Nikon D4 "C" for CINEMA
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John Caballero
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Oh, they will. You can count on that.
Will Montgomery
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Why?
Nikon makes much more money off their consumer cameras...and they've never been much in the Motion Picture or Video market. I have one of their regular 8mm cameras and it isn't really all that great either although its from 1964 or so. Canon however has been making great mid-range movie cameras in 8 & 16mm since the 60's.
I think it'd be cool, though the current sensor is what makes the D4 so special, with it's great capabilities and size. Things like 1920 @ 120fps probably isn't possible.
However for codecs, I'd love to see a RAW image sequence, even if they were lossless compressed NEF files @ 1920x1080 (more would be great too though). Basically it'd be like a RAW intra. People could say that it's not really a supported codec, but if it was out there, people would write utilities for it. You could essentially use raw photo workflow, and batch edit your tonal curves. Who knows maybe in the future Lightroom/Aperture could take these image sequences and export to something like DNxHD, wouldn't that be neat?
However for codecs, I'd love to see a RAW image sequence, even if they were lossless compressed NEF files @ 1920x1080 (more would be great too though). Basically it'd be like a RAW intra. People could say that it's not really a supported codec, but if it was out there, people would write utilities for it. You could essentially use raw photo workflow, and batch edit your tonal curves. Who knows maybe in the future Lightroom/Aperture could take these image sequences and export to something like DNxHD, wouldn't that be neat?
Spectra
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I fail to see what relevance a 1964 Nikon produced 8mm camera has to do with their 2012 flagship VDSLR or a cinema style camera if they decide to produce one.
What Canon has produced in the past also has little to do with the current D4...For Nikon to survive it is imperative that video is taken as seriously as still photography or they wont have a long term future. Some still photographers are resistant to this idea, but their long term viability is also threatened if they fail to adapt to the new world order.
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John Caballero
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There you go. Perfectly said. What ordinary people apparently fail to see is where the market is going. The big guns know they have to adapt to grow. Nikon has a golden opportunity to develop a top of the line cinema camera at an attractive price and add plenty of dough to their bottom line. If you think they won't go for it you can't understand the game.