Monthly Archives: April 2010

“A great new DSLR” next month

By [NR] admin | Published: April 25, 2010

CanonRumors just reported that news. I quickly bought the May issue of Popular Photography online and sure enough this is the note on page 6: Of course it is not clear what manufacturer will be releasing the new DLSR, but Canon or Nikon will be high on the list (Sony is too busy with the [...]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: April 25, 2010

The winners from the last giveaway: Jay A from the US won the Nikon D3s/x book and Bertrand from Belgium won the Nikon D700 book. Congratulations to the winners! Nikon Instant rebates expire on May 1st (next Saturday). Think Tank Photo giveaway TIPA announcements: Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens [...]

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: April 24, 2010

Patent Application 20100091161 is for built in phase detect autofocus. Patent Application 20100091184: “The present invention relates to an image processing technique that displays a plurality of still images as smooth movie.” Patent Application 20100100276: “The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and a drive recorder system mounted on a vehicle for imaging and recording [...]

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Rumor: upcoming lenses from Nikon

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

In addition to the updates for the 200-400mm f/4.0 and the 85mm f/1.4 lenses, I received some information that Nikon also has plans for a 24-xxxmm f/4.0 VR and a 70-200 mm f/4.0 VR lenses. Previous rumor suggested a new 24-120 f/4.0 VR lens, but the long focal end could “only” be 105mm. If true, [...]

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Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII sales halted on Amazon

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

Update: this lens is not longer “under review” @ Amazon. Not sure what is the exact reason, but sales of the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.6 VRII has been halted on Amazon since yesterday:

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Nikon’s new President: Nikon will not have the same stable growth in the next ten years

By [NR] admin | Published: April 19, 2010

Some top level changes happened in the Nikon’s top executive level today. See the official details here and here. The new company’s President Makoto Kimura (62) said this in a press conference in Tokyo today (via Reuters): “Nikon’s imaging business has been expanding quite steadily over the past 10 years. But can it enjoy the [...]

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