Monthly Archives: July 2011

New underwater camera from Nikon?

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

Update: the Facebook posts is now removed. On June 27th Tim McKenna wrote on his Facebook page that he received a “new secret weapon from Nikon, a new underwater camera for some testing and campaign images”:

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You can now attach Nikon lenses to an iPhone 4

By [NR] admin | Published: July 7, 2011

Photojojo now sells in their online store an adapter that will let you attach Nikon lenses to an iPhone 4. The kit costs $190 $249 and includes an aluminum case, SLR lens adapter and UV filter. Two loopholes on each side lets you attach a camera strap. The case has also a tripod mount thread.

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Nikonos trademark expired back in 2008

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

There were some chatter last year that Nikon may bring back to life their underwater Nikonos product line. Tetsuro Goto (Director of Laboratory R&D at Nikon Japan) had this to say in an interview with Focus-Numerique: “personally I think the Nikonos reborn in the future”. Trademarkia lists the Nikonos trademark as expired as of 08/22/2008 which probably means that [...]

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Possible list of upcoming Nikon lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: July 5, 2011

This is a list of lenses scheduled to be announced by Nikon in the near future (not necessary in 2011): Nikon AF-S VRII Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4G IF-ED N Nikon AF-S VRII Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4 IF-ED Nikon AF-S VRII Micro-Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 IF-ED N Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/2G Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/2G Nikon AF-S [...]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #117

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

Nikon F and Polaroid Speed Magny for sale on eBay, read more about it here. Forbes released its list of 100 most reputable companies: at #6 is Sony, #8 Canon, #13 Panasonic, even Kodak made it at #41, Samsung is 43rd, Fujifilm 47th… Nikon did not make the list. Nikon D90 camera destroyed by 4×4. Nikon Canada [...]

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Happy Birthday Nikon D700!

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

Today the Nikon D700 is 3 years old (announced on July 1st, 2008). Happy Birthday D700! A quick look at Nikon’s website confirms that the D700 is currently the oldest DSLR camera in their lineup (even the already replaced D90 was announced after the D700). It is still hard for me to believe that a [...]

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