Nikon finally stepping up? Looks like it

Krummi

Krummi

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The rumor mill has started churning on future Nikon replacements all over their line it looks like:

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/04/15/rumors-started-flowing-3-new-nikon-dlsr-in-the-pipeline.aspx

"The second camera will have:

* 39 AF points

* it will be 16 MP with 6400 ISO + HI2 position

* 24 fps 1920/1080 video

* it will have an optional (new) MB-D11 grip"

Although there is no cold hard truth there, we all knew it was inevitable that Nikon would properly join the VDSLR party. Who knows what they have learned? If they even have a good enough video team working on these things...or if they even really care at all.

If they half-ass this one I think the video race is officially over for them.
 
Competition is always good.

Uncompressed, full resolution HDMI output is what I want to see, and it could be enough to throw Nikon back in the race.
 
I thought the rap on the D90 was the absence of manual controls in video mode. Any rumors on whether this shortcoming is remedied?

Kevin
 
I always felt Nikon stills were in someway had more of a filmic look that Canon. Hurry up Nikon I have some hard earned money to give you.
 
By the time any Nikon still hits the market the new Panasonic will be for sale and you will not want to use a DSLR anymore for video.

I have great confidence that Panasonic will get a great image out of this camera plus it will be purpose made for video work. Imho, Canon and Nikon should shift their emphasis back to still development in the their still cameras as all of the "video" people will migrate to the video cameras.

Shallow DOF is the only draw to the 5DMKII and the like. Now that that will be available in an affordable video camera, why would jump through the hoops of shooting video with a DLSR after December?
 
The new Panasonic is definitely better, but won't outsell any of the video DSLR cameras due to the price. They're in different leagues but also different markets.. $600 (by the time the Panny is released) T2i vs $6000 AG-AF100. That $5400 difference buys you a lot of nice glass even if you have the $6k.

No point buying the AG-AF100 unless you have another $10k on top for a decent rig and some glass to get the most out of it.
 
The convenience of a vDSLR as opposed to setting up a video cam is where it's at for me. Plus I have a couple of beautiful nikon lenses.
 
> The convenience of a vDSLR as opposed to setting up a video cam

That makes no sense to me... It should read the other way around.
 
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