Nikon D400 Photos and Specs Leaked - 1080P Video & 14.8MP Sensor

[cincyimages]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/nikond400.jpg

* New 14.8 megapixel DX format CMOS sensor effective 14.3 megapixel
* Self-cleaning sensor unit (low-pass filter vibration)
* ISO 100 - 6400 (with boost up to ISO 25600 and down to ISO 50)
* 14-bit A/D conversion
* Movie capture at up to 1080p 24 fps with stereo sound
* Nikon EXPEED Plus image processor 30% faster than previous EXPEED image processor
* Super fast operation (power-up 13 ms, shutter lag 40 ms, black-out 90 ms)
* Kevlar / carbon fibre composite shutter with 200,000 exposure durability
* Multi-CAM3500DX Auto Focus sensor (51-point, 15 cross-type, more vertical coverage)
* Auto-focus tracking by color (using information from 1005-pixel AE sensor)
* Auto-focus calibration (fine-tuning) now available (fixed body or up to 20 separate lens settings)
* Vignetting control in-camera
* Automatic chromatic aberration correction
* Custom image parameters now support brightness as well as contrast
* Seven frames per second continuous shooting (nine frames per second with battery pack)
* 3.0″ 922,000 pixel LCD monitor
* Live View with either phase detect (mirror up/down) or contrast-detect AF, face detection
* ‘Active D-Lighting’ (adjusts metering as well as applying D-Lighting curve)
* Detailed ‘Control Panel’ type display on LCD monitor, changes color in darkness
* Buttons sealed against moisture
* Same ultra-fast startup and shutter lag as D700
* Scene Recognition System (uses AE sensor, AF sensor)
* Picture Control image parameter presets
* UDMA compatible single CF card slot
* Virtual horizon indicates if camera is level (like an aircraft cockpit display)
* Extensive in-camera retouching
* HDMI HD video output
* Magnesium alloy body with connections and buttons sealed against moisture

http://gizmodo.com/5107298/nikon-d400-dslr-spec-list-claims-148mp-sensor-1080p-hd-video

[Rooz]

looks fake to me.

[K1W1]

The specs look fairly evolutionary and I guess if they are a fake somebody has at least put some thought into it but I must say that for a camera with stereo sound recording the image does not appear to show any left side mic.

I'm going to head over to another site now because I'm sure there will be a review posted there with at least 2000 images taken and analysed this morning from info provided in the "leak".

[Visual Reality]

Um...if this is real, it should be called a D350.

[Cyberwlf]

A sensibly designed D400 being announced would be a nice salvation from their major recent screw up, the D3x.

[Visual Reality]

A sensibly designed D400 being announced would be a nice salvation from their major recent screw up, the D3x.
How is the D3x a screw up?

It may be high priced, but the product is solid.

If this is all that's different I don't think it deserves the "D400" moniker.

[Turo]

Ok, this is nice and all, but Nikon really needs to shift some of their workload from the SLR body department to their lens department. The camera sounds nice in specs (although something about the "D400" logo looks fake to me), but I want some new lens choices, dammit!

[Visual Reality]

Yeah the 4 looks questionable.

[nsjuice]

Hey!

a D300 with the 4 Adobe'd in!


Nikon Model font isn't quite standard..


and that looks like my apartment.

[JTL]

...Nikon really needs to shift some of their workload from the SLR body department to their lens department.Abso-f'in-lutely! :eek:

[Cyberwlf]

How is the D3x a screw up?

It may be high priced, but the product is solid.

If this is all that's different I don't think it deserves the "D400" moniker.

Because it lacks any of the technological advances made in the D300, D90 and D700 released since the D3. Because D1, D70, etc all had more changes than just one single aspect when they got X/H/S versions, the D3X doesn't even have a sensor Nikon developed, but purely adapted to their product.

People are probably right re D400 moniker being too much of a version jump though, D350 would probably be more suitable.

[Rooz]

the D3X doesn't even have a sensor Nikon developed, but purely adapted to their product.

how much do you want to bet that the d3x produces images immensely better than an a900 ? this is far more than an "adaption" of a sony sensor. i dont recall the exact file size of sony raw images but the d3x's are up to 50mb. thats a shitload of information.

i may be wrong, but i think you;ll find that the d3x image quality will be unparalleled in dslr land.

[Cyberwlf]

I know no proper tests have been done, but the shots i saw from it from another site taken from the D3x launch make its ISO abilities seem either par or sub D300's levels. I'm sure however EXPEED+sensor combo though would still wipe the floor of the Sony A900 IQ wise though. Also when Thom Hogan posted what he did about the D3x and not just the crackpot KR, it gave some credence in my mind to the criticisms raised of Nikon's decision.

[K1W1]

the D3X doesn't even have a sensor Nikon developed, but purely adapted to their product.

Virtually every Nikon DSLR had used Sony co developed sensors since the D100 days.
While we are at it Sony also make the LCD displays and the batteries for Nikon.
I assume that it will now come as a complete shock to some when I let the cat out of the bag and tell them that most Nikon P&S cameras are simply slightly tweaked generic designs that are actually manufactured for Nikon in Sanyo plants.

[erichlund]

Virtually every Nikon DSLR had used Sony co developed sensors since the D100 days.
While we are at it Sony also make the LCD displays and the batteries for Nikon.
I assume that it will now come as a complete shock to some when I let the cat out of the bag and tell them that most Nikon P&S cameras are simply slightly tweaked generic designs that are actually manufactured for Nikon in Sanyo plants.

Actually, the high end sensors are, by Nikon's account, designed by Nikon and manufactured by Sony to their specs. That's somewhat different from being "tweaked" for Nikon but developed by Sony.

As for the P&S cameras, I'm pretty certain Nikon only retains that business to feed the low end of their dSLR line. They have not shown any real interest in the Coolpix lineup since they entered the dSLR fray. I had a 990, and it was a very nice, if somewhat fragile, camera. I've not seen much since that was worth the powder to blow it to hell.

[Rasidel Slika]

what has usually been the difference between the D and Dx models?

I thought it was usually only resolution.

That being said, D3x is fine.

[Aldor88]

The d3x is a fine camera, its not supposed to be a whole new model, just a D3 with some more pixels. I do agree that the price is too high tho.

The D400 specs look fake to me but who knows.

[Cyberwlf]

If the D3x wasnt pricing itself out of the market/competition it'd be a fairer call, but the A900 delivers the same resolution sensor for under 1/2 the cost, and Canon's 5D Mk2 makes a more attractive proposition for price than the D3x. All my comments said and done id still pick for the rest of the range the D90/D300/D700/D3 over any of its competing cameras :P