New Nikon stuff

quilmore

D60 10mp 3fps:
http://www.nikonimaging.com/global/news/2008/0129_01.htm

NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED
http://www.nikonimaging.com/global/news/2008/0129_08.htm

AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
http://www.nikonimaging.com/global/news/2008/0129_09.htm

Stephen

Ah for feck sake

No D80 replacement yet then. No AF motor in this thing. The D60 just seems to be a D40x with dust reduction and some useless in-camera retouching stuff that nobody ever uses. Still no status LCD at the top, meaning you'll have to rely on the battery-draining colour LCD screen.
Makes no sense to me. The D40x is out less than a year, meanwhile the D80 is getting very long in the tooth and shat upon by the competition.

Thirdfox

In one way I'm pleased... no AF motor in the body of this camera either...perhsaps Nikon is going to introduce an AFS nifty fifty soon?

Don't see any temptation for me to upgrade at all (good for my wallet).

But the 16-85VR seems interesting (the price does not )


I wouldn't write off the "Active D-Lighting" feature of the D60 though - Canon and D300 have it as well and Ken Rockwell (I know) did give a pretty good demonstration of how it is somewhat effective at reducing clipping of highlights and shadow areas (but it's no S5 Pro)

GristlyEnd

16-85 looks nice. Any idea on price for this?

Other than that, very dissapointed. Was hoping for AF-S updates for other lens.

qwertz

Lets not forget about this beauty:

Nikon announces the PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012907nikkorpce24.asp#press

GristlyEnd

qwertz wrote: »

Lets not forget about this beauty:

Nikon announces the PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012907nikkorpce24.asp#press

Now that's more like it. Shame about the price

BillyoftheBeast

So its basically a D40x v1.01. Good for newcomers but nothing to make me want to upgrade except maybe the active D lighting.
Would that be any replacement for manual filters? Adjusting pixel sensitivity should perform the same job and would certainly be handier.

SOL

Maybe there is still a surpirse announcement of the D10 in the works...

We can always hope.

Thirdfox

Hmm...maybe with the introduction of the D60 they'll sell a battery grip that will fit the D40 too?

One can always hope

quilmore

Thirdfox wrote: »

Hmm...maybe with the introduction of the D60 they'll sell a battery grip that will fit the D40 too?

One can always hope

I've seen unbranded grips for the D40 on ebay

Thirdfox

I'm actually not interested in the extra battery life but the vertical shutter button and command dial.

None of the 3rd party battery grips offer the command dial and their version of the shutter is to use the infra-red setting (too much hassle to switch in most cases).

GristlyEnd

Thirdfox wrote: »

I'm actually not interested in the extra battery life but the vertical shutter button and command dial.

None of the 3rd party battery grips offer the command dial and their version of the shutter is to use the infra-red setting (too much hassle to switch in most cases).

Unfortunately the D40/D40x doesn't have the contacts to allow a command dial or shutter release button on a vertical grip.

Oriel

Nothing there to interest me I'm afraid. I've ordered a D300 there now though.
A D300 and the f/2.8 70-200mm VR so far this year! And it's only January!

Thirdfox

DarrenG wrote: »

Unfortunately the D40/D40x doesn't have the contacts to allow a command dial or shutter release button on a vertical grip.

I remember reading that too - but I also remember people saying there being some extra contacts in the compartment that apparently had no use...

Wishful thinking then.