Monthly Archives: July 2010

Nikon D90 listed as “clearance Item, limited availability”

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

One of the big US retailers, J&R, has listed the Nikon D90 body only as “clearance Item, limited availability”: The Nikon D90 kit (with 18-105mm lens) is listed as “Limit 1 per customer”.

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Don’t forget the “G11 killer”

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

Few months ago Nikon’s UK Senior Product Manager Kevin Egan told AP that they planned to release a Canon G11 competitor with the last batch of Coolpix cameras back in February, but the camera was not ready. Expect this new “G11 killer” to be released with the next batch of Coolpix camera somewhere in the [...]

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I am almost ready to say “it has begun”

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

I am almost ready to say “it has begun”, I just need to verify few more things and go through some translations. Stay tuned! Here are just two of the reports I got in the past 24hr: “I work for a big retailer in ***. Today all stores have been told to remove demo Nikon D90 [...]

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A note from the admin: the best of 2010 is in front of us

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

Photokina is almost two months away, the end of July is approaching and all this could only mean one thing – we should start getting some reliable rumors. The Internet is currently full of speculations and I will continue to filter out the nonsense and post only credible information. We may have few “filler” posts [...]

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Service advisory for Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 lens in Korea

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

I have covered the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens light leak few times in the past (see blog and forum posts) and it seems that Nikon is responding to this issue, at least in Korea. This is what we have so far: Nikon Imaging Korea issued this service notice (in English) which basically says that they [...]

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Nikon patents that could be related to the upcoming mirrorless camera

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

With the latest news about the upcoming mirrorless camera and Nikon’s search for online and mobile partners, I mentioned that there were some related patent applications filed by Nikon in the past. This is what I found: Patent Application 20090270125 and granted US patent 7646417 are for “Mobile phone equipped with a camera”. The drawings [...]

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