Monthly Archives: January 2010

Battery for Nikon D900, this time in print

By [NR] admin | Published: January 23, 2010

In the past, we went through a list of products compatible with Nikon D900. Some of them could be a typo or just an easy way to get Internet traffic. Today, a NR reader sent me those pictures of Phottix Titan battery which is compatible with Nikon D900 – clearly written on the back of [...]

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This may be the Nikon D700x sensor

By [NR] admin | Published: January 23, 2010

Just got this picture with questionable quality of a Nikon D700x sensor from xitek.com (Google translation) – it seems to be the same sensor used in the Nikon D3x: Can anyone give us a quick translation? Thanks! Update – here is the translation: Nikon D700X Price  350000 yen  (around?) Special Feature: Fitted with the 24MP [...]

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Official response from Nikon on the 70-200mm internal lens surface

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2010

I said already that I will not cover this issue anymore, unless there is an official word from Nikon. The official word came yesterday from Nikon Europe: “The 70-200mm f/2.8G ED AF-S VRII lens features a component in the lens design which may appear to have surface pits or a rough texture when viewed through [...]

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Interview with Tetsuro Goto

By [NR] admin | Published: January 20, 2010

Mr. Tetsuro Goto is the Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan. Focus-Numerique just published a lengthy and very interesting interview with him (in French | Google translation). Key points & quotes: No medium format from Nikon: “We have no experience in the niche market of medium-format. It may simply be impossible for Nikon [...]

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All I got is some Coolpix specs

By [NR] admin | Published: January 20, 2010

From what I hear, there will be no “serious” Coolpix camera announced this time: Coolpix S8000 will be the slimmest 10x zoom with HD video available to date Coolpix P100 has a back-illuminated sensor (Nikon’s first?), 26x zoom In the next few weeks before PMA, new compact cameras are expected from Olympus, Ricoh, Panasonic (new [...]

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