Rumor season

[robmac]

All we need now is the rumored Nikon M-mount digital rangefinder and we're cooking with gas.

 

[Vivek]

All we need now is the rumored Nikon M-mount digital rangefinder and we're cooking with gas.

What an ominous thing to say! Gas is expensive nowadays! :ROTFL:

 

[jonoslack]

What an ominous thing to say! Gas is expensive nowadays! :ROTFL:

and will it be M(obil) or F(ino) mount?

 

[Terry]

Jono -
Patience pays off....my 24-70 will be a proper lens on a D700

Now I will have some lens cleanup to do.....I have a couple of DX lenses.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

First you need to get it back from the slob you lent it too.

 

[Terry]

First you need to get it back from the slob you lent it too.

I was too busy shooting cat pictures with my M8 and 75 cron :ROTFL: to notice

Seriously my friend's cat doesn't have long to live so I was doing portraits but it is a shame she wasn't really in the mood

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Learning to focus in the wind and no magnifier.
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[Guy Mancuso]

hey did you steal that lens from me. LOL

 

[jonoslack]

Learning to focus in the wind and no magnifier.

Does a magnifier help with the wind?

 

[Terry]

Does a magnifier help with the wind?

No, the magnifier is pure Leica tradition....make the photographer suffer sadly it doesn't have the Nikon continuous auto focus magic....

 

[Bob]

I found that the right diopter did wonders for me on the M8. I find that I crank the diopter adjustment on the D3 to the full + direction.
-bob

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Here's a video that may interest you all. It's in French, but never mind. Just looking at the pictures makes me go all dizzy

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ye9t_nikon-d700-presentation_tech

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Dum-de-dum

and next to a D3

 

[helenhill]

TERRY
LOVE your Cat & Fleur shots.....Magnifique

Cheers! H

 

[Stuart Richardson]

So it is real! The video was interesting. Too bad I do not speak French. So it looks like it does away with things like the microphone and audio notes (I could care less), the second card slot (I liked having two), while adding things like sensor cleaning (vibration or whatever), the built-in flash (whatever...), and changes some things around like the protect buttons (it adds a magnifying glass button, which is nicer than having to hold both the magnifying button and scroll with the thumb wheel), and the metering switch. I wonder if it is still weather sealed? That CF door did not look as protected as the one on the D3. One thing is certain, if you need a battery grip, just get the D3! It looks huge with the grip on there!

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

One thing is certain, if you need a battery grip, just get the D3! It looks huge with the grip on there!

My thought as well. The D3 is still a very relevant camera.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Here folks if you can read French

http://www.chassimages.com/accueil/Sommaire.xml

 

[Guy Mancuso]

I see a few D300 will be going on the block. Mine will . LOL

 

[Stuart Richardson]

They say it is going to be offered for 2800 euro, which is 4400 dollars. How much is the D3 there? Because D3's are selling for under 5000 here in the States...600 dollars less does not sound like a huge amount.

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

They say it is going to be offered for 2800 euro, which is 4400 dollars. How much is the D3 there? Because D3's are selling for under 5000 here in the States...600 dollars less does not sound like a huge amount.

It will be around $3,000 in the US

 

[etrigan63]

I have the initial features list posted here.