Monthly Archives: November 2008

More confussion on the release date

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2008

Recap of the today’s rumors (most of them D3x related): The November 20th date is still on in Denmark (according to Kamera & Bild). I guess Nikon Denmark is being punished for leaking the info in advance. Here is better translation provided by a reader: The plans for Nikon’s new product launch has been altered. […]

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New firmware for Nikon SB-900 released

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2008

As reported earlier, the SB-900 firmware update was released in Europe (this is the NPS email sent in Europe): New firmware for SB-900 Today we release a new firmware for the SB-900 speedlight. Firmware update is performed via a CF card and the flash mounted on a D3, D700 or a D300 (FW 1.10). For […]

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What is the best sensor?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2008

The new free site dxomark gives us the answer (based on their own DxOMark scale): Nikon D3 Nikon D700 You can also analyze and compare a wide range of cameras.

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Latest development: no press conference on November 20th?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2008

This is according to Fotosidan: “On Foto2008 fair, so we talked with Lasse “Nikon-lasse” Pettersson at Nikon English and he can confirm that there is no press viewing the 20th of November.” Update: At  the same time someone at dpreview claims to have seen the D3x with a release date of December 1st: “Hold your […]

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Top selling cameras for September 2008

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2008

A reader posted this link in one of the comments: From NPD Group, the Top 5 Ranked Digital SLR on Unit Volume for September 2008: 1. Canon EOS Rebel XSi 12.2MP SDHC/MMC 3″ LCD Pictbridge w/18-55mm Lens 2. Nikon D40 6.1 MP w/18-55mm Lens SLR Kit 3. Nikon D60 10.2MP SD/SDHC 2.5″ LCD USB 2.0 […]

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Nikon Germany event calendar with “new Nikon highlights in the luggage”

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2008

Update: some of the text of those events was changed in the past few hours. I guess Nikon Germany is closely following NR. This is not the first time – remember the D3_2 folder? It’s gone now. Nikon Germany has 4 different events in different cities scheduled for November 20th (coincidence?). I specifically find this […]

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Nikon tester leak

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2008

Recent discussion from an Austrian forum (translated, thanks F): Oliver: Anyways, you can say Nikon bettered themselves [Re: Delays]. I even got a camera, even before it was announced. Can’t find anything wrong with it. A.: D3x? Oliver: Hardly. Rather a probably upcoming -yet unnamed- DX-SLR model for Joe Sixpack. Feeling like a dual-digit D, […]

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