Nikon Unveils 3 New Cameras For 2016

Japanese camera manufacturer, Nikon Corporation, today unveiled three new cameras for 2016, including its first 360-degree action Virtual Reality (VR) model.

The two others are the new D5, a FX-format model, and the much awaited D500, a DX-format model that is comparable to the D5’s performance as it incorporates the same powerful 153-point AF system.

The cameras were jointly revealed by Nikon’s Imaging Senior Vice President Nobuyoshi Gokyu and Corporate Vice President Tadashi Nakayama here in conjunction with the CES 2016, a four-day global consumer electronics show beginning Thursday.

Gokyu said the D5 camera, which the photography industry had been awaiting, represented what Nikon was trying to do for the entire DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) category, namely “to keep raising the bar on speed, accuracy and image quality”.

“The D5 is built for speed and accuracy with our most advanced AF system utilizing 153 AF points, 99 cross-type sensors and very wide AF area. Even at 12fps, there is very minimal blackout time and mirror bounce,” he added.

The D5 also boasts a wide range of ISO sensitivity up to 102400, expandable to Hi 5 (ISO 3280000 equivalent) — the most expanded sensitivity range in Nikon history.

“The Nikon D5 is not just about technical excellence, but the marriage of elegant technologies. Speed and refined image quality have never converged so extensively, making it truly the camera that the industry has been waiting for,” said Nakayama.

Meanwhile, the D500 which also supports 4K UHD movies, also features the new EXPEED 5 image-processing engine, enabling it to deliver high-quality images and movies and realises a wide sensitivity range from ISO 100 to 51200, expandable to Hi 5 (ISO 1640000 equivalent).

The D500 also employs a touch-screen, tilting monitor, and features SnapBridge, an application which allows images to be shared via constant wireless connection with a smart device.

The KeyMission 360 is a wearable action camera capable of recording true 360 video in 4K UHD.

It has an image sensor and lens combination on two opposite sides of the camera, and images from each are combined in-camera to create a single realistic, high-definition, 360 image.

The camera itself is waterproof to depths of 30 meters without a separate housing, and is also very tough, standing up well to dust, shocks and low temperatures.

The Key Mission 360 is expected to be released world-wide in the market between March and May this year. (PNA/Bernama) JBP/CDN