Voigtländer announced a new SL II Heliar Classic 1,8/75mm lens with Nikon mount: Another Nikon 300mm f/2.0 lens for sale in Germany. No more free lunch – Nikon Switzerland will discontinue its free sensor cleaning service on June 1st, 2011. The first Nikon D3s price drop also comes from Switzerland. In the US the price of [...]
Today is day 3 of the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show that takes place in Yokohama, Japan. Similar to CES 2011, there are hardly any press coverage of the Nikon booth for the simple reason that there are no new products. Here are some images from the CP+ Nikon booth sent by a reader: Nikon [...]
What can I win? The Nikon announcement is now over and it’s time for another giveaway where you can win one year PRO subscription to Animoto ($249 value). What is Animoto? Watch this 30 seconds video to find out: And here is a sample video: You can also check sample videos from other photographers, such [...]
The Austrian broadcasting company ORF published an interview (in English) with Wolfgang Lutzky, the head of Nikon Austria. When asked when Nikon would enter this market (i.e. mirrorless), Lutzky referred to the next presentation of financial results in March and mentioned that Nikon’s top managers might lay out their (mirrorless) plans at this occasion. FYI, [...]
A quick comparison between all three f/1.8 compact cameras on the market today (green color indicates the better specs): Samsung TL500 Olympus XZ-1 Nikon Coolpix P300 Pixels 1o MP 10 MP 12 MP Sensor size 1/1.7 in. 1/1.63 in. 1/2.3 in. Sensor type CCD CCD BSI CMOS ISO range 80-3200 100-6400 160-3200 Lens aperture f/1.8-2.4 [...]
