Damn, this Canon shooter is drooling- hopefully they put it in the D750's body! After having shot Canon's lower-semipro's, the awkwardness that is the D7200's ergonomics just wouldn't fly .
Also, any guesses as to where they sourced the sensor from? The 20MP resolution is a bit odd; but could it be a custom Sony design with fast readout for the high framerate and video?
johnctharp wrote:
Damn, this Canon shooter is drooling- hopefully they put it in the D750's body! After having shot Canon's lower-semipro's, the awkwardness that is the D7200's ergonomics just wouldn't fly .
It's in a D810-like body, full pro build as far as I can tell. Even has the circular eyepiece that used to be reserved for FF bodies.
jmai86 wrote:
Why did they name this with the FX 3-digit naming convention?
I wish companies would get better with being more consistent in their product naming. There's going to be so much consumer confusion.
It's the follow-up to the D300/D300s, which was announced alongside the D3. While it might not make sense to someone new to Nikon, most photographers will recognize it as meaning that the D500 features a pro body and D5-like features. And people who aren't familiar probably won't care about the name anyway, so I can understand Nikon's decision here.
johnctharp wrote:
Also, any guesses as to where they sourced the sensor from? The 20MP resolution is a bit odd; but could it be a custom Sony design with fast readout for the high framerate and video?
Nikon-designed sensors are historically fabricated by the Japanese company Renesas (like in the D4). This could also be a new Sony unit - for the volumes these cameras will sell in, I'm sure it would be worth Sony's while to do a custom job to Nikon spec, or a collaborative effort of some kind.
CanadaMark wrote:
It's in a D810-like body, full pro build as far as I can tell. Even has the circular eyepiece that used to be reserved for FF bodies.
If they did any less as a replacement for the D300 the loyalists would cry.
johnctharp wrote:
Damn, this Canon shooter is drooling- hopefully they put it in the D750's body! After having shot Canon's lower-semipro's, the awkwardness that is the D7200's ergonomics just wouldn't fly .
It'll be more like the D810's, John. The D750 has no AF ON button and paltry a 1/4000th sec shutter.
Note the round eyepiece as well, this should be a joy to shoot.
CanadaMark wrote:
It's in a D810-like body, full pro build as far as I can tell. Even has the circular eyepiece that used to be reserved for FF bodies.
Is it? I'm not as familiar with the D810, though I guess that makes sense given the market positioning.
jmai86 wrote:
Why did they name this with the FX 3-digit naming convention?
I wish companies would get better with being more consistent in their product naming. There's going to be so much consumer confusion.
This was my first thought. I saw the announcement and thought "Oh...a new lower end full-frame body." I'm not a Nikon shooter, but with the D700, D600, D610, D750, D800, D810, etc....all are full frame, and the high end DX cameras have all been four digit for a while. This is going to cause a lot of confusion.
Lauchlan Toal wrote:
It's the follow-up to the D300/D300s, which was announced alongside the D3. While it might not make sense to someone new to Nikon, most photographers will recognize it as meaning that the D500 features a pro body and D5-like features. And people who aren't familiar probably won't care about the name anyway, so I can understand Nikon's decision here.
Ah, I see. I had only gotten back into Nikon since the D750, the D300 was before my Nikon time.
Still, I feel it would better serve Nikon and other companies to have consistent and sensible naming schemes. Nikon wants more people to buy cameras; they should make it so any newbie can easily understand the lineup. When the D500 came out today, a friend, who is not a photo person by any means, but was looking for a camera, texted me asking what the deal is with the 3 digit number. He thought it was an FX camera and was excited.
This may be heresy, but with the absence of flash and the use of XQD cards, I will sell my D4 to buy this camera. It is the perfect camera for a wildlife photographer using a 200-400 f4 lens... fast frame rate, 20 mp resolution, solid build...
I can't wait to see what some of the images from the body look like.
bruce
johnctharp wrote:
Also, any guesses as to where they sourced the sensor from? The 20MP resolution is a bit odd; but could it be a custom Sony design with fast readout for the high framerate and video?
CanadaMark wrote:
Nikon-designed sensors are historically fabricated by the Japanese company Renesas (like in the D4). This could also be a new Sony unit - for the volumes these cameras will sell in, I'm sure it would be worth Sony's while to do a custom job to Nikon spec, or a collaborative effort of some kind.
That's actually what I'm interested in- see, the 7D II, which is the D500's only real competitor (sorry about your lenses, Pentax!) has great high-ISO performance for a cropper- usable images are as good or better as those produce by the excellent Exmor in the D7200, for example. Nikon's own (assume Renesas-produced as you suggest) sensors tend to behave a lot like Canon's in-house jobs, with great high-ISO performance and average low-ISO performance.
I'd be hoping that this camera has both- like the D750, for example, where you have competitive high-ISO performance and great low-ISO performance, making it as much of a 'jack of all trades' camera.
johnctharp wrote:
Is it? I'm not as familiar with the D810, though I guess that makes sense given the market positioning.
Actually no - it looks like the front is carbon-fiber reinforced rather than metal, so it isn't exactly the same as the D810. Curious to see if the mirror box (anchor point for most of the parts) is metal as well. If you're comparing to Canon, you need a 1-series body to match the build of a D300/D700/D810 type body.
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