The successor to Nikon’s DSLR flagship, the Nikon D3S, has been announced, and it is called the Nikon D4. According to Nikon, the D4 will arrive in shelves by the end of February, and given it a suggested retail price of $5,999.95, or roughly Rs. 3,00,000.
 
The Nikon D4 features a 16.2MP FX-format CMOS (36 x 23.9mm) sensor, is coupled with the company’s latest EXPEED 3 image processing engine. It has a native ISO range of 100 to 12,800 ISO (even during video), which is expandable from 50 (Lo-1) to 204,800 (Hi-4). The Nikon D4 is ready to shoot in about 0.012 seconds, and, is able to capture full resolution JPEG or RAW files at up to 10 fps with full AF / AE, or up to 11 fps with AF / AE locked.

The Nikon D4 also features the company’s new Advanced Multi-Cam 3500 AF autofocus system, with a 51-point AF System that has been enhanced for speed to work even at 10 frames per second (fps), and provide accurate detection down to -2 EV with every AF-NIKKOR lens. Face detection of up to 16 faces simultaneously is also part of the AF system.

The D4’s LCD screen is a high resolution 921K-dot 3.2-inch display, and comes with auto brightness adjustment, and up to 46x zoom. Other features of the Nikon D4 include a 16 bit pipeline for faster image data transfer, dual card slots optimized for the new UDMA-7 Compact Flash and XQD memory cards, support for standard NEF RAW files and compressed RAW files, an in-camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) function, Active D-Lighting system.

Other specs include full HD video recording (1080p 30/24fps & 720p 60 fps), uncompressed output with simultaneous Live View using the camera's HDMI port, hi-fidelity audio recording for professionals with a stereo headphone jack and adjustable output, B-Frame data compression for unmatched H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC format integrity, full manual control of exposure while recording, remote shutter operation. multi-area mode full HD video with FX/DX and 2.7x crop mode at 1080p video modes, and time lapse shooting with playback on from 24x to 36,000x speeds.