Strobist reports about a new TTL remote for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The “speculations” came from the Strobist flickr group. Here are specs:
TR-331 is using FSK 2.4GHz frequency channel, 15 specific channels .
Operating distance range is 65M or above.
The display is protected by coating; it’s not easy to get scratch.
LCD is showing “Channel”, “Battery life” [...]
Alibaba is selling digital camera flash tubes for Nikon SB-700 flash unit:
At the same time you can make a search for any unreleased Nikon model on this site and you will find several matches: Nikon D800, Nikon D400, etc. The flash tubes however could be real.
More Nikon patent applications became public in the past few days. Here is what I found to be interesting :
Illuminating device for photographing and camera – a LED based flash?
“An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting elements with axes of illuminating light fluxes from the plurality of light emitting elements different from one [...]
Yes, according to Amazon – “Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes“
Update: Amazon removed the “Discontinued by manufacturer: yes” text from the Nikon SB-600 listings.
Amazon stopped taking pre-orders for the new Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX lens. The good news is that now Adorama has it on their website for pre-order:
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX from Adorama.
Nikon’s latest DVD Creative Lighting System (hands-on guide) is only available in the US. A reader from Canada contacted Nikon on this matter and this is the response he got:
Hello xxxx, … It is not that Nikon Canada won’t sell the DVD, we can’t sell it as we do not have distribution rights. … Regards, [...]
The Australian web site that posted info about the Nikon event on December 1st, has an update in their what’s new section:
New flash? SB-700? Maybe they just have a good sense of humor.
As reported earlier, the SB-900 firmware update was released in Europe (this is the NPS email sent in Europe):
New firmware for SB-900
Today we release a new firmware for the SB-900 speedlight.
Firmware update is performed via a CF card and the flash mounted on a D3, D700 or a D300 (FW 1.10).
For download and instructions, visit [...]
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