The Nikon D4 is the Japanese company's February 2012 refresh to the very top end of its camera range, targeting sports photographers in particular with its high shooting speed and strong low light performance. It offers a full-frame 16.2-megapixel sensor, an improved 51-point AF system that's dramatically faster than the D3s, and an even wider ISO range. The camera is available and started shipping in the US on March 20th for $5999.95. Meanwhile, the UK and Europe saw the D4 launch on February 16th at prices of £4,799.99 and €5,658 respectively.
Nikon D4: specs, release date, price, and our in-depth preview
Nikon D4 mechanics captured at 1,000 frames per stunning second
At 11 full-resolution frames per second, the Nikon D4 is a pretty fast camera by most people's standards. It's not quite a match for the Phantom HD Gold, however, which was recently used in a gorgeous amateur promo video to capture slow motion footage of the D4's shutter at 1,000 frames per second. The video was created by a couple of employees from the Scheimpflug photography equipment service, who gave the D4 the lavish attention to detail normally reserved for Formula One cars or military...
Nikon D4 and D800 prices rise 10 percent in the UK after computer mix-up
Nikon has announced a 10 percent price rise in the UK on its forthcoming D4, D800, and D800E cameras, with the originally published (and now retracted) MSRPs being blamed on a "local internal systems error." Prospective British buyers can now expect to pay a hefty £5,289.99 for the D4, £2,599.99 for the D800, and £2,899.99 for the D800E. Nikon also says that the Irish pricing is similarly affected, but hasn't given a figure in Euros. While $300 might seem a steep difference between the...
Nikon D4 manual available to download, camera may come bundled with 16GB XQD card
Can't wait out the remaining days until your Nikon D4 ships? You could always make yourself as prepared as possible for the full-frame shooter's arrival by perusing the manual, which has been made available through Nikon's EU support site. It doesn't appear to contain much in the way of truly new information following our in-depth preview of the camera, but at nearly 500 pages long there's certainly a lot to digest. After all, the better you know your camera's button layout, the less you'll...
Nikon D4 and D800 out on March 20th, up for preorder on Amazon
We previously heard that the Nikon D4 was set to come out in "mid-March" with the D800 following a week or two later, but if Amazon's listings are anything to go by it looks like both cameras will be available on March 20th. The retailer has placed both full-frame shooters back up for preorder, and we'd definitely advise anyone interested to go that direction — pro-level Nikon cameras are often sold out for several months after release. You'll even save 95 cents on Nikon's list price, with...
Nikon D4 in-depth preview
$5,999.95 is a mighty large chunk of change to plunk down on a camera. That's how much Nikon's brand new flagship camera, the D4, will cost you, but for those who truly need the kind of power this monster brings to the table, money really isn't an object. In fact, while the D4 hasn't been released yet — it's slated for a mid-March debut — professionals are already committing to buying it without ever touching the camera. That might not make sense to most, but after spending just a bit of...
Nikon D4 scheduled for March 15th release in France, to debut mid-March in US
Earlier today, as part of a Q&A on Nikon France's Facebook page, the company said the D4 would be launching on March 15th, with the D800 launching a week later on March 22nd and the D800E coming on April 12th. Naturally, we wondered if those dates were for France only or if the US could expect to see Nikon's latest around the same time — Nikon let us know that the D4 will indeed be launching in the US in "mid-March," rather than in February as we heard initially. Nikon also confirmed that...
Nikon D4 hands-on impressions
You know you're in for a treat when Nikon decides to upgrade the very top of its camera range, the single-digit DSLR flagship. Taking over from the D3s is the D4, a $6,000 camera that gleefully upgrades just about every spec from its predecessor while also weighing less and lasting longer on a smaller battery.
Handling of the new camera isn't all that dramatically different from the D3s. A few of the keys have played a game of musical chairs, but you're still looking at more or less the same...
Nikon D4 announced: 16.2MP full-frame DSLR for $5,999.95 in February
We heard the rumors. And the other rumors. And the slightly more official rumors. But now, more than two years after Nikon released the D3s, the company has officially announced the D4, its new flagship DSLR. The new full-frame shooter will be available in February for $5,999.95 in the US, £4,799.99 £5,289.99 in the UK, and €5,658 in Europe. The latter two territories will get the D4 on February 16th, the same date as Japan, so it sounds like a good day to circle on US calendars as well.
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Nikon D4 wire report leaks, confirming 16.2MP full-frame DSLR for $6,000 in February
We're still not completely sure what Nikon's D4 will look like, but we can tell you its specs: it seems a wire report has been inadvertently published confirming that the hotly-anticipated DSLR will arrive in February, bringing a full-frame 16.2 megapixel sensor with a 100-102,400 native ISO range for $6,000.
Many major specs detailed in the International Press Telecommunications Council report were already leaked, including the camera's 51-point AF system (with 9 cross-type points),...
Potential Nikon D4 image surfaces, looks a lot like the D3s
Rumors are starting to fly fast around the Nikon D4, the long-rumored successor to the excellent D3 and D3s. A detailed (though unconfirmed) spec sheet made the rounds a few weeks ago, and now the often-reliable Nikon Rumors has posted a photo of a Nikon camera that could be the D4, though the grey box covering up the camera's name badge sets off a few alarms. Overall, the purported D4 (pictured above, on the left) looks like it tightens up the D3s design ever so slightly while still...
Nikon D4 specs rumored: 204,800 max ISO, 16.2-megapixel sensor, and 11fps continuous shooting
Canon's introduction of the 1D X had to prompt a response from Nikon, and now we're hearing the first rumored spec sheet for what that might look like. Nikon's D4, the subject of whispers and speculation for most of this year, will reportedly feature a 16.2-megapixel sensor, an 11fps burst mode, and a native ISO range of between 100 and 102,400. That doubles the 1D X's 51,200 default maximum ISO, but there's an expansion option that can crank things up to the wild heights of ISO 204,800 (the...
