Monthly Archives: February 2011

Nikon patents update (half-mirror, flash with built-in bounce system)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2011
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Time for another Nikon patents update. The first patent 2011-28177 is for a Nikon’s own “half mirror” with a mirror-up function: This technology is similar to Sony’s translucent mirror. Here is a quick comparison between both technologies:

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“Something new is coming. DSLRs will never be the same…” *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2011
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Yvon Bourque (Pentax photographer and author) wrote this on his blog yesterday: “Something new is coming. DSLRs will never be the same… Pentax K-5/ K-7 will get it first, but  Nikon, Canon, Sony and Olympus will get it next.” What could that be? Update#3: the product in question will probably be some kind of a custom bellow or [...]

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Nikon turned down Photoshop, D700 price drop, F3 used in the filming of Indiana Jones

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2011
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This is the last part of this week’s Nikon news/links: Nikonweb.com is one of my favorite Nikon related sites on the Web. They are not a big website, but their articles are unique and worth reading. You may remember my previous reports on the Nikon prototype made by Panasonic or the Nikon digital underwater camera made for the [...]

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Nikon Netherlands extending warranty to 2 years?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2011
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It seems that Nikon Netherlands is extending the product warranty to 2 years. Not sure about the details, but several [NR] readers received letters from Nikon with a new 2 years warranty certificate for items (lenses and DSLRs) that were purchased and registered few months ago.

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The ultimate helmet camera: Nikon D7000 with wireless HD video streaming

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2011
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I have few more Nikon related news/links that were too much to include in one post. The first one is about a music video shot with a Nikon D7000 helmet camera: The setup is a helmet with a front mounted Nikon D7000 camera and a Teradek Cube camera-top wireless HD video encoder that streamed over WiFi [...]

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