Monthly Archives: September 2008

Is Canon really fighting to get an extension to the NDA in order to announce after Nikon?

By [NR] admin | Published: September 15, 2008

According to this blog – yes. It seems that Canon’s announcement was scheduled for September 17 and now they are trying to change that. Are they pushing the release date to September 23rd in order to announce after Nikon (September 18th)? Has anyone ever heard of extension of a NDA? Is that legally possible?

Posted in Nikon D3x | 29 Comments

September 18th or November 8th (updated)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 15, 2008

Post in dpreview: “Just got an e-mail from NPS Holland to mark 8 November in my agenda for a special event that hasn’t has an equal” Anyone else getting such emails? Can someone forward me the actual text? Just fyi – November 8th is a Saturday. Another post at camerarumors: “Meanwhile, Nikon will make like […]

Posted in Nikon D3x | Tagged , | 17 Comments

MX Lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: September 15, 2008

This is the message I received: “So i DID WRITE ALL THE BOXES. I can make mabe a picture next wheek when I am on the night work schedule, not now. So you will belief me 
So here is all 6 six boxes: AF-S MX Nikkor 24 f4.0G AF-S MX Nikkor 45 f2.8G AF-S MX […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged , | 53 Comments

Thom Hogan said…

By [NR] admin | Published: September 15, 2008

Thom Hogan is back from his trip in Alaska. He may not be happy about this, but I will again carefully read every single word in his latest post on his web site: “Meanwhile the A900 becomes the megapixel bargain (at least for a short period of time)” – is there something coming? Maybe Canon? […]

Posted in Nikon D3x, Nikon D800 | Tagged , | 29 Comments

Nikon D60 “Black Gold” still a mystery

By [NR] admin | Published: September 14, 2008

Our last guess about the Nikon D60 “Black Gold” got busted today by an email from someone who works for Ritz Camera: “Okay, Here’s Ritz promo kit procedure for those who are convinced the German photo is all Black Gold will be. When a promo kit is created, we get the big outer boxes as a […]

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged | 5 Comments

French Magazine Réponses Photo delayed till September 23

By [NR] admin | Published: September 14, 2008

The French Magazine Réponses Photo will be delayed for more than a week this month (release date will be September 23): http://www.mondadoripub.fr/Mondadori_GALLERY_CONTENT//DOCUMENTS/Plannings_Parutions/RP_planning.pdf The interesting part is that Sony, Panasonic and Leica already made their official announcements for Photokina. Canon is still teasing their fans and Nikon is the only silent major player. Ok we still have […]

Posted in Nikon D3x, Nikon Lenses | 14 Comments

Comment in a forum

By [NR] admin | Published: September 14, 2008

NR received a forum comment made by someone who was correct before in terms of predicting future announcement. This individual is also known to be a tester for a major company. I agree not to reveal the country or the name of this person. This is what he/she said and I am quoting the translation […]

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged , | 20 Comments

Is this D90 video real?

By [NR] admin | Published: September 13, 2008

This is supposed to be a Nikon D90 video. Is it really that bad? Here is the direct link. There is a whole thread about  the “jello effect” aka “rolling shutter issue” @ dpreview.

Posted in Weird | 8 Comments