Nikon Media Port UP300x Announced

[gstark]

Nikon have announced a new multi-media headphone set, the Media Port UP300x.

8Gb memory, motion sensor for hands free operation, Wi-Fi ... not too sure of what the market for this might be.

Full details here.

[DaveB]

Surely an obvious use for the UP300x (which has NTSC video input, the UP300 doesn't) is to connect to modern DSLRs and act as a remote viewer for Live View / videos?

I'm surprised it doesn't have an HDMI input!

[chrisk]

can someone explain what the hell this is ? i read that stuff and i dont get it. when/ why would you use this ?
innovation ? maybe. i'd prefer they innovate more goddam decent prime lens'.

[ATJ]

It is headphones with a video screen built in. The screen is small but sits close to one eye.

[Mr Darcy]

It's certainly not for the far sighted

I can imagine lots of Japanese school kids sitting on the train watching the latest anime

[sirhc55]

This type of product has been around for some time. Although used by the military to great effect they have moved on to more sophisticated full helmet devices. This Nikon unit, design wise, is very old fashioned and the market for such devices has been poor.

The eye interprets the small screen to a theoretical size of approximately 50 inches and can be very disconcerting for the user. There are limited video codecs supported.

To answer Rooz, Nikon has many divisions just like Sony and the development of this product would have absolutely no effect on the camera or lens division.

[chrisk]

To answer Rooz, Nikon has many divisions just like Sony and the development of this product would have absolutely no effect on the camera or lens division.

well they should restructure and put em all in a new dept called "af-s updates".
leave the gadgets to Sony please.

[Grev]

Think it first pioneered by Vegeta to measure the power levels of other fighters, mainly Goku.