Several hours ago Peter from Nikon Rumors has posted that Nikon is going to announce the V3 around midnight EST/early morning GMT. Now Andrew Reid from eoshd.com has posted a short article with images and video specs of the V3 ahead of the supposed announcement. It reads as follows:
The Nikon V3 will be the first mirrorless camera to feature 120fps HD slow-mo at 1280 x 720 resolution. Also available are 400fps and 1200fps at lower resolutions. Nikon have added an electronic stabilisation mode (called EVR) and 1080/60p to round out the spec.
This is what the Nikon 1 V3 looks like. Going by the images of the V3, Nikon seems to have upped its game. The body looks like a good mix of the V1 and V2, which is sadly lacking an EVF. In the below picture from the top you can see that the optional add-on EVF DF-N1000 is large as was to be expected and situated where the standard hot shoe might be. On the left is the pop-up flash and on the right the optional grip GR-N1010. So, even if there is in fact a standard flash hot shoe, users who prefer having a viewfinder will not be able to use it, which is very unfortunate. I hope that the pop-up flash can act as a wireless commander.
Here are the latest specs from Nikon Rumors:
- No optical viewfinder
- Optional, external 2.4MP electronic viewfinder (EVF) that will attach to the hot shoe
- Built-in flash
- Standard hot shoe – you will be able to use regular Nikon Speedlights and the built-in flash could act as a wireless commander
- Several new interesting video features
- New external grip will not take any batteries, but it will have a shutter button and front dial
- Expeed 4a imaging processor
- Completely new camera design similar to the drawings of this recently filed patent and it will be all black (not sure if they will offer different colors)
- Very fast everything
- 18MP sensor
- Eye sensor and a button to switch between LCD and EVF
- 180° swivel LCD screen
And here is a video of the V3 shooting a 20fps burst.
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