UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nikon D800 review
More and more rumours about the likelihood of a D800 seeing a release in the next couple of weeks are emerging.
Many people hoped that the D800 would make its appearance at CES last week, but as the show drew to a close without any such announcement, rumours are now circulating that it will be unveiled in early February, at the same time as the CP+ photography show in Japan.
It's happened before, and will no doubt happen again, but a number of events have led to increased suspicion that the D800 is soon to be unveiled.
Suspicious events
According to NikonRumors, a camera store in Houston, Texas has been taking pre-orders for a "36MP D800 camera", for $2,699.99.
Furthermore, yet another D800 book has been leaked online. The first one appeared over a year ago, so forgive us for not getting overly excited about its significance. This time, the book has appeared from German publisher Franzis, with a scheduled March 2012 release.
Thirdly, and the most mysterious of all, an armoured truck was seen at CES 2012, supposedly the location of a top-secret meeting to show off a new camera. Or, let's face it, anything else entirely.
The D800 is expected to replace the D700, and rumours suggest it will have a 36 million pixel sensor, a 4fps shooting mode and Full HD video shooting at HD.
Many rumours sites have also suggested that a cancelled event back in 2011 was due to impact of flooding in Thailand, yet the only DSLR launch of late is the Nikon D4, which is made in Japan.
Stay tuned for more on any Nikon D800 release date as it emerges.
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slash94317
January 18th
4. So I was a the local camera store today looking into the d700 right and the guy helping me says Nikon will be releasing a new camera in place of d700 the d800 (which we all know now)BUT he told me (whether it was the announce date or release date he did not say) that it was "coming out" FEBRUARY 1!!!!!
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fellstumbler
January 18th
3. munichlondon, I so agree.
If true, I think it could actually harm sales as people realise the demands of 36mp images on memory card space, hard disk space, processing power/memory...
Would be far better to have the same 16mp sensor as the D4, just like the D700 has same sensor as the original D3.
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modjo30
January 17th
2. @Munichlondon - Because that's the sensor made by Sony that they will use, they didn't go for an insanely high number.
With the Nikon D4 it's not about the megapixels it's about the ridiculous iso range.
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munichlondon
January 17th
1. 36MP What the...? Leaving the D4 at 16MP was such a great choice from Nikon imho, why would they be so stupid to go for this insanely high number?
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