Nikon firmware has been decrypted by Simeon Pilgrim (with the help of Vitaliy Kiselev – the person who hacked the Panasonic GH2 firmware). The decryption worked on D5100 and D7000 and is currently being tested on higher end models. The decryption itself doesn’t mean much at that point, but it may offer some neat “adjustments” in the future.
If you are planning to buy a Nikon 1 camera, you may want to wait till next week for some savings of up to $150. Those will be the Nikon Black Friday offers from Ritz Camera: I am not aware of any discounts on Nikon DSLR cameras or lenses for Black Friday – here are [...]
New version 2.3 of Capture NX ($129.95) is ready to be released and it will have 64-bit support. I believe this version will add support also for new, unreleased Nikon camera(s), which explains why it is not available yet. The latest Capture NX version is 2.2.8. Do no expect Capture NX3 to be released any time soon. [...]
The title says it all, here is the press release: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Market Insight Corporation today reported that U.S. consumers are placing greater importance on “brand” for digital camera purchase decisions. Further, the maximum price that consumers are willing to pay for a digital camera is increasingly influenced by brand. Based on preferences collected [...]
I basically see three scenarios for what is currently going on with the D800: The D800 is really delayed because of the floods. If that’s the case, Nikon could have announced the beast and then come up later and say that the camera is delayed, just like Sony did. Nobody would have complained. Canon’s 1Dx [...]
