Monthly Archives: August 2009

Official statement from Nikon on second D5000 recall

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

Official press statement for the second Nikon D5000 recall: Nikon would like to confirm that it has contacted a small number of D5000 customers within Europe that have previously sent their cameras in for repair following the recent Service Notice, asking them to re-send their cameras in to their local service centre for further repair [...]

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Finally: Nikon Fabre Photo EX microscope available for purchase

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

In February 2009 Nikon announced the Fabre Photo EX microscope which now offers a DSLR attachment (the previous model Nikon EZ-Micro Stereoscopic Microscope could only take a Coolpix camera). The product was not announced in the US and it seems that nobody from Nikon support have heard of it. I had dozens of people asking [...]

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Nikon D300s starting to show up in stores

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

A dpreview member from Germany had a chance to play with the Nikon D300s in a local Nikon dealer (no virtual horizon in the viewfinder?). Electricpig has D300s unboxing pictures. NPS Nikon D300s pre-orders will start shipping in the next few days (more pre-order option available here). …and three new Nikon D300s videos after the [...]

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We should pay a very close attention to this patent (Nikon Micro AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

We should pay a very close attention to Nikon patent 20090190220 (already discussed here and here) for the Nikon AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR lens Don’t ask me why – just do it… Update: as a reader already noted (quote from the patent application): “An internal focus type MACRO lens having an image blur correction function [...]

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Need help from France and the UK (Nikon D700x & Nikkor 35mm f/1.4)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2009

A post on the Spanish forum ojodigital.com (Google translation): “In the September issue of the prestigious French magazine Réponses Photo, which has appeared today in the kiosks will be announced for September: – A Nikon D700x (or D800) to be the D3x what the D700 to the D3 (Sony 24 Mpx sensor).” Update: this what was [...]

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