Monthly Archives: September 2011

Weekly Nikon news flash #127

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Rare white Nikon AF-S 400mm f/2.8 lens on eBay. Another beauty on eBay: Nikon MF AiS 1200mm f/11 ED IF First Nikon Coolpix AW100 samples are out. A reader reminded me that I did not mentioned on [NR] the new Sigma 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC APO OS HSM lens that was announced few months ago. The top [...]

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Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens patent shows up in Japan

A patent for the 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens showed also up in Japan (see US filing): Patent publication: 2011-175098 Published on September 8, 2011 Filed on February 24, 2010 Focal length: 10.3-97.0mm Aperture: 4.6-5.9 Image height: 8mm Lens length: 128.784mm 9.42x zoom ratio One aspherical element Internal zoom Inner focus VR

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Guest post: PocketWizard review

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This guest post on PocketWizard was written by Jon G. Dishler: PocketWizard is well known to the wireless flash photography world [with classics like the Plus II] for basic flash triggering and more recently for advanced triggering with the TT5 and Mini TT1 radios. One really nice feature is the ability to update these radios over the [...]

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Guest post: Dark Frame Subtraction

This guest post on Dark Frame Subtraction was written by Paul Marchant: It is often true that some of the best ideas come from end users that feed the product roadmap get features implemented.  Two worthy ideas for consideration are: Self calibration of dark frame subtraction for noise reduction Exporting calibrated dark frame images for raw post [...]

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Nikon V1 and J1: the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon

The two models of the Nikon mirrorless camera will be called Nikon V1 and Nikon J1*. The mockups I posted online I believe are of the V1 model. Both bodies will be identical, except that one will have a self timer LED on the top right and different colors for the lens release button (one will [...]

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