Monthly Archives: January 2011

Nikon press conference scheduled for February 9th

By [NR] admin | Published: January 26, 2011

Nikon will be holding a press conferences in multiple countries on February 9th, 2011 (Wednesday). For all US readers this means that new products will be announced between 11:00pm and midnight EST on February 8th (NR probability rating: 99%). As of today I am certain only about two new point and shoot cameras to be announced [...]

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Nikon patents a projector built in a DSLR camera

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Nikon filed a patent in Japan for a projector built in a DSLR. We already have the Coolpix S1100pj point and shoot camera with a built-in projector and Nikon is at least thinking of bringing that technology into a DSLR camera. The cool part is that the projection will happen through the electronic viewfinder (the [...]

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Nikon D7000 has a Sony sensor (confirmed)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Chipworks.com is doing something that I always wanted to do – to teardown a camera apart. Few weeks ago they took a Nikon D7000 and documented the guts of the camera. The interesting part? The sensor model IMX071 is made by Sony (direct link to image). This is probably not a surprise, but till now I [...]

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Nikon D300s orders no longer possible in Switzerland

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

The Swiss retailer Brack (in English) has listed the Nikon D300s as “keine nachbestellung möglich” which means “can not be ordered any longer”: A reader contacted the store directly and got the same response from the product manager. Brack is a large electronics reseller and they deliver to several different stores in Switzerland. After the release of the D7000, the price of [...]

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Nikon D3100 firmware update v1.01 is out

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Today Nikon released a firmware update for the Nikon D3100 (v.1.01). Full list of changes after the break:

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Nikon is preparing a major announcement at the end of August

By [NR] admin | Published: January 24, 2011

Certain Nikon offices have already blocked employees from taking vacation in the last two weeks of August 2011. Expect major announcements during that time frame (my guess: D3s and/or D300s replacement). This is not really surprising, since Nikon likes to make announcements at the end of Summer (the D3, D300, D90, D3100, D7000, many lenses and Coolpix cameras were [...]

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