I've just returned home from a week of shooting in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine and I'm back at work on my new book on "Exposure" for Wiley publishing. I'll write more about the new book in a few days, but it's going to be a part of the Photo Workshop series that has just launched.
In the meantime I just opened my latest PDN Online newsletter to find that Nikon has announced two new cameras: the Nikon D3 and the Nikon D300. Nikon has apparently decided not to up the anty in the resolution wars (the new camera has a 12.1 Nikon-designed sensor) but the great news is that this is Nikon's first full-frame CMOS sensor. Nikon has also been working on their noise problems and the new body will have improved noise reduction up to ISO 6400. (Personally I never thought noise was that much of an issue with Nikon cameras.) The camera is expected to be available in the U.S. in November of 2007 with a retail (not street) price of $4999.
Oh, interestingly, the new camera will also feature a three-inch LCD screen and a live preview system that lets you compose on the screen.
Nikon is also announcing the replacement for the D200, the new Nikon D300 which has most of the same features as the D3. The camera won't have the new Nikon-designed CMOS sensor, however, but will use the same Sony-built sensor (12.3 megapixels) that is used in the D200.
For more about the cameras check out the PDN Online site.
