Monthly Archives: February 2011

Weekly Nikon related news/links #96

By [NR] admin | Published: February 6, 2011

Sigma dropped the price of their 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM (Nikon mount) lens to $1,399 (from $1699). Kenko will provide a Nikon F mount adapter for their t new interchangeable lenses digital camera (C-mount). ISO test: Pentax K-5 vs. Nikon D7000. New version v1.1 of the free Nikontrol 3K is out (discussed previously here). DIY GPS tracking [...]

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Watch out Leica, Nikon can also do limited editions

By [NR] admin | Published: February 4, 2011

A Belgium store is advertising a Nikon limited edition box set that includes the latest Nikkor AF-S 24mm, 35mm and 85mm f/1.4 lenses. The price is €4,899 and only 100 pieces will be produced. Different from Leica limited editions, this Nikon set is actually selling for less than the individual items combined – the current Amazon France prices [...]

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Nikon 2011 Q3 financial results: “new generation digital cameras are under development”

By [NR] admin | Published: February 3, 2011

Nikon’s 2011 Q3 ended on December 31, 2010 and the financial results are now out – sales are up, income is down. Compared to Q3 of 2010, Nikon sold more imaging products in all three categories: 300,000 more  single-lens reflex cameras, 600,000 more interchangeable lenses and 2.3 million more compact cameras.

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Nikon Coolpix S8100 compared to Canon S95 and why Nikon needs a serious compact camera

By [NR] admin | Published: February 2, 2011

I am very particular when it comes to small (pocketable) cameras and I wanted to find out how good (or bad) the top of the line Coolpix S8100 really is. I ignored the P7000 because it is in a different category – I wanted to see what a “real” point and shoot Nikon camera is all about. A natural choice [...]

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Hacking the Digital: Stills in Motion (guest post by Andrew Kornylak)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Today’s guest post is by Andrew Kornylak. You probably remember some of his stop motion videos taken with a Nikon D3 I posted back in 2009. The topis he will cover today is “Hacking the Digital: Stills in Motion”: Before I “became” a professional photographer, I was a software developer. Windows applications, wireless devices, game software, web… [...]

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Best Buy adopts Nikon’s internal numbering scheme (Q740, Q750)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Few months back I posted a screenshot from an internal Best Buy message that listed a Nikon product under the code name Q750. The Qxxx notation is an internal Nikon numbering scheme - basically every Nikon DSLR camera has a code name that is different than the actual product name. It was suggested that the Q750 could be the [...]

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