Monthly Archives: April 2010

Possible Nikon announcement: April 27th or 29th, 2010

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

Nikon may have an announcement on April 27th or 29th, 2010. I have not received any info on scheduled press conference yet and until I do, this rumor will be rated @ 40% probability. If true, no DSLR are expected to be announced this time.

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: April 18, 2010

Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF lens for APS-C (Nikon mount) gets priced in the US: $699. Zeiss released a series of compact cinema prime lenses that will be available with Nikon mount. Adobe CS5 is now available for pre-order. Adorama also various rebates on SanDisk (search their site for more). BorrowLenses now has the [...]

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Rumors started to flow: 3 new Nikon DLSR cameras in the pipeline

By [NR] admin | Published: April 15, 2010

I can definitely tell that the rumors chatter started to pick up in the last few days after it was dead for a month. Something is definitely coming – I already started to see the first signs of an imminent announcement (Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR lens) which could happen as soon as the [...]

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Thom Hogan: Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G VR “coming very, very soon now”

By [NR] admin | Published: April 14, 2010

Update: the patent for this lens was already covered last year. Thom Hogan wrote on his site today that the new Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G VR lens is “coming very, very soon now”. Yes, this lens will have VR as it was already discussed in the patent for that lens: “A lens group or a portion [...]

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Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8G ED IF VR Micro lens now made in China

By [NR] admin | Published: April 13, 2010

Starting February, 2010 the Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8G ED IF VR Micro lens is being produced in China instead of Japan. See the slideshow below for more details (source: Eri_c@flickr):

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Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR to be replaced in few weeks

By [NR] admin | Published: April 13, 2010

This is the first reliable rumor I received in a while: in few weeks Nikon will introduce a new version of the Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR lens. The improvement will be a new VR and few other minor tweaks. I also got a report from Japan that this lens cannot be ordered from [...]

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