Monthly Archives: July 2010

Nikon’s President comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera again

By [NR] admin | Published: July 12, 2010

In an interview with Pen News Weekly, Nikon’s president Makoto Kimura made few more comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera from Nikon (see the previous interview, where he dropped the bomb about an upcoming Nikon mirrorless concept): Nikon plans to retain its “top position” in the DSLR market and create an “entirely new domain” at [...]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: July 11, 2010

SanDisk rebates are back @ Adorama. For example: SanDisk 8GB, Extreme SDHC Pack of 2 for $89.90. The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens (Nikon mount) is now available in B&H under the brand name “Bower” (via lightingrumours). I was told that Jessops (UK) has some Nikon D3s in stock. Yongnuo will offer TTL radio trigger built into a speedlight (Nikon [...]

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It’s Nikon patents Friday!

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2010

Update on the latest patents applications from Nikon – this is a long post, make sure you “read more”. First, the patent applications from Japan (no direct links possible) – the first set of patents appears to be for the upcoming EVIL system: Patent application 2010-054660 – “To provide a camera for reliably closing a [...]

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Nikon D700 out of stock @ B&H

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2010

Nikon D700 is currently out of stock @ B&H. This is either a regular supply shortage or really good timing on Nikon’s part. It will be interesting to monitor the availability in the next few days/weeks. Nikon shortages are usually for new products – the Nikon D700 is already 2 years old. In addition, the [...]

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Nikon to revise US Dollar and Euro foreign exchange estimates

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

Bloomberg reports that Nikon will revise its US Dollar and Euro foreign exchange estimates: “The yen has gained about 19 percent against the euro and 5 percent against the dollar this year. Nikon, which earned more than 80 percent of its revenue outside Japan in the 12 months ended March 31, is using currency hedging [...]

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Nikon plans new concept camera as early as this year

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

Update: Nikon is planing to ship this new camera “as early as this fiscal year”. The Nikon fiscal year end on March 2011. I am away from my computer for the next few hours but you can read the whole article at Bloomberg: “The new concept model will probably have an enhanced function for video [...]

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