Canon 40D, Nikon D3 and Nikon D300 Rumors version 3.0
Written by Eric Reagan on August 1st, 2007 | 6 CommentsHere’s some 4th-hand information that was originally in spanish:
“From the same Spanish reliable source (Rafa Irusta Blog site: En busca de la Luz) that did revealed the specs of the 400D and the MkIII before get the official announcement (and match them !!), here are the specs:
*No weather sealing*
1.6x – 10 MP Self cleaning sensor
3 inch LCD with LiveView
Formats JPG, RAW and sRAW
ISO 100 to 1600 in steps of 1/3
Shooting speed 6.25 fps
Buffer 75 JPG or 17 RAWDIGIC3
Launch date: August 23rd”"
Join in on the rumor mill with the usual suspects on DPReview.com.
Chasseur d’Images says readers will be reading about the Nikon D300 and Canon 40D side-by-side in September. (via -you guessed it- DPReview.com forums)
Is Canon really scheduled to make press releases on August 20th?
More word of a Nikon D3 release SOON:
This isn’t official but I’m pretty certain there’s a fair bit of truth in this: Today my husband spoke to his relative who works for Nikon and they’ve apparently been sent information regarding a new camera (Nikon D3 – somewhere in the range of 18-22 mega-pixels) & new lenses all of which will be announced on 25th August. I’m not certain if he mentioned a full-frame sensor or if it’s going to be a 1.1 crop (my attention span on the phone is pretty bad!) Whatever the case, I hope they stick to this date for the announcement & don’t put it off for too much longer…
Maybe I should plan for some vacation time from the factory – there’s gonna be a lot of blogging to do this month if these rumors are legit.
Come on Canon and Nikon . . . I’m running out of creative names for these posts.
[tags]canon, eos, 40d, nikon, d3, d3x, d3h, d300, dslr, rumor, release, announcement, august, features, digic, 3, iii[/tags]
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August 3rd, 2007 at 7:47 am
Today, I have been contacted directly by Nikon UK that some interesting products are being released/announced on the 23rd August. This was after I told Nikon that I was giving advice to the Police about surveillance camera gear. Nikon wanted to get in contact with the surveillance people directly to advise them. I quote….\'\' there are some developments that may interest your surveillance guys, we think we may have some interesting products that may help them in their tasking\'\'
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Today, I have been contacted directly by Nikon UK that some interesting products are being released/announced on the 23rd August. This was after I told Nikon that I was giving advice to the Police about surveillance camera gear. Nikon wanted to get in contact with the surveillance people directly to advise them. I quote….” there are some developments that may interest your surveillance guys, we think we may have some interesting products that may help them in their tasking”
August 17th, 2007 at 9:10 am
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