German magazine spills the beans about Nikon’s announcement next week

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/08/13/german-magazine-spills-the-beans-about-nikons-announcement-next-week.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NikonRumors+%28NikonRumors.com%29

And pictures:
http://nikonrumors.com/2010/08/13/first-pictures-of-the-nikon-d3100-and-the-four-new-lenses.aspx

The first post is listing a price of 650 Euros. ; If Google is giving me the correct conversion into USD that is only UD$830. ; That is something I can afford.

 

I guess the ISO of 12800 threw me since I would never guess they'd put an ISO upper limit that high on an entry-level camera

 

14mp eh? ; They're using Sony's sensor from the A550 which has been discontinued and went up to 12,800.

Interesting that they pulled the VR from the 85, but Nikon now has a walkaround version of the 18-200 VR, something that Canon won't be able to match immediately.

If you want a full frame camera with one lens to go from 28mm to 300mm, stabilized, Nikon's will cost $3600 (roughly, I think the US price will be around the same as euros with lower import taxes, but I'm running off a calculation of current exchange rates).
Canon's will cost $4900. (and be with a heavier longer lens) Canon did have a FF 28-200 lens at one point, but no IS.

 

Judging from the picture, Nikon's is going to be a lot shorter and weigh less.

Quality? Probably won't be as good as the streetsweeper but I don't think it'll be a slouch. ; Nikon's 28-200 was a good lens except that at 28mm you better use thin filters or else you'll have noticeable falloff. ; But considering how popular the 18-200 DX VR lens is, it's going to be a success.

The 24-120 f/4 will probably be better than the 24-105L however. ; Glad they've dropped the 24-120/5.6 VR lens from the lineup. ; Why they included that lens as a kit for the D700 I'll never understand. ; The 28-200, the old 28-105 were much better lenses! ; (both d/c a while ago)

 

The new Nikon FX walkaround all in one zoom will probably weigh a little more than the 18-200 VR, which is:

560g, and it's 96.5mm long.

The Canon 28-300 IS "L" weighs 1670g, and is 184mm long.

The size of the new Nikon isn't going to be much more above the 18-200 but the weight will probably be around 700-800 if I had to guess......


Next question also is: ; When is Nikon going to release the 70-210 f/4? ; (and complete their own holy trinity of f/4)

 

Or actually, the big event to occur in the next few weeks, notwithstanding Canon releasing a 30mp 1DsMkIV with video, is when Sony makes Canon go "Why didn't we rerelease the 1DRS before now????"

Unless, of course, Canon does make the 1DsMkIV the 1DsRS. ; Which wouldn't make any sense, as the 1DRS was the first SLR to shoot at 10 fps, which has already been done with a regular mirror now. ; There is only one other reason to use that mirror.......

 

I'm just guessing on the pixel count; but it's got to be a lot more than the 5DMk2. ; Why would anyone want the current 1Ds that has the same # of pixels as the 5DMk2? ; (And for a lot less money!)

For the AF system?
For the size? ; For the weather sealing???

 

They should be announcing at least two SLRs, maybe 3.

The 60D and 1DsMkIV for sure, rumors are going around about a new hybrid dSLR. ; Maybe they also are reintroducing the 1DRS....and calling it the EOS-3D. ; Probably around 14-16 mp FF with video....I think Canon may have gotten the memo that people don't want just more MP....they want higher quality and lower noise.

 

I was considering renting an 85mm for Pixelmania. ; I hope the new 1.4 is available by then.

 

What's funny is that I pulled that number from thin air, and now canonrumors is reporting that number (or close, 29.64 or something).

 

It probably will, maybe $1099. ; Sounds reasonable for the amount of glass and VR.....