woot woot!!! the news is out but rumors says that it might start from a bloody $8,000 nyak!

Nikon has announced the D3x, its latest high-resultion professional DSLR. Sporting an imaging sensor with double the number of photosites of the popular D3, the 24.5 megapixel D3x includes similar features such as a 3.0″, 920,000 dot LCD monitor with Live View, 51-point autofocus, EXPEED image processing and HDMI output. To keep up with the demands of stock photography the camera produces 50MB 14-bit RAW files that can be processed to produce 140MB TIFFs. It also supports Nikon’s wireless system and is compatible with Nikon’s new GP-1 GPS unit. [dpreview]

last Saturday night I bought from Amazon a Camera Armor for my Nikon D200 body plus the battery grip … my cam been suffering on a body-rubber peeling issue that’s quite famous for high end Nikon camera’s … which is quite funny as the term HIGH-END!!! … well, I can let Columbia fix the problem but of cor’z I’ll be shelling out money for it but oh well … until I’ve read about this rubber-plastic like condoms for my camera which is quite new … so I’m giving it a try as I got a $75 buks to cash out btw, hahahaha …

Hope it’ll arrive before Malou’s leaving this Friday so that I’ll be able to review by next week

the armor with lens as well … but didn’t get one, hehe

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geeeeeez, bakit ang bilis ngayon ng Nikon, sheeesh!!! anyway, both happy and sad about this news which I recently read in dpreview.com … they’ll be launching the cams + lenses (YES!!! new lenses since they have a new format, FX after DX type lenses) some of the major highlights of the said new cams are the Nikon EXPEED image processor, 9fps for D3 and 6-8fps for D300, self-cleaning sensor, Live View, and obcorz higher MegPix …

the new Nikon D3 | Guide price: D3 body only £3399.99 / €5180

the new Nikon D300 | Guide price: D300 body only £1299.99 / €1980

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just when you thought that we’ve heard it all … after a short 4 months that Nikon released the D40, they’ll be launching the new D40X which is just an upgrade version of D40 … whew!!! ang bilis … it is targeting to compete with the Canon 400D, hehe … anyway, the maj. difference of the two is that D40X is a 10.2MegaPix, ISO sensitivity up to 100, and 3 fps (frames per second) while D40 is a 6MegaPix, ISO sensitivity 200, and 2.5 fps

the new Nikon D40X

BODY:
NIKON D70S KIT P41,000 LIMITED STOCK
NIKON D80 BODY P43,500
NIKON D80 KIT (18-70 LENS) P56,000
NIKON D200 BODY P70,000

*NIKON D40 KIT P32,000 (NEW)

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The second ‘designed for the D40′ accessory today is the SB-400 Speedlight, a compact yet powerful external flash with a tilting front (horizontal, 60, 75 and 90 degrees). This unit has a guide number of 21 (m at ISO 100 at 18mm) and has a shooting distance of 60 cm to 20 m (2 to 66 ft).

Pero if ako ang tatanungin? I’ll stick to SB600 (pag may budget SB800) at least flexible yung ulo and GN (ISO 100) is 98 ft, 30m @ 35mm … not sure yet how much yung street price sa Pinas since it will be released worldwide by next month, December ‘06 … looking the design you’ll see that this is kewl for a landscape shot not with portrait wherein the advantage of SB600 comes in … wais ang marketing, hehehe … just our2cents

the new SB-400 Speedlight

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