Monthly Archives: December 2008

Black Friday deals are back: Nikon D300 for $1,365.95 plus cheap memory cards

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

Starting right now through December 28, Abe’s of Maine will be selling the Nikon D300 with a $100 off coupon (code: DS160X) plus a free 4 GB CF card and free shipping . Don’t forget to add the coupon “DS160X”. Total price: $ 1,365.95. Nikon D300 SLR Digital Camera body, $100 Off!. Use coupon code […]

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Nikon D3x vs. Sony A900

By [NR] admin | Published: December 12, 2008

See for yourself: Nikon D3x vs. Sony A900 (ISO100 to ISO6400 ISO samples accompanied with 100% cropped samples). This should put an end to the “Nikon D3x sensor – made by Sony, designed by Nikon” discussion.

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Suspicious Nikon ads

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

Update: The good news is that the DSLR ad is real… the bad news: it is for the Nikon D80 (source – thanks for the link Daf): I guess they really did use that slogan. No info on the lenses… yet. Original post: This shot was supposedly taken from an advertising agency (submitted by a […]

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Nikon D400 specs

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

I received this message anonymously (posted as a comment here): Nikon D400 MSRP $1,999.00 Key Features: New 14.8 megapixel DX format CMOS sensor effective 14.3 megapixel Self-cleaning sensor unit (low-pass filter vibration) ISO 100 – 6400 (with boost up to ISO 25600 and down to ISO 50) 14-bit A/D conversion Movie capture at up to […]

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Nikon D3x sensor – made by Sony, designed by Nikon (part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: December 9, 2008

If anyone still cares – the Nikon D3x chip is made by Sony: “The Nikon D3X’s 24.5-megapixel FX-format (35.9 x 24.0mm) CMOS sensor was developed expressly for the D3X in accordance with Nikon’s stringent engineering requirements and performance standards, with final production executed by Sony. Featuring refined low-noise characteristics, 12 and 14 bit output, Live […]

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Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S lens in stock, but for a price

By [NR] admin | Published: December 9, 2008

Ritz has it in stock now! Update: the price just dropped to $439 at Amazon. Second update: Adorama just got a large shipment of AF-S 50mm lenses and is shipping it to existing pre-orders.

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Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.4.0, Capture NX 2.1.1 released

By [NR] admin | Published: December 9, 2008

Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.4.0 changes in this version: – Support for the D3X has been added. – Windows 2000 is no longer supported. – In some rare cases, when images with file sizes of 14 MB or larger were transferred, the transferred images were corrupted.  This issue has been resolved. Windows link Mac link […]

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Nikon is co-funding a 3D R&D project in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: December 9, 2008

The article is rather technical, so you can just read the whole story here. I wonder what direct benefit would Nikon get out of this research – will we see a Nikon 3D camera in the near future? FYI – Fuji is planning to release a 3D camera next year.

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