Monthly Archives: December 2009

Lomography giveaway winner announced

By [NR] admin | Published: December 15, 2009

The winner of the Lomography – NikonRumors giveaway is Jeff McCord from California. Congratulations! Foe everybody else: Lomography had setup a special offer – $70 off the lens bundle – read all the details here (use code “NIKONRUMORS” at checkout).

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Nikon D3s with manual video control

By [NR] admin | Published: December 13, 2009

Update #3: another post from a reader on this topic from 3 weeks ago. Update #2: Another reader reported that slashcam.com got an official confirmation from Nikon Professional Services on the D3s manual video control: “As soon as the live-view mode in the shooting menu is set to “tripod” and the camera to manual mode (M), it [...]

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Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: December 13, 2009

New book: Mastering the Nikon D5000 (Paperback), available for pre-order now Interesting gadget: Aputure Remote Control LCD for DSLR – this is a digital screen remote viewfinder. Capture NX 2 software updates should be released on December 16th. NASA is ordering Nikon D3s cameras. Dxomark released their sensor test data for Nikon D3000 and D300s. [...]

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Nikon Europe is paying for Nikon 800 ads

By [NR] admin | Published: December 12, 2009

Update #2: Nikon 800 could also be related to this product. Update: the ad says “Nikon 800″ and not “Nikon D800″. Not sure what are they advertising here (the Nikon SB-800 flash has been discontinued). If you search for Nikon D700 on Amazon.fr and scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see [...]

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Your next Coolpix may be sending/receiving emails (Nikon patent)

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2009

Update: Similar camera to the one described in this patent is just to be announced by Samsung. According to patent applications 20090307322 Nikon is thinking about integrating an email client into a point and shoot camera: “A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a [...]

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Nikon AF-S 300mm F2.8 G ED VR II & AF-S TC-20E III available for pre-order

By [NR] admin | Published: December 10, 2009

The new Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 VRII lens and the TC-20E converter are now available for pre-order: Nikon AF-S 300mm F2.8 G ED VR II @ Amazon Nikon AF-S 300mm F2.8 G ED VR II @ Adorama (available in January) AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III @ Amazon AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III @ Adorama (available in January) I will [...]

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