
Crisis, recession, deflation, financial crush, layoffs are all words that we hear about on a daily basis. Whatever you feel/think about them, there is a reality: the consumers are buying less. This is as true for photo hardware and software as for the other markets (maybe it’s worse for cars…) Now, this has a clear…
Nikon D65
We are all nearly certain that Nikon will bring us soon (at least) one new digital SLR camera for the lowest price point (well under 1000$) to renew its most accessible camera range. Apparently, some know (or believe they know) that it will be called Nikon D65. Even better, here are its features: 12MP CMOS…