Monthly Archives: March 2011

Nikon prices going up

By [NR] admin | Published: March 15, 2011

I received several reports that the prices of some Nikon equipment went up in the last few days. Few of the mentioned items are: Nikon D300s body only (current prices: B&H $1529.95, Adorama $1599.00, Amazon $1449.00) Nikon D700 body only (current prices: B&H 2699.95, Adorama $2599.00, Amazon $2399.95) Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII lens (current prices: B&H: 2299.00, [...]

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Satellite images of Nikon Sendai plant before and after earthquake

By [NR] admin | Published: March 15, 2011
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Google released post-earthquake satellite images of the impacted areas in Japan. You can download the KLM file from their blog and explore it in Google Earth. Those are the before and after satellite images of the Nikon plant in Sendai (click on images for larger view): The after image was taken on March 13, two days after the earthquake (you can find [...]

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Nikon’s official statement on the disaster in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: March 14, 2011

Nikon issued an official statement on the situation in Japan: The Nikon Group would like to express its profound sympathy and condolences to the victims of earthquake in Major Earthquake in Northern Japan (Japan’s Tohoku region) on March 11. The effects to our group companies are as follows. Measures to cope with the situations We have set [...]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #101

By [NR] admin | Published: March 13, 2011
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Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4G lens now in stock. Think Tank Photo is offering 20% on their Speed Demon, Speed Freak and  Speed Racer belt packs. Nikon has scheduled several events at SXSW in Austin. Nikon Coolpix P300 review with sample images (this is the new compact camera with fast f/1.8 aperture). Interesting image comparison between the Fuji X100 and [...]

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Nikon plants in Sendai “virtually impossible to resume operations in 14 days” *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: March 13, 2011
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Update #1: it seems that the article was talking about March 14th (Monday) and not about a timeframe of 14 days. The initial Google translation was: “Miyagi Prefecture factory to produce high-end digital SLR cameras for professionals, announced that it is virtually impossible to resume operations in 14 days”. Update #2: here is a better translation [...]

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