Monthly Archives: February 2009

Sea & Sea MDX-D700 underwater housing for the Nikon D700 coming soon

By [NR] admin | Published: February 21, 2009

Very nice and very expensive: MDX-D700 will be available first week in March.  Part # SS-06148  MSRP: $3995  Details: 60m/200ft  2 Fiber Optic Cable Ports, 1 YS Converter Sync Port, 1 5-Pin Nikonos Sync Port   Source

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New Nikonians Lighting book now in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2009

New book from NikoniansPress is now in stock @ Amazon The Nikon Creative Lighting System: Using the SB-600, SB-800, SB-900, and R1C1 Flashes:

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Nikon ViewNX 1.2.1 now available for Mac

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2009

Download link The latest Windows version is 1.2.2.. Apple & Nikon relationship is just fine – a reader noted that on Macworld back in January, Apple used a Nikon P6000 in their iLife 09 presentation (because of GPS tagging).

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Second price increase from Nikon UK now official

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2009

What was a rumor over a week ago is now official: Press Release “Nikon UK will be introducing a second price increase on the 1st March 2009 which will affect Nikon’s Imaging and Optics products. The price increase is due to the relative weakness of Sterling and the continued strength of the Yen. A range [...]

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Rumor from Korea: entry level Nikon D5000 @ PMA

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2009

According to Slrclub the next entry level Nikon DLSR will be the D5000: near D90 quality pictures, no AF motor just like D40/60, more than 3 points AF. Is this going to be Nikon’s solution for the next entry level model number – D5000? Update: here is better translation of the above text (thanks k): [...]

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX again

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2009

The reviews of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX triggered enormous interest. Another one (with test shots) popped up on this Czech site (I think I have to move to Eastern Europe – they get the goodies before us).

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