Comments on: Nikon MX Format

By: david weaver

david weaver — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:09:38 +0000

If there is a new product line from Nikon and they are going for medium format then that is great. Ir will finally put some competition into the digital medium format market.
If you can use some existing Nikkon-mount lenses then you will stay loyal to the brand.
Nikon will sell more glass specifically for the MX format.
Nikon will sell a ton of these cameras.

A turf war will start between MX users and Mamiya , Hasselblad users. I can see it now. All the arguments how something is better than the other. I can see H-blad users marketing that they use H-blads… hahahaha

By: jose luis

jose luis — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:33:18 +0000

personaly, I don’t agree with saiminyko.
on this very competitive market, you have to follow the new end.
even leica, on the few past years have launch too many models on a target we never think they will involved.
the things here are about to survive on a truely much competitive market.
look on d-lux and digilux and the other consumer ranges from other companies.
the company called “mr patent maker” (my way to see konica minolta) was gone. and think about they contribution. even as leica’s suppliers (thought, don’t sure)

on the past, you have 3 big considerations to make in terms of capture: a body, lenses, and film. today you need to change the bodies.

the way of companies will be conservative it’s a matter of time. it’s a kind of “moral thing” (personal thought, obviously)

b.regards,
jose luis

By: joe

joe — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:01:53 +0000

following the rumor mill is exasperating. I am pretty easy to please; I want something from Nikon that will compete and compare favorably to the Canon 5D Mark ll, other than the D700 in terms of megapixels. Is that too much to hope for?

By: Randolph Ormbsy

Randolph Ormbsy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:59:27 +0000

40mp would almost = MF which has a res = to 50. 4×5 = 125. I say a 28-36mp body with interchangeable backs. May be square who knows. Itz coming trust me said the ostrich.

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:15:57 +0000

will photokina just get here already… so many rumors about what Nikon is going to release it’s just crazy right now.

By: Big Bill

Big Bill — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:54:53 +0000

I want an enormous friggin’ sensor…something similar in size to the film that Ansel Adams was using…

No less than 450mp, live-view, HD movie, built-in picture taker. Ya know, when you’re looking one way but the action is somewhere else…the camera will spin yer sorry butt around and just take the pic for ya!! – then you can show all your friends what a friggin’ genius you are. Just hope no one asks you what an f-stop is…

By: saiminyaku

saiminyaku — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:57 +0000

the Otoji spy shot is a fake. the right page is clearly not even from the same manifest as the super-imposed left. the right page speaks of being frugal with grocercies and things of the food nature whereas the other side could’ve easily been made by anyone. in addition, these given specs do not match the current rumored 48×48 by any means.

still crossing my fingers that this thing will be at least three times cheaper than other high-end rangefinders.

i think someone should start digging Canon’s grave for them.

By: David Jenrette

David Jenrette — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:16 +0000

Although it makes some sense that too new cameras should make photographers hesitant about buying the new and dumping the old, the reality seems to be that we are all too anxiuous to grab the new — even when the new is only marginally better than the “old”. On the other hand, if photographers (pro and am) didn’t grab for the new, then fewer models would come out in smaller quantities and the prices would be that much higher and the products less innovative (Consider the Leica line of photo equipment — which once was the gold standard for 35mm photographers but which is now priced beyond most means and with less features. Since 1954, there have been 8 M models — how many Nikon SLR’s have there been in less time: F, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, Nikkorman FT, FTn, FM, FM2, FM2n, N2000, N2020, FE, FA, D1, D2H, D2Hs, D2x, D2Xs, 4004, 5005, 8008, D100, D40, D40x, D50, D60, D80, D90, D200, D300, D700 — and I bet I left out some! Not even mentioning all the coolpix varieties). I guess we buy them as fast as they come out!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:43:56 +0000

Camera’s are becoming more and more like computers/computer components with something ‘new just around the corner’. It won’t stop people from buying/upgrading. Just means you have many more options and things to consider.

By: Poagao

Poagao — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:40:37 +0000

Great, another camera “just around the corner” that will theoretically make all other cameras obsolete. If this keeps up nobody will ever buy anything ever again.