Monthly Archives: September 2008

NPS claims no new announcement on November 8th

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2008

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

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2008

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)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2008

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 […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | 42 Comments

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

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2008

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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All Nikon sites down

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2008

The last time this happened, the D90 was announced. Something is coming…

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Primes!

By [NR] admin | Published: September 20, 2008

Just got this – I will copy and paste first and discuss later:

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Nikon rep on what’s next

By [NR] admin | Published: September 20, 2008

I generally don’t trust Nikon reps. They just don’t know. Most of the times their answer is always “buy now, nothing better is coming anytime soon” – this is their job. I’ve heard of only 2 cases where Nikon reps had an advance knowledge of upcoming products and both cases were about a point and […]

Posted in Nikon D3x, Nikon Lenses | 36 Comments