Weekly Nikon news flash #98

• Nikon filed a patent application in Japan for a sensor cooling fan:

The drawings appears to be of a mirrorless camera. FYI: few months Sony issued a statement about their sensor overheating during video recording in the a33 and a55 cameras.

• for sale on eBay to go with your:

• Interesting mod: Nikon D40 with Katzeye split prism focusing screen (sold on eBay a week ago for $258):

• New grip for Nikon cameras:

• Nikon dream lens? Nikkor PC-E Micro Fisheye 10.5-600mm f/4 ED VRII:

• After the four Zeiss lenses from last week, DxOMark released test data for another four Zeiss F-mount lenses:

Carl Zeiss Distagon T 18mm f/3.5 ZF2 (score=16)
Carl Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2.8 ZF2 (score=17)
Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f/2 ZF2 (score=23)
Carl Zeiss Distagon T 35mm f/2 ZF2 (score=29)

• Nikon D3100 double lens kit now available in Korea.

• Nikon donated 2.6 million yen (around $31k) for the floods in Queensland, Australia and 2.8 million yen (around $33k) for the rain disaster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Apple’s Digital Camera RAW compatibility update 3.6 is out and addresses processing issues with Nikon D7000 and Coolpix P7000.

• I received the first reports on the D7000 price drop in some countries (Japan, UK).