New book: Nikon DSLR: The Ultimate Photographer’s Guide
Ever heard of Nikon C mount or Nikon DS digital cameras? Yes, it does exists: Nikon just announced a SMZ-745T trinocular stereo microscope that comes equipped with a built-in 0.55x c-mount adapter permitting direct mounting of Nikon DS series digital cameras. The cameras looks like that:
Nikon D90 is rated #1 [...]
Nikon patent applications published (made available to the public) this week:
Lens system: if I am not mistaken this patent appears to be for a zoom lens with 7-24mm focal length, maybe for a point and shoot camera:
Electronic device (built-in GPS): the figure shows a point and shoot camera that besides geotagging also displays a map on the screen.
Distortion [...]
Nikon is probably planing to push built-in Wi-Fi to new camera models – they just signed a multi-year license agreement with WiLAN which will provide Nikon with access to WiLAN technology for use in Wi-Fi-enabled products. Several Nikon Coolpix models already have built-in Wi-Fi (for example the Coolpix S50c). It is interesting to see if Nikon will [...]
Update: it seems that this iPhone app is for the US market only.
Nikon somehow forgot to officially announce this new iPhone app (available in the app store since October 19th, 2009). I read about it on the Photographyblog and since the rumor mill is slow after the D3s announcement, I decided to post this [...]
Update #2: Nikon D300s rebate in Germany (this rebate seems to be for whole sale only).
Update: Nikon rebates in France are already official:
In his post from October 26th, Thom Hogan writes about the upcoming Nikon instant rebates program in the US that should be starting any day now. Some rebates may be valid only for a week, [...]