Nikon D4 announced! Also AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G

On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 05:22:02 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote:
: On Jan 6, 12:01*am, Bruce wrote:
: Posted without comment:
:
: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/01/06/NikonD4launched
:
: Nikon has announced the D4, its latest professional DSLR. The 16MP
: full-frame camera is capable of shooting at 10 frames per second with
: full autofocus. In addition to a host of ergonomic improvements, the
: D4 also sees the expansion of its video capabilities, to the extent
: that Nikon is describing it as a 'multi-media DSLR.' The cameras gains
: an Ethernet port, a 91,000 pixel metering sensor and an uprated AF
: sensor that can work in lower light and with smaller aperture lenses.
: Its sensitivity range can be expanded to the equivalent of ISO 204,800
: and adds illuminated controls to make it easier to work in the
: low-light situations in which such a setting becomes useful. The D4
: also becomes the first camera to make use of the XQD memory card
: format.
:
:
: They better hope the XQD amounts to something, otherwise that camera
: will have two slots for memory (QXD and CF) served by a smaller and
: smaller offering. We may see the demise of CF this year. ...

Nonsense.

Bob

On 2012-01-06 15:55:57 -0800, Bruce said:

Robert Coe wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 05:22:02 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
: They better hope the XQD amounts to something, otherwise that
camera
: will have two slots for memory (QXD and CF) served by a smaller
and
: smaller offering. We may see the demise of CF this year. ...


Nonsense.


I tend to agree. I am yet to be convinced that XQD will have the same
support in the marketplace as Compact Flash.

16GB = $129
32GB = $229
I believe CF will live on a while longer.
Does any body remember that legendary Sony recording medium Betamax?

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/06/sony-xqd-memory-cards/

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Savageduck

On 1/6/12 PDT 4:33 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-01-06 15:55:57 -0800, Bruce said:

I tend to agree. I am yet to be convinced that XQD will have the same
support in the marketplace as Compact Flash.

16GB = $129
32GB = $229
I believe CF will live on a while longer.
Does any body remember that legendary Sony recording medium Betamax?

Oh, yes. Good technology trumped by marketing.

As to CF cards- since my new MacBook Air has an SD slot, it'd be nice if
there were a CF adaptor that'd hold SD cards (I already have an adaptor
SD-mini or micro SD). Can someone recommend a brand?

On 2012-01-06 18:25:29 -0800, John McWilliams said:

On 1/6/12 PDT 4:33 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-01-06 15:55:57 -0800, Bruce said:

I tend to agree. I am yet to be convinced that XQD will have the same
support in the marketplace as Compact Flash.

16GB = $129
32GB = $229
I believe CF will live on a while longer.
Does any body remember that legendary Sony recording medium Betamax?

Oh, yes. Good technology trumped by marketing.

As to CF cards- since my new MacBook Air has an SD slot, it'd be nice
if there were a CF adaptor that'd hold SD cards (I already have an
adaptor SD-mini or micro SD). Can someone recommend a brand?

Not what I would have chosen as a solution, fortunately my D300s has
both CF and SDHC slots which can be used selectively for backup,
overflow, one for still images-one for video, or one for RAW, one for
JPEG.

Having said that there are these and YMMV;

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...eded-solution/


http://www.synchrotech.com/products/...hc_mmc-01.html

http://www.amazon.com/SD-CF-II-Type-.../dp/B000YZGCIU


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Regards,

Savageduck

Savageduck writes:

Does any body remember that legendary Sony recording medium Betamax?

I still have a working Beta deck. I never did own a VHS recorder.
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John McWilliams writes:

On 1/6/12 PDT 4:33 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-01-06 15:55:57 -0800, Bruce said:

I tend to agree. I am yet to be convinced that XQD will have the same
support in the marketplace as Compact Flash.

16GB = $129
32GB = $229
I believe CF will live on a while longer.
Does any body remember that legendary Sony recording medium Betamax?

Oh, yes. Good technology trumped by marketing.

As to CF cards- since my new MacBook Air has an SD slot, it'd be nice
if there were a CF adaptor that'd hold SD cards (I already have an
adaptor SD-mini or micro SD). Can someone recommend a brand?

I went through this trying to get an Eye-Fi card working in my D700. So
far as I can tell, a type-1 CF adatper that holds SD can't be built --
there isn't sufficient thickness. A type-2 adapter is possible, but my
D700 and the D4 don't support the thicker version.

You could probably do one for micro-sd -- but that doesn't help me with
Eye-Fi.
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