Bruce Sawle wrote: daskibum wrote: Ralph Conway wrote:
D4: 6000, AF @ F/8 and ships february
At the moment all I can see are rumors. If D4 might be announced tomorrow, reality looks easy for me. Canon announced a new Flaggship 8 Weeks ago. Nikon hurried to copy all those specs as good as they could 16MP instead of 18, no AF improvement, D3s ISO (there is a french magazins introduction rumored few hours ago) 1FPS less and priced it at about 800 less (first time I remember) of its competitors announcement and offers 1 month earlier delivery.
One just have to watch that body design to see, it was scratchbuild in hurry.
If specs came out as truth, Nikon had to offer a lower price because of standard AF (as good it might be, I would bet Canon does not create the 1D III disaster a second time - the new AF will be market leader) and even at an lower resolution two stops less ISO (if that french mags data does not turn out as wrong).
If ya knew much about Nikon you\'d know they shut down the Sendai plants after the earthquakes/tsunami, then their plants in Malaysia got knocked offline with flooding there. When a company loses most of their manufacturing capabilities in a year things like new product announcements get delayed. They weren\'t waiting on Canon, then scramble to match, they were focusing on getting back up and running. And given Canons AF record I wouldn\'t bet on market leader there...
Ralph tends to talk out of his ass in every post he is a part of. He like to bash Nikon for what ever reason. The best thing to do is ignore the ignorant.
Ups! I forgot the smiley in my post, Bruce.
You are right. And you are free, to ignore my posts.
Next to that:
The D4 looks great to me. And of course I do not believe, it was scratched together within the last 10 weeks. This is a pro body. No manufacturer can put together something like that in short time. They (both, Nikon and Canon) must have done great research before they both decided, that 16MP (18MP) belong to most needs of pro users. The specs are nearly equal. And would fullfill all my needs, if IQ is same like (or even better than) the set standard (for me of D3X/5D MK II) at ISO 12k/25k.
We will see. I guess it will be. Purchasing either of them would burn a black hole into my empty pocket. But I guess that this year further great bodys will be announced, oriented upon the new flaggships, too. This can only be good for us.
Ralph
Jan 06, 2012 at 06:53 AM
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