3.8K on the new Nikon?!

Well never mind (sort of), later down it lists the movie and motion snapshot resolution as regular HD. What I suspect may be going on is a 3840x2160 resolution on the sensor is being used and downsampled to standard HD. That's just a guess, it'll be interesting to see some full size samples
 
Wow, what a piece of junk. If Sony fixes the NEX 5N's click problem, there would literally be no reason to buy this camera. Tiny sensor with only 30p for $900? What was Nikon thinking? Oh ya, it's Nikon. They make some of the best stills cameras in the world and started the video DSLR revolution with the D90 but they can't seem to make a decent product in a new category they helped to start. Oh well. They ball is in your court Sony and Canon. Sony, fix the damn click problem and Canon, it's time for a 5D/7D update or a mirrorless competitor.
 
Uh....I don't think so.

I actually think that NIKON is doing something revolutionary here folks.

I suspect it's similar to the D90 - AKA VERY poor implementation, but an INCREDIBLE IDEA.

I may be COMPLETELY WRONG....but....I think this is 3K resolution VIDEO. I think it's only several seconds long....but take a look on the 649.00 J1....see it here: http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Nikon1/V27528/Nikon-1-J1.html#tab-ProductDetail.ProductTabs.Overview

MMOTION SNAPSHOT

EDIT: More supporting evidence in the specs!!

Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution

http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Produ....html#tab-ProductDetail.ProductTabs.TechSpecs
5 frames per second 10, 30 or 60 fps using Electronic (Hi) shutter

EDIT 2: Counter evidence...

Movie
HD: 1920 X 1080/60i
HD: 1920 X 108/30p
HD: 1280 x 720/60p
Slow-motion: 640x240/400fps
Slow-motion: 320x120/1200fps
Motion Snapshot: 1920x1080/60p (plays at 24p)
Audio file format: ACC
Movie file format: MOV



 
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Very interesting. I mean, it is clear as day what they are claiming. It is shooting the full resolution of the 16:9 crop of the sensor.
 
If they are streaming it into a file that is video, that's 3K for 600usd. The Red folks were trying to do 3K for less than 3k and failed. And what they have done is STILL revolutionary. To be honest my money is on the idea that its NOT 3K (after researching some more). But the whole idea here is what we've all wanted. DSLR with FULL resolution, with the SAME image as my photos, AAAAAND.....we all want it in RAW BABY!!! To get 3K video from a 600 dollar camera would be a HUGE BREAK THROUGH....even if only for several seconds: (because we all know what comes next)....12-18 months later, it will be several minutes. :) We'll see....but I doubt it now.... :(

Oh well....still very interesting!!!
 
I'd say the sensor size, moreso than anything else, is what will kill this one. Sony, Panasonic, Samsung et al seem to be doing really well with their M4/3 and APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras, but that's largely down to the image characteristics of the larger sensors - removing that from the equation (well at least reducing that image characteristic as substantially as Nikon have) takes with it the majority of the appeal these mirrorless cameras offer IMO.

Bring on the NEX-7 I say, it looks like the stills camera I've been waiting for these past couple of years - small form-factor, large sensor, proper manual controls. The fact that I'll be able to shoot my corporate interviews (for web) on it as well, just seals the deal. My only real gripe is that they crammed so many pixels on the sensor, I'd have been happy with 12mpx and better high-iso performance. Still, that's hardly a deal-breaker.

My D300 pretty much only gets used for work these days, because I just can't be bothered lugging something so big and heavy, around with me all the time. With a pancake prime, the NEX-7 should solve that problem (and getting me shooting more).
 
The sensor size, although maybe not what most of us are looking for, could actually be useful I think. It's just slightly larger than super16, but factoring in "effective pixel" area, it's probably very close in size. (8.8mm x 13.2mm Nikon VS 7.42mm x 12.52mm S16)

I'd love to throw a PL adapter and some S16 glass in front of one of these if the video performance is decent.
 
I think we may be looking at this the wrong way...

Motion Snapshot

This is what happens when you take a picture while recording video. It doesn't record video at 3.8K, it just lets you take a still while recording video (1080p) at the normal still resolution (3.8K).

3.8K 60i

Remember this is interlaced. So what they are basically doing is just sampling every other line on the 3.8K sensor, every other frame. This results in a 3.8K 60i image that it can probably record for as long as it can record 1080p30. Because they are the same thing - 1080p will just be down sampled by 50% from the full readout, where as the interlaced 3.8K is interlaced. Every interlaced frame is only half is listed spatial resolution per frame - or 1080p.


This also handles the rather obvious question - if you can shoot 3.8K at 60fps to an SD card...why not shoot 1080p60 or 1080p120 (since 3.8K is four times the spatial resolution of 1080p)? The answer - their 3.8K is interlaced...so it's just a bigger more artifact-filled version of 1080p30 off the same sensor.
 
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Michael Olsen said:
3.8K 60i

Remember this is interlaced. So what they are basically doing is just sampling every other line on the 3.8K sensor, every other frame. This results in a 3.8K 60i image that it can probably record for as long as it can record 1080p30. Because they are the same thing - 1080p will just be down sampled by 50% from the full readout, where as the interlaced 3.8K is interlaced. Every interlaced frame is only half is listed spatial resolution per frame - or 1080p.


This also handles the rather obvious question - if you can shoot 3.8K at 60fps to an SD card...why not shoot 1080p60 or 1080p120 (since 3.8K is four times the spatial resolution of 1080p)? The answer - their 3.8K is interlaced...so it's just a bigger more artifact-filled version of 1080p30 off the same sensor.
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most likely this is burst
like gh2's 40fps burst
 
Danielvilliers said:
confirmed on dpreview hand on that it can shoot 60 fps at full resolution.
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Indeed. I just saw that too.

Motion Snapshot

This is what happens when you take a picture while recording video. It doesn't record video at 3.8K, it just lets you take a still while recording video (1080p) at the normal still resolution (3.8K).
Click to expand...

I saw this also. However, I don't think that this is the "full" extent of the functionality. Bottom line, their new "3 series" is SCREAMING fast according to them. So I think that it does BOTH. (Either/or/or both at the same time...believe it or not)

Interesting anyway....
 
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