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PetaPixel said:

According to the Google Translated text in his photo post and comments, these images you’re about to see were taken with a “full format” “D7xx” that will inherit [sic] the market from the D5 and D500...

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Submitted for your consideration (via PetaPixel): These Insane Night Shots are Allegedly Taken with an Unreleased Nikon DSLR

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Too good to be true is where I fall on this.

So a D760 or something close to it?

Definitely too good to be true.

I believe it. I believe every word of it. I happen to have gotten this from an incredibly reliable source that it's all true:

"Inherit the market from the D5 & D500..." So Nikon are going to merge a £1700 camera with a £5000 camera?

No doubt Nikon could put in a sensor that rivals the D5, but I bet it would come with a much higher price tag than the current D750!

Too good to be true, me thinks.

Finally a mirrorless FX? Nikon sensor as opposed to Sony? I think it is an even chance.

I don't care how good it is in low light if its only 20 MP you can forget it .

I am thinking that there is not only a mirror involved in this article, but lots of smoke.... lots and lots of smoke. Oz

I'd be desperately interested to see what the unprocessed raw file looks like. I remember when the D750 came out and one of the first photographers with it shot something that was (IIRC) 7 to 9 stops underexposed and then adjusted the exposure in post showing not just details but proper colors. If that advanced consumer level sensor can do that it's not hard to convince me that advances since could manage to capture even more detail and color in underexposed images.

In other words, if the guy is telling you these shots are SOOC then I call BS. But I buy that it's possible that he was able to pull them off in post from severely underexposed images.

FYI, I tested the D750 this morning and at ISO 100 it's capable of almost perfect color reproduction down to -5EV.

Scroll down to the featured comment. Difficult to understand, but this photographer seems to claim somebody copied his page and made these claims.

Is that how you read his post?

Pictures reportedly taken with a new Nikon D7xx full frame DSLR camera with incredible low light capabilities | Nikon Rumors

Notice also that the pictures were allegedly taken a year ago (December 2015). Sounds more and more like a Barnum story to me.

Some more information on these photos.

Nikon Rumors

Wonder if it behaves similar to the Df sensor. That is great in poor light but a bit washed out in bright conditions.

I would like to own that D750 test mule.

Interesting the location. Dark dreary weather maybe? Is there a major service center near there?

My luck............

Next great thing will be a sensor that makes nudes out of fully clothed people. Shooting in the dark will be a passing fad.

Samo said:

Next great thing will be a sensor that makes nudes out of fully clothed people. Shooting in the dark will be a passing fad.

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And we wonder why people are suspicious of middle aged men with a camera. :chargrined: