Wednesday, September 12, 2012

New Nikon D600 expected to be announced at midnight; should debut at Photokina

Today's hoopla about the new iPhone 5/new ipods fortunately seems to be distracting consumers from a significant new Nikon product announcement, but that's ok with AKSARBENT — maybe our preorder of the new d600 will end up higher in the queue.
     Rumors about the Nikon D600 have been documented at Nikon Rumors since April. It will use a new Sony 24mp sensor and will be the cheapest full-frame digital camera you can buy — some are saying as little as $1500, although AKSARBENT will believe that when we see it.
     It will shoot video up to 1/2 hour (almost 3x as long as the $3500 Canon 5d Mk III) at H.264/MPEG-4 AVCHD (24, 25 or 30 frames per second at 1080p and 60 FPS at 720p) and will output uncompressed full HD through its HDMI port. An optional wifi-accessory for the D600 was briefly spotted on Nikon's web site before it disappeared — the first official preannouncement acknowledgement of the product by Nikon.
     Some Best Buy stores have already received display shelf power adapters for a new Nikon camera, identified on the tag as "Nikon D000."

Other highlights:
  • 24.7MP full frame sensor
  • Built-in HDR (like the 5100)
  • Max shutter speed of 1/4000
  • Weight: 760g (850g with battery and memory cards), the D800 weights 900g
  • 3.2" LCD with 921K dot with ambient sensor control
  • Viewfinder coverage: 100%
  • The Nikon D600 will have built-in AF motor
  • The body most probably will be weather sealed
  • ISO range: 100-6400 (with Lo-1 ISO 50 and Hi-2 ISO 25,600)
  • 39 AF points (with an option of 11 AF points), 9 cross-type AF points
  • AF face detection
  • Exposure compensation: ±5 EV (same as the D800)
  • The D600 will probably use the EN-EL15 rechargeable Li-ion battery
  • 5 fps (same as the D700, the D800 has 4fps)
  • 2 SD card slots with Eye-fi support
  • Build-in retouching images functionality
  • Built-in flash with sync speed of 1/250s
  • Two user settings: U1 and U2
  • Fn button
  • Auto DX crop mode
  • In-camera RAW editor
  • Built in time-lapse functionality
  • New external battery grip

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