Nikon Debuts New Flagship DSLR, the D4, on Eve of CES

Nikon Debuts New Flagship DSLR, the D4, on Eve of CES

January 06, 2012 by Peter Pachal on Mashable

Nikon got a jump on the imminent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last night by unveiling its new flagship pro camera, the D4.

Make no mistake, the D4 is the top-of-the-line DSLR for Nikon, with high-end bells and whistles like fast image capture up to 10 shots per second with full auto focus (11 if it’s locked), a 16.2-megapixel large-size CMOS image sensor for guaranteed crispness, and an ISO that can be expanded all the way to 204,800 rating — presumably for taking photos from inside a black hole.

Those specs put the D4 pretty much right up with the EOS-1D X, Canon’s comparable flagship camera. The 1D X captures images at 12 shots per second, has an 18.1MP sensor and the same ultra-high expandable ISO.

Besides the D4 unveiling, many sites are reporting an alleged leak of another camera, a photo of which was posted briefly on Nikon’s German site beside the just-unveiled D4. It’s suspected to be the D800, the successor to the D700. Might the manufacturer unveil the so-called mystery camera at CES? We should know for sure by Monday.

As for the D4, Nikon says it has the most sophisticated focusing system of any camera it’s ever produced. The Advanced Multi-Cam 3500 AF system targets 51 individual points of focus in a shot and is said to be fully customizable. Fifteen different sensors analyze the contrast in a scene, ensuring you capture as much detail as possible in shady spots.

Pros will like the 91,000-pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix metering system, which works with an on-board database to produce faithful color and balanced exposure throughout a shot. The sensor can detect up to 16 separate human faces (no dogs, sorry) in the frame, exposing each one properly, even if they’re backlit.

The D4 can also shoot video, capturing at 1080p quality with either 24 or 30 frames per second (fps) or at 720p at 60 fps. Users will have full manual control of exposure while shooting, and playback direct from the camera is easy via the HDMI output. For audio, the camera has “30 steps” of possible audio adjustments for precise audio capture, too.

If you want to dig deeper into the Nikon’s feature list and specs, check out the official page on Nikon’s site, and browse the gallery below.

Are you a pro photographer? What do you think of Nikon’s latest flagship? Sound off in the comments.

The Nikon D4

The D4 is Nikon's new flagship pro DSLR camera.

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Nikon D4 Front View

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Nikon D4 Back View

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Nikon D4 Top View

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Nikon D4 Left Side

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Nikon D4 Right Side

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Nikon D4 Front (No Lens)

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Nikon D4 Angle View

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Nikon D4 Memory Slots

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Nikon D4 Inside View

Happy Birthday Justin Bieber

Happy Birthday Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber Make A World Record........
I love u My Star JB
From M.Usman Arsgad
You Are Always A Super Star.....
:)
You Are My 3rd Ideal Personalty 

Boy wonder Justin Bieber reaches adult years on March 1 when he turns 18. As a gift, the pop star’s fans will try to break the Guinness World Records‘ mark for most social media messages sent in a 24-hour period.

AgencyNet, the creators of JustinBieberMusic.com, are rallying Bieber Fever victims through a birthday landing page, which lets them RSVP via their Facebook accounts. The record attempt starts March 1 at midnight ET.

Bieber celebrated his fifth YouTube anniversary last month. His mom created his original account in January 2007 before rap star Usher signed him to a record label the following year. Since then, Bieber has taken the social media world by storm, attracting millions of followers across many networks. Bieber has 17.8 millionTwitter followers and 40.8 million Facebook “Likes.”

Google Chrome recently chronicled Bieber’s impressive reach and presence on Google and YouTube in an ad below. The YouTube-star-turned-mega-celebrity most recently made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show where he endorsed a gadget for robotic toys company TOSY.

SEE ALSO: Guys Scream Like Girls in New Justin Bieber Commercial [VIDEO]

Bieber is no stranger to making things go viral online. His official YouTube channel has 2.3 billion views. Previously, his bedtime tweets have attracted thousands upon thousands of replies and retweets.

But can the whizzes at AgencyNet and Bieber’s fans demonstrate the magic viral touch, too, and give Bieber a world record on his big 1-8? We’ll have to wait and see.

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BONUS: The Road to Bieber Fever [INFOGRAPHIC]

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For a quick glimpse at Bieber’s high-profile YouTube ride, check out the fun tidbits below thanks to Danish social media agency Crisp Social, that created the infographic for Mashable in January.

Justin Bieber Fans Eye Social Media Guiness World Record for His 18th Birthday

Justin Bieber Fans Eye Social Media World Record for His 18th Birthday
By Brian Anthony Hernandez For MASHABLE

Boy wonder Justin Bieber reaches adult years on March 1 when he turns 18. As a gift, the pop star’s fans will try to break the Guinness World Records‘ mark for most social media messages sent in a 24-hour period.

AgencyNet, the creators of JustinBieberMusic.com, are rallying Bieber Fever victims through a birthday landing page, which lets them RSVP via their Facebook accounts. The record attempt starts March 1 at midnight ET.

Bieber celebrated his fifth YouTube anniversary last month. His mom created his original account in January 2007 before rap star Usher signed him to a record label the following year. Since then, Bieber has taken the social media world by storm, attracting millions of followers across many networks. Bieber has 17.8 millionTwitter followers and 40.8 million Facebook “Likes.”

Google Chrome recently chronicled Bieber’s impressive reach and presence on Google and YouTube in an ad below. The YouTube-star-turned-mega-celebrity most recently made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show where he endorsed a gadget for robotic toys company TOSY.

SEE ALSO: Guys Scream Like Girls in New Justin Bieber Commercial [VIDEO]

Bieber is no stranger to making things go viral online. His official YouTube channel has 2.3 billion views. Previously, his bedtime tweets have attracted thousands upon thousands of replies and retweets.

But can the whizzes at AgencyNet and Bieber’s fans demonstrate the magic viral touch, too, and give Bieber a world record on his big 1-8? We’ll have to wait and see.

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BONUS: The Road to Bieber Fever [INFOGRAPHIC]

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For a quick glimpse at Bieber’s high-profile YouTube ride, check out the fun tidbits below thanks to Danish social media agency Crisp Social, that created the infographic for Mashable in January.

More than just hype, Ultrabooks are the future of laptop computing

January 14, 2012 | Devindra Hardawar

There’s a good chance that your next laptop will be thinner and lighter than you can possibly imagine.

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel unveiled its grand plan to make Ultrabooks — its snazzy name for ultraportable MacBook Air-like laptops — the next big thing in computing. This year alone there will be more than 75 Ultrabook models on the market, and Intel has said that it’s gearing up its biggest marketing push since the Centrino lineup for the new machines.

Ultrabooks are poised to replace boring old Windows laptops for good in the next few years, and that’s a good thing.

While Apple’s MacBook Air is the obvious inspiration for Ultrabook PCs, the move towards impossibly thin laptops has been in progress for decades — from ultraportable IBM ThinkPads in the 90s, to netbooks, to the razor-thin Ultrabooks. Initial ultraportables were always too expensive, and netbooks generally weren’t powerful enough to serve as primary computers. It’s just now that the hardware to make Ultrabooks powerful and useful is actually affordable.

So what’s the big deal? Ultrabooks promise to be lighter than typical laptops, weighing in around 3 pounds for the most part, allowing them to practically disappear in your laptop bag. They’ll sport solid-state drives (SSDs), instead of traditional hard drives, which will make them extra-thin and fast. (Expect startup times under 10 seconds and practically instant resume from standby speeds.) And thanks to Intel’s next-generation Core processors, Ultrabooks will be peppy under the hood and even capable of decent 3D graphics performance.

You could get the same benefits from Apple’s most recent MacBook Air model, but as is typical of PCs versus Macs, Ultrabooks promise to be cheaper. (Technically, the MacBook Air is an Ultrabook, though it’s unlikely Apple will make any effort to get it labeled as such by Intel.) Apple’s 11-inch MacBook Air starts at a reasonable $999, but the larger (and preferable for doing work, in this reporter’s opinion) 13-inch model will run you $1,299. Most 13-inch Ultrabooks, on the other hand, are aiming for a price well below $1,000.

Ultimately, the proliferation of cheap ultraportables means consumers will no longer have to decide between buying a boxy laptop and saving money, or aiming for something thin and light. With Ultrabooks, ultraportability will become the new standard consumers who want a new laptop. Boxy laptop designs will stick around on the very low-end, and desktops will become even more endangered among general consumers.

Ultrabooks will be particularly useful for students and professionals — basically, anyone who needs to carry their computer for most of the day. And given that they’re so light, Ultrabooks will completely erase the need for a tablet for many. Intel has also said that PC makers are working on bringing touchscreen capabilities to future models (in addition to voice and motion controls), blurring the line even further between Ultrabooks and tablets.

Having used a MacBook Air for almost a year now, there’s honestly no way I could go back to anything thicker, or anything not running a SSD.

Aside from the extreme portability, what I love most about the MacBook Air is the way it completely gets out of the way to let you be productive. I can turn it on and begin working from a cold boot within 15 seconds. Or, if it’s in standby mode, I can flip open the lid and begin working almost immediately. That’s mostly thanks to the fast SSD and graphics capabilities — and it’s something that Windows-based Ultrabooks will share.

Speed. Simplicity. Portability. I realized fairly quickly that this is how I’ve always wanted my computers to fit into my daily life. With Ultrabooks, soon everyone will learn this is the way computers were meant to be.