Monthly Archives: June 2011

Guest post: Time-lapse Landscape Astrophotography

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

This guest post about time-lapse landscape astrophotography is written by Christoph Malin from Austria. He has been a Nikon NPS Photographer for many years doing mainly outdoor, landscape and sports (bicycles) photography for various international magazines and bicycle manufacturers: Last year I got myself into landscape astrophotography as I was invited to do a story about that topic [...]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #114

By [NR] admin | Published: June 11, 2011

Rare Nikon lens on eBay: Zoom-Nikkor ED 360-1200mm f/11 Smashed Nikon lenses by angry girlfriend after fight. How to recognize counterfeited Nikon accessories. Nikon D3x camera burns after space stardom. Nikon D3100 cashback offer in the UK. More abused Nikon gear. Nikon doesn’t see mobile phones with camera features as threat to business. Nikon’s first [...]

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Nikon AF-S 105mm f/2 lens patent

By [NR] admin | Published: June 10, 2011

Back in December of 2010 I reported on a rumor for a new Nikon AF-S 105mm f/2 VRII Nano lens: “2011 fall no more DC but VR and 77mm filter size min. focusing to 3.6 feet and max magnification of 1:3.4 priced at $2199 no more 135DC” Yesterday a patent for a new Nikon 105mm f/2 lens [...]

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Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens now in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: June 9, 2011

The Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens is now in stock at B&H. Please note that Amazon will cancel your pre-order if they cannot ship an item after 60 days from the day you placed the order.

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Nikon Regsweeper released + ViewNX 2 64 bit?

By [NR] admin | Published: June 8, 2011

Two days ago Nikon released a new free software called Regsweeper which will remove all registry entries after uninstalling Nikon software from your Windows based computer: What is Regsweeper? After uninstalling a Nikon software application from Microsoft Windows some associated files remain on the operating system. Running Regsweeper will completely uninstall all files installed by the Nikon [...]

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Nikon files patents for 10-30mm and 7-13mm lens for mirrorless cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: June 8, 2011

Nikon filed a patent application 20110116172 (Japan, US versions) for a 10-30mm f/3.3-5.6 and 7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses: Are those two lenses for Nikon’s mirrorless solution? Almost: the image height of both lenses is 7.96mm (sensor diagonal of 15.92mm) which suggests a crop factor of 2.8x. Previous patents and rumors indicated a crop factor of 2.5-2.6x based on a sensor [...]

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