Nikon D300s & D3000 Now Official

Nikon just unveiled the new Nikon D300s and an new entry level Nikon D3000.

Nikon D300s Key Features

• 13.1 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
• 720p HD video
• Dual Card Slot (CF & SD)
• 3.0″ LCD monitor (920,000 dots)
• Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
• 51 AF points (with 3D tracking)
• IS0 200-3200 range (6400 expanded)
• 7 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 17 RAW, 44 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
• Expeed image processing
• Picture Controls – image parameters consistent with all current Nikon DSLRs
• Same EN-EL3e battery as D300
• 72 thumbnail view in playback

Nikon D3000 Key Features

• 10.2 megapixel DX-format CCD sensor (effective pixels: 10.7 million)
• 3.0″ LCD monitor (230,000 dots)
• Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
• 11 AF points (with 3D tracking)
• IS0 100-1600 range (3200 expanded)
• 3 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
• Expeed image processing
• Picture Styles – image parameters consistent with all current Nikon DSLRs
• ‘Miniature effect’ mock-tilt/shift effect as retouch option
• Higher capacity battery from D5000
• 72 thumbnail and calendar view in playbac

Dpreview.com has a brief hands-on of the new Nikon D300s that you might wanna check out.

Mystic Lake Sebu

Lake Sebu is a province in South Cotabato region which is about 2 hours drive north of General Santos City in the Philippines. I got a chance to visit this mystical place once again since my last trip here about 11 years ago. It was kind of a different place now but somehow the Lake Seloton is still mystically placid.

Aside from the beauty of the lake, one can head down to the place they call “Seven Falls” which got its name for the series of seven cascading waterfalls. I got the chance to snap the 2nd of the seven falls which was named “Hikong Bente” which means “unmeasurable”

More information of Lake Sebu can be read on Wikipedia.

* Shot using a Nikon D300 with Nikon 18-70 mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens

Nikon D5000 Announced

Nikon has just announced a new DX format camera – The New Nikon D5000 DSLR. An upper-entry level camera which will be sitting in between the current D60 & D90 models.

It’s got some features of its big brother’s D90 in a smaller and simpler body that racks a 12.3 megapixel sensor, live view plus a 720p D-Movie recorder with a 2.7 inch and a 180 degree Tilt/Swivel LCD. See below for the specifications of this new clicker.

SPECIFICATIONS
Finder: 95% coverage. 12mm eyepoint.
Electronic Level: No.
AF: 11 points.
Shutter: 1/4,000 ~ 30 sec, bulb.
Flash Sync: 1/200.
Frame Rate: 3 FPS.
Built-in Flash: GN 39/12 (Feet/meters at ISO 100). Controls wireless flash.
Sensor: 16MP CMOS.
Sensor Size: DX.
Live View: two modes.
ISO: 100 ~ 6,400
File Formats: JPG, NEF. NEF in 12- or 14-bit with no, lossy or lossless compression.
Storage: Single SD card.
Data Communication: USB, Wi-Fi.
Power: EN-EL5e, new for the D5000.
Weight: 530g, less than the D90 (620g) and not much more than the D40 (475g).

For full detailed specs, please click here.

Source: Dpreview.com / Ken Rockwell / Engadget