Monthly Archives: September 2008

Nikon @ Photokina 2008 pictures

Calumet & Nikon Nikon booth Nikon booth This is BIG! I say this is the AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR plus the D3 = $14,000! Models @ Nikon Thanks J.

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Amazon US has the D90 body?

Nikon D90 body only is already available in Europe and Australia. Yesterday it start showing up in Amazon US. My guess is that those bodies taken from disassembled lens kits. Some of them are listed as used for $999.95 and the new one is listed for $1198.95. Note that those are sold by third parties […]

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Nikon D3x for sale again (updated)

Update: I just called 42nd Street Photo and they told me on the phone that they do have the Nikon D3x and the Nikon D90 body only in stock. I told the rep that the Nikon D3x was not released yet and he confirmed again that they have it. I would not trust them with […]

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First NR picture from Photokina

No new rumors today, time to have some fun @ Photokina: If you are at the show go ahead and take a funny picture in front of the Nikon booth with NR or NikonRumors.com written on a piece of paper, hat, T-shirt, your forehead… be creative but don’t do anything illegal. You can also send us […]

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NPS claims no new announcement on November 8th

Last week NPS Holland sent out an email about an event on November 8th. A few hours later they sent another email stating that the initial message should not interpreted as a new product announcement. The surprise would be a “world famous” speaker. We have eyes and ears at this event.

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Oops @ dpreview

Update: I got the screenshot – I guess dpreview refers to the D40, D40x and D60 as “Mini Nikons”. False alarm. I personally did not see this snafu but here is a report form a reader: Hi, Not sure what may need be inferred but it seems dpreview had a small lip-up this morning. The […]

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More? (updated)

Call me crazy, but I think there will be more (personal opinion). Nikon has not updated their lens catalog yet. Usually they do this at the time of the announcement – this is why their web sites go down at midnight (US eastern time) every time when there is a new product. Nikon USA, I […]

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G released

Update: The AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G lens is scheduled to be available at the beginning of December 2008 at an estimated selling price of $439.95. AF-S 50mm lens — a fast, single-focal-length lens with normal picture angle (when attached to a DX-format SLR, the picture angle is equivalent to a focal length of 75mm in […]

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