Debunk: Nikon "D700" spyshot

Ah, so sorry fakers. Don't you hate it when all your Photoshopping efforts come undone after the original D300 picture turns up? Oh well, D700 dreamers still have the alleged specs and hopes of a possible Monday announcement.

[Via Nikond700, thanks John R.]

[Joe @ Jun 27th 2008 7:15AM]

It took the original photo for you guys to notice it was fake? Look how perfectly regular... photoshop filter-like ...the 700 is. Please.

[Jeff @ Jun 27th 2008 12:09PM]

no kidding.

i could have told you that it was fake immediately based solely on the uniform "add noise" filter that was obviously applied....

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jun 27th 2008 4:03PM]

http://flickr.com/photos/dominic_kamp/2613106469/sizes/o/in/photostream/

[Kabadisha @ Jun 27th 2008 7:42AM]

why do people waste their time making these fakes? What's in it for them?

[Kabadisha @ Jun 27th 2008 7:46AM]

Why do people make these fakes? - I don't understand what's in it for them... Fame? What a waste of time.

[roach @ Jun 27th 2008 7:54AM]

gets people to their websites.... then engadget, gizmodo, etc links to them and TADA!... more hits on their site!

[Roger @ Jun 27th 2008 7:57AM]

Haha you have a point there.

[Jeff @ Jun 27th 2008 12:11PM]

the hits on the site don't really account for much... (at least not as far as adsense is concerned)

it's a little more like the mentality of the person who starts a rumor or creates a chainmail letter... just a sort of "lets see how far this gets" kind of thing.

maybe also a "lets show that people are excited about this in hopes that the manufacturer sees people talking about it and then makes it."

[Kabadisha @ Jun 27th 2008 7:47AM]

Oops... sorry for the double post - i didn't think the first one went through...

[Richard Lai @ Jun 27th 2008 7:55AM]

A fake? Oh no he didn't!

[Vic20 @ Jun 27th 2008 9:27AM]

Oh yeah he did! And he shot it right into a fierce backlight, foisting his fine fotographie credentials!

[Jordan @ Jun 27th 2008 8:23AM]

What if someone faked the D300 picture just to fake debunk the D700 picture? :)

[John Johnson @ Jun 27th 2008 8:37AM]

See, I called this in the original post. Go take a look. :D

[gjp303 @ Jun 28th 2008 1:11AM]

your avatar gives me nausea.

[psxp @ Jun 27th 2008 8:51AM]

you gotta be such a farkin nerd to fake a camera release photo..

open the windows, get some fresh air, hell, how about taking a walk out side.

[Lowest Ranked @ Jun 27th 2008 12:06PM]

My words exactly.

What kind of boring ass loser must you be to photoshop a picture of a camera?

I'm going to photoshop the next Tomagotchi, just you watch, it will be everywhere!

[Razor @ Jun 27th 2008 11:07AM]

Fake?!? No way, you got to be kidding me?!?

=P

Engadget, you should know by now that crap like this isn't news to begin with. There are way too many people out there with Photoshop skills.

[Jeff @ Jun 27th 2008 12:12PM]

wtf engadget? why are my responses disappearing? this commenting system is bunk.

[ZeroCorpse @ Jun 27th 2008 12:16PM]

Umm... They both look like pretty standard cameras to me. I don't see anything on one or the other to make me recognize major differences.

I'm not a camera geek, though.

[psilver @ Jun 27th 2008 8:05PM]

LOL! I'm just happy with my D300 for now. I'll get a full frame in a year or two.

http://www.silverph.com