Nikon D2X announced - 12.4 million pixels, DX size CMOS sensor

"William Graham" writes:

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"In addition to DX Nikkor lenses, the D2X supports more than 50 AF Nikkor
lenses"

YES! - Words that are music to my ears......

???? The D1, D1h, D1x, D2h, D100, and D70, and the Fuji S1 and Fuji S2
*also* support most (all I can think of) AF Nikor lenses. This is in
no way a new feature.
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(Peter Chant) writes:

In article ,
Roger writes:

Try to explain that when security descends on you during your White
House tour.

But the depleated stuff is the relatively harmless stuff.

Relatively harmless. Of course there were the persistent muttering
that the early DU was actually contaminated with slightly more exotic
elements, such as plutonium. This is practically traditional.[1]


*OK, carefull use of the word relative.

[1] Agent Orange wasn't bad, per se, but the PCB analogues that
contaminated it due to poor manufacturing processes certainly were.

(Peter Chant) writes:

In article ,
Roger writes:

Try to explain that when security descends on you during your White
House tour.

But the depleated stuff is the relatively harmless stuff.

Relatively harmless. Of course there were the persistent muttering
that the early DU was actually contaminated with slightly more exotic
elements, such as plutonium. This is practically traditional.[1]


*OK, carefull use of the word relative.

[1] Agent Orange wasn't bad, per se, but the PCB analogues that
contaminated it due to poor manufacturing processes certainly were.

D200 will be revealed in the next 10-12 days... This is partly to drive
people insane

"ThomasH" wrote in message
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TP wrote:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

And one F6 exists as well!
I will be darned, I considered this so far just a spook.
I love Nikons idea of the 6.8mpix 8f/sec mode, because the
D2X becomes so a real alternative to D2H, and it comes
more acceptably close to the Canon 1D mkII.

So, where is my D200, I am asking??

Thomas

D200 will be revealed in the next 10-12 days... This is partly to drive
people insane

"ThomasH" wrote in message
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TP wrote:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

And one F6 exists as well!
I will be darned, I considered this so far just a spook.
I love Nikons idea of the 6.8mpix 8f/sec mode, because the
D2X becomes so a real alternative to D2H, and it comes
more acceptably close to the Canon 1D mkII.

So, where is my D200, I am asking??

Thomas

"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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"William Graham" writes:

"TP" wrote in message
...
http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

"In addition to DX Nikkor lenses, the D2X supports more than 50 AF
Nikkor
lenses"

YES! - Words that are music to my ears......

???? The D1, D1h, D1x, D2h, D100, and D70, and the Fuji S1 and Fuji S2
*also* support most (all I can think of) AF Nikor lenses. This is in
no way a new feature.

New or not, it's still music to my ears.....I am always afraid that Nikon
will discontinue the F mount, and obsolete all my old glass..........

Long time no see! Welcome back.

Mojtaba

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:20:42 +0100, TP wrote:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

Long time no see! Welcome back.

Mojtaba

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:20:42 +0100, TP wrote:

http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

"Martin Francis" writes:

"TP" wrote in message
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ISO800? Are they kidding??

Surely the move to CMOS was to *lower* sensor noise to allow higher ISOs?

Uh, no. We would all be using CMOS sensors today if it weren't for
noise problems. I'm guessing that CMOS was used to reduce power
consumption and to allow faster readout.

Oh well, guess everyone will have to fork out on 58mm f1.2 Nocts (116mm with
6.8mp crop :-))

Oh, and the CMOS allows reading a subset of the image with a proportional
speedup. CCD makes you read (at least) full columns.

Kevlar body will be useful in Eye-raq.

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-Stephen H. Westin
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represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

"Martin Francis" writes:

"TP" wrote in message
...
http://nikonimaging.com/global/produ.../d2x/index.htm

ISO800? Are they kidding??

Surely the move to CMOS was to *lower* sensor noise to allow higher ISOs?

Uh, no. We would all be using CMOS sensors today if it weren't for
noise problems. I'm guessing that CMOS was used to reduce power
consumption and to allow faster readout.

Oh well, guess everyone will have to fork out on 58mm f1.2 Nocts (116mm with
6.8mp crop :-))

Oh, and the CMOS allows reading a subset of the image with a proportional
speedup. CCD makes you read (at least) full columns.

Kevlar body will be useful in Eye-raq.

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.