As I just received my new Canon 1D Mark IV and haven’t even had the time to shake it that new rumors are running on the NET.
This time, rumors come from Nikon.
It is said that Nikon will be announcing some new products very soon. Some people are already speculating on new cameras (DSLRs) while others are dreaming about lenses announcement.
On the Wish list:
New Nikkor 85 mm f/1.2 and/or Nikkor 50 mm f/1.2 both with Nano coating and AF-S.
New camera. I expected the D700s with FULL HD video ability, 1080p and not just 720p.
Think at it. When lens design and production run over a decade, my brand new Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 is still in production and its design is way back to 1991, cameras, especially D-SLR, only “last” a mere two years.
But again, market pressure is people by more cameras then they buy lenses. Some lenses redesign just are purely exotic with no real improvement in termeof image quality. OK may be a tad.
We are all consumers and in the D-SLR world, new stuff always give us the feeling that our “old” stuff start behaving and we have to upgrade.
As mentioned in one of my previous posts: some vs never ends and there will be always Canon vs Nikon.
My personal opinion is if Nikon decides to release a D700s when Canon is still struggling to supply the 1D Mark IV. Nikon not only closed the gap in term of low light capability and image quality with Canon (the switch to CMOS has been the key success of Nikon D-SLR).
Nikon also got its part of the market without competition. The D3s was released before Xmas and now the (hypothetic) D700s. People have been talking about switching from Canon to Nikon may be more than expected if Canon stays silent in front of the hungry consumers.
PMA is around the corner, the crisis seems to go away and people want to buy new toys.
Anyway, I have some plans for some heads up between the Canon 1D Mark IV and the Nikon D3s somewhere tomorrow night. Low light and glamor.
Stay tuned.
Image below shot inside a restaurant with (horrible) incandescent light, where we had dinner.
Canon 1D Mark IV and EF 85 f/1.2 L II
Av: f/2
Tv: 1/125
ISO 3200 AWB
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Canon 1D Mark IV AWB @ ISO 3200. Click on image to load full size (11.3 MB)
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