The Latest Nikon D4 DSLR camera for professionals released

Posted on Jan 8 2012 - 2:57pm by Olawale Daniel

There is a new inventory in the camera industry with the release of this awesome DSLR camera from Nikon, the popular producer of digital products. The name of the new camera is called DSLR Nikon D4 camera and it was announced exactly on January 6, 2012.

The Nikon D4 camera comes with 16.2 highly effective megapixel which is the perfect choice for professional photographers. It has has the capability of shooting 10 frames within one second with full auto-focus effect (11 frames if locked). It also comes with a ISO sensitivity rating of 204,800 which will let you can take photos inside a dark place without hassle.

In history, this camera is the first of its kind to have a recordable media integrated into it – XQD memory card with a data transfer speed of 125 MB per second with its SONY XQD Memory Card H series QD-H32 that comes with a 32 GB memory space storage.

Nikon D4 camera

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The Nikon D4 camera have the ability of shooting 1080p videos at  the rate of 25fps or 30fps while at 720p can produce high quality result of 60fps.

While recording with this device, you can play back the output without finishing the job to know the extent of the work you are doing because it comes with a full manual control of exposure while recording live. It uses the HDMI port to view the videos recorded for playback.

The Nikon D4 camera will be announced at the coming CES 2012.

Displayed below are the technical specifications for Nikon D4 camera:

Body Type

  • Body type: Large SLR”

Sensor

  • Max resolution: 4928 x 3280
  • Other resolutions: 4096 x 2720, 4096 x 3280, 3696 x 2456, 3200 x 2128, 3072 x 2456, 3072 x 2040, 2464 x 1640, 2400 x 1592, 2048 x 1360, 2048 x 1640, 1600 x 1064
  • Image ratio w:h: 5:4, 3:2
  • Effective pixels: 16.2 megapixels
  • Sensor photo detectors: 16.6 megapixels
  • Sensor size: Full frame (36 x 23.9 mm)
  • Sensor type: CMOS
  • Processor: Expeed 3

Optics and Focus

  • Autofocus: Phase Detect, Multi-area, Selective single-point, Tracking, Single, Continuous, Live View
  • Digital Zoom: No
  • Manual Focus: Yes
  • Number of focus points: 51
  • Lens mount: Nikon F mount
  • Focal length multiplier: 1x

Image

  • ISO: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800 (204800 with boost)
  • White balance presets: 12
  • Custom white balance: Yes (4)
  • Image Stabilization: No

Screen / viewfinder

  • Articulated LCD: Fixed
  • Screen size: 3.2?
  • Screen dots: 921,000
  • Touch screen: No
  • Live view: Yes
  • Viewfinder type: Optical (pentaprism)
  • Viewfinder coverage: 100%
  • Viewfinder magnification: 0.7x

Photography features

  • Minimum shutter speed: 30 sec
  • Maximum shutter speed: 1/8000 sec
  • Aperture priority: Yes
  • External flash: Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless with a sync connector)
  • Shutter priority: Yes
  • Manual exposure mode: Yes
  • Built-in flash: No
  • Self-timer: Yes (2-20 seconds, 1-9 exposures at the intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 seconds)
  • Metering mode: Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
  • Flash modes: Front curtain, Rear curtain, Red-Eye, Slow Sync
  • Continuous drive: Yes (9 – 11 fps)
  • Exposure compensation: ±5 EV (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
  • AE Bracketing: (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV steps)
  • WB Bracketing: Yes (2-9 frames in steps of 1, 2, or 3)

Videography features

  • Resolutions: 1920 x 1080 (30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50, 30, 25 fps), 640 x 424 (30, 25 fps)
  • Format: MPEG-4, H.264
  • Microphone: Mono
  • Speaker: Mono

Connectivity

  • Wireless: Optional
  • HDMI: Yes (Type C)
  • Remote control: Yes (via ten-pin remote terminal)
  • USB: USB 2.0 (480Mbit/sec)

Storage

  • Storage types: Compact Flash (Type I, XQD) x2
  • Storage included: None

Physical

  • Environmentally sealed: Yes (Water and dust resistant)
  • Battery: Battery pack
  • Battery description: Lithium-Ion EN-EL18 rechargeable battery & charger
  • Weight (inc. batteries): 1340 g (2.95 lb / 47.27 oz)
  • Dimensions: 160 x 157 x 91 mm (6.3 x 6.18 x 3.58?)

Other useful features are:

  • Orientation sensor: Yes
  • Timelapse recording: Yes (Playback speed 24x to 36000x )
  • GPS: Optional
  • GPS notes: GP-1 or GPS device compliant with the NMEA0183 version 2.01 or version 3.01 (and it requires an optional MC-35 GPS adapter cord & cable with D-sub 9-pin connector.

Hope you like this camera features, let’s hear what you’ve got to say concerning it. Thanks for reading and hope you didn’t forget the contest anniversary sponsorship request I made some days back? Please do contact me!

About the Author

Olawale Daniel is a Business Psychologist and Efficiency Expert with little-to-no-coding experience, but he knows how to run into trouble while coding! Follow Olawale on Twitter | Google+. TechAtLast is a blog for latest technology trends, events reporting with tutorials, hacks, guides and support for internet users. For advert placement, check our Advertisers page here to build audience for your business. You can as well order Sponsored Product Reviews here for your start-ups and established businesses. Follow on | Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Pinterest

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