Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Nikon Coolpix P300 replacement may have a 24-100mm f/1.8-2.6 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: November 25, 2011
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Nikon filed patent 2011232502 in Japan for a 24-100mm f/1.8-2.6 lens which will probably be used in the Coolpix P300 replacement: The current P300 model has a 24-100mm f/1.8-4.9 equivalent lens.

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Happy Thanks-ThinkTank-Giving

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2011

The giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announced soon. Happy Thanksgiving to all US readers! Since I will have limited Internet connectivity in the next few days, here is a quick giveaway – my way of saying thank you for being a [NR] reader: What can I win? In this giveaway you can win the [...]

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The 50/50 Nikon D800 poll

By [NR] admin | Published: November 22, 2011
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The results of the poll for whether the D800 pictures are real or not is split 50/50. I don’t remember ever seeing this before here on [NR]. I will definitely come back to this poll once the D800 is announced.

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Nikon SB-900 no longer available for order in several countries

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2011

In addition to my initial report from October, I received new tips form several other countries that the Nikon SB-900 speedlight ($479) is no longer available for sale to dealers. Some countries have not received shipments for a while and do not expect any new SB-900 units any time soon.

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Nikon 1 gets new lens firmware updates and a discount

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2011
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Today Nikon released  new firmware updates for three of the Nikon 1 zoom lenses. The fixes include: An issue that sometimes caused the aperture value recorded in image data to differ from the actual aperture value at which the image was shot has been resolved. An issue that in some rare cases caused images to [...]

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