Posted at Thu Jul 1 12:00:00 1999
Nikon is serious about digital photography. Nikon's F-mount has been supported by digital systems since the release of Kodak's first digital camera in 1991. Nikon's partnership with Kodak continues to produce new models with the DCS 620 released this year, but reluctant to be beholden to the Ameri…
Posted at Fri Jun 18 12:00:00 1999
While F-mount users had to watch their EF-mount colleagues shoot with their DCS 520 cameras for a full year before they could buy the DCS 620, they only needed to wait another quarter for the studio-focused DCS 660 (equivalent to the DCS 560). The DCS 660 sacrifices the DCS 620 3.5 fps and high-ISO equivalents for a larger sensor (both resolution and physical size) and a lower ISO 80 equivalent option.
Posted at Mon Feb 15 12:00:00 1999
The latest iteration of the Nikon Coolpix not only bumps the ½" CCD size to 2.11 megapixels (1600x1200) but also introduces variable gain in the form of selectable ISO-equivalents of 100, 160, and 320 in addition to the native ISO 80 equivalent. The viewfinder has 85% frame coverage (the LCD 95% f…
Posted at Wed Feb 3 12:00:00 1999
Nikon cameras had been the donor platform for the first three generations of Kodak's digital camera system, including the versatile DCS 400 plaftorm released in 1994. It hadn't been until the EOS-N based EOS-DCS system in 1995 that Kodak created an equivalent for non-Nikon cameras. For this reason…