Monthly Archives: November 2008

Nikon D3 price drop

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

Nikon D3 price drop: B&H is now selling it for $4,198.95! Coincidence? You will have to add it to the cart to see the low price. Nikon D80 is now discontinued from Adorama and B&H (automatically redirect to D90)- if you want one, you better hurry up (Amazon still has it). I also updated the […]

Posted in Deals, Nikon D3x | 16 Comments

Nikon Germany, what is Nikon D3_2?

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

Is there going to be a new Nikon D3 soon? Nikon Germany thinks so – they already have a placeholder named “Nikon D3_2”: We will be seeing more leaks in the next few weeks, in anticipation for the November 20th world wide Nikon event.

Posted in Nikon D3x | 20 Comments

No more Nikon D3?

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

“Nikon will introduce soon a high res FF. Today I had a chat with a friend of mine that owns the biggest local photo retailer and he told me that … all photo retailers here cannot place orders for D3 anymore.” What? Can someone who owns a shop confirm that? Hard to believe. Source

Posted in Nikon D3x | 27 Comments

Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009 now ongoing

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

The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon since 1969. The application period is from September 1st till November 30th 2008. More info on how to apply can be found here. Grand Prize: Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3 AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm F2.8G ED AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm F2.8G ED Good luck!

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | 6 Comments

Nikon D90 – in the 9 top tech flops list

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

I don’t take this seriously since the #1 top tech flop is the new Google G1 phone, the MacBook Air is #3, and Blue-Ray is #4. Nikon D90 is #6. I believe all of those technologies will prevail and will be with us for a while. Source

Posted in Weird | 11 Comments

Fake Nikon D400 pictures – body & box

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

I received those 2 pictures today with the text “Nikon D400 is new 24.4 MP body will be released on November 20th.” The email was sent from outside the US (do not want to mention the country, just in case this turns out to be real). The original EXIF data (included after each picture) indicates […]

Posted in Nikon D400 | 78 Comments

Nikon SB-900 Firmware update coming soon

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

According to a Nikon rep, we should soon see a new firmware update for the SB-900 flash unit. The new firmware is suppose to have a fix for the temperature cut-off problem. This problem was reported on several forums already – basically the thermal cut-off is set too low and the flash can be cut-off […]

Posted in Nikon Flashes, Nikon Software | 10 Comments