Well, it is a never ending story, but this camera truly deserves our attention:
The newly announced Nikon D4 features the following specs:
- Multiple frame rates. (24,25,30) in full HD 50-60 in 720p
- Headphone jack (!)
- Full audio manual control
- Uncompressed 8 bit 4:2:2 clean feed video out of the HDMI (1080p or 1080i yet to be confirmed)
- Simultaneous live view + monitor output
- Wireless/wire remote video start
- Greatly reduced moire and aliasing
- Recording video in full HD but in cropped mode (similar to ETC mode in Panasonic GH2)
- 36x24mm sensor (same as 5D markII)
- 1:1 pixel crop modeDiscuss the Nikon D4 in our dedicated cinema5D forums:
It’s available for preorder on B&H! $6k
The image below is a screenshot of a video shot on the Nikon D4. It’s a nice little docu short that portaits three extreme sports soloists. Click the image to check out the HD version in full screen:
Check out the Nikon Press Release.