- $100 off Nikon D5100 with 55-300mm or 55-200mm lens combos (expires May 28th).
- New version of the Nikon Picturetown iPhone app is now available.
- Shuttle photography with the pros on Nikon's official blog.
- New images from the ISS taken with a Nikon D2xs are available on flickr.
- Adobe Lightroom 3.4.1 is out (incl. support for Nikon D5100).
- "An Icon with a Nikon" - also from Nikon's blog.
- Nikon collectible cameras @ KEH.
- Anyone know what is going on with Nikon Portugal? Their website has been down for almost a week.
- From the “Michaels World-Famous Camera Museum” located in Melbourne, Australia (see also this video for more rare and unusual vintage cameras):
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Wow, that’s one bling camera!
Nah- the white balance is just off =P
now thats a cool camera….
Funny, all I can see on that camera is really REALLY bad white balance. It looks not gold one bit to me, but rather a tungsten light, or three.
Someone should bit it to see if it’s real.
*bite
Ron,
Watch the video. You’ll see that the ‘off-set white balance’ is really very local.
Only some specific models seem to suffer that effect.
Although I don’t think I saw this particular model in de video, but several other ‘gold ones’.
Missa thinks it issa genuine.
Nice gold!
Looks expensive
Yes, it’s a true work of art. Pity, I could only afford the silver one, which I still have from the ’80s. If you’re interested, here is a write up with great pictures about the Nikon Gold FA.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/credits/fagold/index.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/credits/fagold/index2.htm
The NASA launch page is neat, but the camera at the end of the post sure looks like a D2 series camera to me, not a D3 as the author claims… The WB sensor on the viewfinder housing has a cutout for it, and the lens is shrouded soo much that an FX sensor would vignette badly.
I always thought those special edition Nikons were funny. They were just copying Hasselblad which was putting out special edition gold cameras for the Middle East at the time. Somehow a gold plated 400 buck Jap camera was a hoot. Kinda like an Armani edition Dodge.
“…Kinda like an Armani edition Dodge…”.
hmm… Not a bad idea!
(good one!!!)
@ Portugal nikon website: I would guess it is due to a dumb webadmin as some of the pages work and some do not: http://www.nikon.pt/pt_PT/products/product_summary_list.page?ParamValue=Digital+Cameras&Subnav1Param=SLR&Subnav2Param=Professional&Subnav3Param=0&RunQuery=l3&ID=0
Weird…
If you drop your D300 and 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II in water and Nikon say its beyond economic repair after crying…sell it on eBay…
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/elaine53catreading/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562
“100% immersion in fresh water ” I wonder what she dropped them in ?…I shouldn’t laugh, but it is pretty funny lol.
Could be from an accident while sailing or canoeing on a fresh water lake. Two times I would not take that kind of rig with me. At least she is being honest with the buyer.
Man, the VRII. That’s sad.
I want a D800 gold, and a D900 platinium, and also a SB-900 made with diamonts.
That would be expensive because “diamonts” are hard to find.
diamonds, thank you !
I’ll trade all my gold anb wife for a full frame d800
on a stick ?
The Nikon FA Gold is Real. Ace Photo in Virginia used to have one in their showcases. Pretty sure they wanted like 3500 for it. Came in a Nikon wooden case with red velvet lining.
True, Kodak even made a special film for it, the Kodacolor Gold.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/230123315_b939e42dd0_o.jpg
Cheap Bower battery grip for nikon d7000
been waiting for one of these to come out.
Some of the unit counts that KEH is quoting for the special editions are different than what other sources have quoted, such as the Peter Braczko books or “Nikon: A Celebration”. For example, for the F5 special edition, KEH is claiming 2000 units were produced. Other sources claim 3000 units with 300 of those for the U.S. KEH claims 300 units for the FM2/T Year of Dog, but other sources claim 3001 units. KEH claims 500 units were produced of the FA Gold, but other sources claimed 2000 units.
Regardless, considering how rare those cameras are, I’m surprised they’re going for as little as they are. You would think Nikon collectors would grab them up in a minute.
Yeah, guess the Wall Street stockbrokers are busy buying up foreclosed resort property and the oil barons are hedging against the future with investments in electric cars. So, Nikon collectibles are lower on the list this year.
******** OFF TOPIC ********
This as nothing to do with cameras (well, mirrorless ones maybe)
But it’s SO GOOOOD that I deceided to post it !
It’s in prank in a “restroom” with a fake mirror and 2 women twins, I think they speak German (French subtitles)
A friend sent it to me from Europe, it’s very well made.
http://www.koreus.com/video/camera-cachee-miroir-sans-reflet.html
I posted a link that the Nikon rebates are back for DX bodies at Amazon. Not sure if it’s waiting for review, cause there was only 1 link.
thanks Rob, I just approved your comment, I guess the rebates are coming back
It screams ROB ME .. ;- >
The problem with Nikon Portugal Website is not just the Website.
It’s the fact that is not Nikon who manages the country representation but the spanish distributor ATLANT PHOTO IMAGE S.
They do not provide a service to Nikon at all.
I do believe Nikon knows that but contracts are contracts I guess and Japaneses do not breach contract lightly.. and the spaniards know that too.. so.. not much hope for improvement.
As in all countries Nikon stock in New Zealand has shrunk…
“Camera retailers face delays of up to four months for stock after the Japanese earthquake damaged supply factories. Wholesalers warn there is no respite on the horizon.”
“Every country is fighting for stock at the moment and I guess New Zealand gets the last pickings due to our size, on per centage basis,” he said. “Occasionally there have been outages … but we have never experienced this in retail before to this magnitude.”
“The distributor for Nikon in New Zealand, T A Macalister, confirmed its high-end product range had been affected. A damaged supply factory near Sendai, one of the worst-hit cities, was operating on reduced capacity, Nikon product manager Ken Newell said. “Although ramping up has already happened … some of our suppliers have reduced capacity and that has affected some of our range. It is an ongoing problem. We think we may of seen the worst of it, but we don’t know until it has been confirmed.”"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/5072500/Camera-retailers-hurt-by-disaster
[$100 off Nikon D5100 with 55-300mm or 55-200mm lens combos (expires May 28th).]
Damn! I just picked up a D5100 with 18-55 & 55-200 kit today at Adorama. Oh well…
Last time I was in Melbourne I went and had a look at the museum. A fantastic collection of cameras and well presented/labelled. Free entry and their second hand gear for sale in the main street level windows are also worth a look. A few doors up the street is The Camera Exchange which also boasts a great collection of 2nd hand Pro gear for sale. Always a nice afternoon in Marvellous Melbourne.
Westlicht just sold a 2000mm NIKKOR for 66000 Euro!! Is this the most expensive ever?
turn on the lights, put on a leisure suit, put on a 45 playing a disco song, load a roll of kodachrome 64 and start taking photos