CES 2016: This and That

CES has come to another close, and for photography news, it was not much of a show. The exception was Nikon, who introduced the D500, D5 and a sports action camera. The D500 was bigger than I expected, but apparently it just a hair bigger than the D300s. The D5 felt like an absolute tank, a camera that was carved out of solid granite. You could break out of prison with a D5, using it as a hammer. The viewfinder was absolutely gorgeous as well. The big news for DV Shop readers is the D500 and D5 can record 4K footage. The D500 will be the more practical of the two, as the D5 can only record 4K footage for a few minutes, where the D500 can do the 29 minute clip. Take that Canon. 

I expected to see a lot more 4K BluRay players being annouced this CES, but only saw a few. Here is the Panasonic one, expected this spring for about $499. There will be about 100 titles available by years end in 4K.  

This caught my eye as I walked aimlessly in the South Hall looking for something of interest. Use your iPhone 6 as a walkie talkie. Why not use the iPhone to um, make calls or text? This is for when you have no cell phone coverage.  

CES always has an over-abundance of speakers - big speakers, little speakers, speakers in shapes that defy justification, but this speaker, from HiVi, was the most interesting looking speaker I saw this year. 

 

And finally, a sign of the times. Saw this at the Starbucks at the Golden Nugget.

DV Dude signing out of CES.