Wildlife Photography across the Water: Nikon D4 Announced

Friday, 6 January 2012

Nikon D4 Announced

Finally-Nikon start the new year with a bang, The D4 has finally been announced after lots of speculation, I am sitting here like a geek at midnight waiting for the final details,
A few nice features are that the base iso is now 100 and can be set at 50 and go up to an insane 204000,
AF is said to be faster along with a new sensor with 91000 pixels, The D3s has something like 2000 pixels and the 51 AF points has 11 points that focus at F8-Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Canon who do not even offer 1 AF point at F8 on the 1DX
The styling is a little Canon 1 series with the smaller swoopy prism
Lots to read and take in and the real test will be when its in the hands of people we know and trust, Will i be getting one-nope certainly not yet and not this year unless its something super special, 16.2MP is not a substantial increase over the D3s and i doubt in the real world you will see much IQ improvement-we will see, I have read that the MP has been kept low for the video speed but who knows, Its looks nice on paper albut expensive but still around $2000 cheaper than the Canon 1DX-Who would have thought that,

Nikon also spat out a new lens in the 85mm F1.8 which should be a nice portrait lens

I would imagine that although its slated to be available in Feb (again ahead of the new Canon) they will be like hens teeth due to the Olympics
I look forward to seeing the first reviews

Off to bed

Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.