Comments on: Nikon Germany event calendar with “new Nikon highlights in the luggage”

By: Nikon D3x - what do we have so far | Nikon Rumors

Nikon D3x - what do we have so far | Nikon Rumors — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:45:38 +0000

[...] Nikon has scheduled several events world wide for December 1st (see here, here and here). [...]

By: Zoetmb

Zoetmb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:22:43 +0000

What?? Nikon’s releasing LUGGAGE?? Well..they do have some pretty nice camera bags that they sell in Japan and not elsewhere.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:00:12 +0000

this is not every fool’s promotion – it is from the official Nikon site in Germany. I consider this as a rumor – otherwise they could have specified D90, D700 or whatever.

By: cbp

cbp — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:42:22 +0000

lame.

it d be great to stick to rumors here and not to every fool’s promotion flyer here

By: Antaeus

Antaeus — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:32:53 +0000

“umbrella Lane 281,…November 2008 photo, please contact Petzold information… speak and answer questions… they have…highlights with the luggage. Regard!”

Google translation sucks! If you need a proper translation from German into English, contact me. And by the way, you cannot literally translate a street name! )

By: yasil

yasil — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:59:08 +0000

Forget about this, this is an abslute usual event, it´s been in lot´s of other cities and means nothing.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:17:10 +0000

Sorry, of course it’s spelled ‘Landshut’, not ‘Lanshut’, to those who are curious.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:14:20 +0000

Heinz is probabely right. Lanshut is a beautiful place worth a visit, with its picturesque Old Town, the castle and the spectacular cathedral.

But after all, it’s a small town in the middle of nowhere in lower Bavaria. It doens’t seem to be the right place for a major new product presentation.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:35:02 +0000

This also seems to be in line with the Solutions Expo they will have here in London, it specifically states that users will have the experience of trying out the “new” D90 and D700.

By: heinz

heinz — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:13:18 +0000

Nikon won’t release the D3X at a small local photo store.

Sounds like a presentation of the D90, D700, 18-105 VR and the other relatively new products.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:44 +0000

Like I said in this rumor post, I don’t think much in the line of a new pro body is coming. The D3 and D700 are big money makers for Nikon. Why would they want to slow the flow of money with the would economy in it’s present state. By introducing a new body people may hold off for the dumb down version of it. Look how soon the D700 came out after the D3? It doesn’t make sense. What I do think is coming is a new 70-200 and 80-400 lens.
Most people will be going for the new FX glass rather that a higher megapixel camera body that most working photographers,myself included. don’t have a urgent need for.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:25 +0000

LOL – I guess Nikon should be paying us for finding their leaks…. this is not the first time they have fixed something after it has been published here. Remember the Nikon 3_2 folder: http://nikonrumors.com/2008/11/07/nikon-germany-what-is-nikon-d3_2.aspx ?
It’s gone now.

By: RumpelHund

RumpelHund — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:25:58 +0000

There’s something to it nonetheless.

When I checked this morning (11am) “the new products from photokina” was in the text, as reported by mcanaeya.
Now (6pm) there’s only mentioning of “current Nikon products”.

Someone corrected this, we can only guess why…

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:50:02 +0000

I agree – this is just a hint. They could be talking about the D90 and D700.

By: rhlpetrus

rhlpetrus — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:21:35 +0000

There was talk of new software, simpler than Captune NX, for P&S and entry-level dslrs. Could be it. Or maybe more. But I find the leaks available at this point too little for a major camera announcement, usually we would be seeing some hard evidence like leaflets, or bad camera shots with cell phone cameras, etc. Nikon is full of holes in their chain, or just do that on purpose, so the silence is definitely indicative of nothing coming.

Jeff-c mentioned “after Dec 1st” in his last post at Dpr, and he’s usually well-informed.

By: mcananeya

mcananeya — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:14 +0000

This doesn’t mean anything. They have similar announcements for events in Wiesbaden and Nürenberg on the same day. The wording for those announcements is slightly different, but both of them make it clear that the “new” Nikon items being shown are the “new” products Nikon showed at Photokina (presumably the P6000 and 50/1.4 G AF-S). In other words, nothing really new here, move along.

By: Char

Char — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:04 +0000

Sounds interesting, yet does not have to mean anything. I do speak German, but this sounds pretty much like the typical announcement to me. However, it might mean a lot – I do not know what wording Nikon usually uses for such an announcement.

On the other hand, that is some kind of demonstration at a local dealer. I seriously doubt that they would announce any kind of new camera there – which means that if they want to announce a new camera / lens / whatever (which they show there), they better do it till then.