14 DAY TRIAL // This is one of those occasions when details emerge on a product that hasn't even been actually caught on photo yet.
The situation is doubly queer since snapping photos is exactly what the Nikon D4 is supposed to do.
As people may or may not know, Nikon has been working on a certain DSLR camera ever since February, 2011.
Only now have its specs actually become known, though, assuming the report that listed them is valid.
Nikon Rumors claims that they are supposed to be at least 90% accurate, whatever that means.
There are two major assets that stand out: a 100-102.400 native ISO range and the 16.2 megapixel sensor.
The sensor can take fast, successive shots at 11 fps (frames per second) and, to make things even more interesting, the ISO range can be expanded to 50-204,800.
That said, the D4, naturally, can shoot video as well, in HD and Full HD in fact, not that this is much different from all the other DSLR cameras of the past year.
It should also be possible to stream uncompressed video through the HDMI port (yes, the camera has an HDMI connector).
Other features include improved 51 AF points, an AF detection range of EV-2.0, autofocus system (9 cross-type sensors) and integrated Ethernet support.
Finally, Nikon is throwing in a memory card slot, or more of them, which support not just CompactFlash cards, but even XQD ones.
For those who are not aware, XQD is a new memory card standard that was announced less than a week ago.
With a PCI Express interface, XQD cards have a maximum transfer speed of 125 MB/s, all in a very sturdy casing of 38.5 x 29.8 x 3.8 mm (1.5 x 1.17 x 0.14 inches).
Considering that Nikon's D4 has been in the works for almost a year, it is likely that the company made some last minute modifications to the device.