Monthly Archives: September 2008

Megavision and Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: September 11, 2008

Another one from dpreview: “It’s now an open secret that Megavision will be unveiling some interesting new cameras at Photokina that are FF (11 and 16 megapixels), with EVF and a Nikon F mount.” Anyone knows more about this “open secret”?

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Chasseur d’Images is pouring Leica rumors (updated)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 10, 2008

Update: got email from someone that has the magazine: no Nikon rumors. The latest Chasseur d’Images is pouring Leica rumors (see here and here). It is suppose to be #307 page 12? Can someone check for any Nikon news? Please?

Posted in Nikon D3x | 8 Comments

New Nikon D60 “Special Edition”? Already? (updated)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 10, 2008

Reading this dpreview post: “I work at a retail camera store and noticed a new stock number pop up last night. It was for “Nikon D60 Black Gold Body Only.” It listed the Nikon part # as 25459. It was not ‘shielded’ or ‘hidden’ as stock numbers sometimes are before announcements. The price was listed […]

Posted in Nikon D90, Nikon Humor Rumor | 29 Comments

Nikon to respond to Sony A900?

By [NR] admin | Published: September 8, 2008

I am getting some buzz that Nikon will be releasing some leaks/rumors/official news in the next few days as a response to the freshly released Sony A900. It makes sense to use the momentum of A900 and throw us some bones (Sony and Nikon are sharing sensor technology). Canon has already been teasing its fan […]

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One bad and two good news

By [NR] admin | Published: September 7, 2008

Anonymous message to NR: “Please be advised that the “Otoji” concept as you refer to is no longer current. Although accurate, the project in this form was abandoned over a year ago. It was deemed to be too complicated for deployment. However, selected components and concepts are being introduced in a new system which is set for release […]

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MX may just mean Multi Format

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2008

I have to be very careful how I report this information, so here we go… Somewhere, at some point of time, someone that works for an unidentified company talked about: the bulk of the camera body, especially the vertical grip. The remark was that a certain company had considered a square sensor, so that the […]

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Cool Nikon p0rn

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2008

Watch a $5000 Nikon D3 DSLR Fire in Ultra Slow Motion 100 Remotely-Controlled Cameras All Gunning to Capture the Same Moment

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The crystal ball strikes back

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2008

Crystal ball coincidence? Probably, but still an interesting observation (brought to you by Bob) see the images here and here and judge for yourself (the D800 picture is old and probably fake).

Posted in Nikon D800 | 11 Comments