Monthly Archives: January 2011

Weekly Nikon related news/links #94

By [NR] admin | Published: January 22, 2011

PocketWizard MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 now shipping in the US. B&H has the FlexTT5 in stock (update: sold out now). Nikon 135mm f/2.0D AF DC lens is now in stock. What is this: Bausch and Lomb Baltar 75mm f/2.3 modified Nikon AF

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Lensbaby Composer lens review (Nikon mount)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 22, 2011

Overview Lensbaby’s Composer model is a 50mm lens where the glass elements can be swiveled around just like a ball head and achieve selective focus only in portions of the frame. Some of the results produced with the Composer are similar to a real tilt shift lens. The box contains the lens with front and back [...]

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Flashback: Nikon mirrorless camera will be “something that nobody is currently making”

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2011

I am going to re-publish the recap of the Photokina interview with Tetsuro Goto (Director of Laboratory Research and Development of the Nikon Imaging Company) where he said that the mirrorless solution from Nikon will probably not be targeted towards professionals and the main emphasis will be on small size and unique features: When asked about interesting concepts at Photokina [...]

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It happened again: Sony replaced Nikon from the #2 spot in the UK

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2011

I have been saying this for a long time and after Taiwan it happened again in the UK: according to AP Sony took the #2 spot from Nikon in the UK in volume sales of interchangeable lens models for December 2010 (Sony now has 25%, Nikon is down to 20%). I don’t think Sony got [...]

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Pocketwizard patents a new type of embedded radio flash trigger for Nikon cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2011

I follow only Nikon related patents and when I saw this patent from a company called Lab Partners Associates, I immediately ignored it. But then I got curious – who is that company that dares to patent a new wireless radio flash trigger for Nikon. Well, Lab Partners Associates Inc. is actually Pocketwizard and the inventor of this patent [...]

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What others are saying: Nikon D800 and PRO mirrorless in March/April of 2011

By [NR] admin | Published: January 20, 2011

Generally, I am trying to filter out a random rumors from the Internet because usually they are just speculations, guesses and wish lists. Here are some recent Nikon rumors from other websites. I cannot vouch for any of those – your guess is as good as mine: According to a “guy from Nikon tech support”: [...]

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