Category Archives: Nikon D3s

You have another month to upgrade your Nikon D3 buffer

By [NR] admin | Published: June 20, 2011

The Nikon D3 buffer upgrade was introduced back in July of 2008. Today Nikon announced that the service will be discontinued on July 20th, 2011. If you own a D3, you have another month to perform the upgrade:

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Yes, this Nikon D3 is still working

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

The next few weeks will be slow on rumors and I have scheduled some new guest posts and giveaways. In the mean time enjoy this: This “muddy” Nikon D3 picture was published on flickr. I contacted the photographer and this is his story: “That was from one of my avian photography sorties. I use a [...]

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Nikon D3s camera falls from a motorcycle, continues to shoot

By [NR] admin | Published: March 26, 2011

Shahrizan Jeffri Aziz dropped his Nikon D3s with a 300mm f/2.8 lens from a motorcycle while shooting the Le Tour Langkawi in Malaysia. Only the battery door and the burst mode were broken. With the help of some duct tape, the camera continued to work. Later in the race, the D3s was also exposed to rain [...]

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The sensors of the D3, D3s, D700 and D3100 are made by Nikon *updated*

By [NR] admin | Published: January 26, 2011

In addition to the Nikon D7000 sensor which is made by Sony, here is some more information from Chipworks on the different sensors in Nikon DSLR bodies: Nikon D3/D700 sensor NC81338L: made by Nikon Nikon D3s sensor NC81361A: made by Nikon Nikon D3100 sensor NC81362A: made by Nikon Nikon D90 sensor IMX038: made by Sony

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Nikon D3S and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens receive EISA awards

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

Nikon D3S is the best professional camera and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens according to 2010-2011 EISA awards. Reasons for selection after the break:

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New images from space captured with Nikon D3S

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

You can see the rest of the images here (credit: NASA). The full press release after the break:

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Nikon D3s in stock now

By [NR] admin | Published: May 28, 2010

UPDATE: all gone – Amazon now says “In stock on May 31, 2010″. Amazon UK still has it in stock. Amazon has 4 left in stock – this will not last long:

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Nikon D3s, “the unicorn”

By [NR] admin | Published: May 26, 2010

Today even Engadget chimed in on the lack of Nikon D3s stock in various stores and this the official word they got from a Nikon spokesman: “A company spokesperson has told us this week that there’s nothing more to blame than extraordinary demand, seeing how a single factory produces units for the entire world” The [...]

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