Update: the lens is now officially announced. A quick update from PhotoRumors that I think (if true) will be of huge interest for Nikon DX shooters: Sigma is rumored to announce a new 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens for APS-C based DSLR cameras (27-52.5mm equivalent). That’s right, a constant f/1.8 zoom lens! I initially did [...]
A quick update to one of the posts from the weekend: in a statement to Imaging-Resource Nikon’s representative denied previous reports that Ashton Kutcher is no longer the company’s spokesman:
Update: Nikon denied reports that are no longer associated with Ashton Kutcher. The National Enquirer reports that Nikon dumped Ashton Kutcher as their company’s spokesperson because he got greedy and tried to double his multimillion dollar contract. Reportedly Nikon didn’t even try to negotiate with the actor. Let’s see who will be the new face [...]
NikonWeb published a very interesting interview with Kodak’s lead engineer James McGarvey on the early Nikon-based Kodak DCS cameras: Q: The Electro-Optic Camera – the World’s first DSLR – was designed and constructed for a US government client. The customer preferred Canon cameras, so you built it around a Canon F-1 body. Later, when you decided to make [...]
The German magazine Spiegel published an article with images taken from the ISS where you can spot several Nikon cameras and lenses. Here are some of the captured images:
Today’s guest post on light painting is by Sean Needham: Light art isn’t new, it’s been a part of photography ever since the first light dropped on a light sensitive material. Light painting isn’t new either, and I can’t claim that I “invented” the idea, but this is just my perspective of it. Most of [...]
Ikelite were first to announce their underwater housing for the Nikon D7100 DSLR camera. The main features and specifications are:
Nikon announced the establishment of a new manufacturing facility for DSLR cameras in Laos. The factory will have 800 employees, 10,000 m2 floor space and is scheduled to start operations in October 2013:
