Monthly Archives: February 2009

Nikon D40 discontinued in Canada

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2009

Nikon D40 is now semi-officially discontinued in Canada – Nikon reps sent out an email today to local stores. Nikon D40x has been unofficially discontinued for few months now (refurbish only available  from Adorama). This opens the door for a new entry-level Nikon DSLR @ PMA. In fact those are some of the rumors floating around the Internet: a […]

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New type of build-in flash in the next entry level Nikon DSLR?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2009

Email from an anonymous reader: I can confirm that Nikon has in the works something a little different for their next entry level point and shoot DSLR. You’re going to see a much improved built in pop up flash. Look for something a little wider and flatter than what’s currently built in. SB-400 sales are […]

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More Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX sample images

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2009

Dpreview has some new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX  sample images here.

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX reviewed by Bjorn + more sample images

By [NR] admin | Published: February 12, 2009

The new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX lens gets reviewed by Bjorn (a min-review I would say). The original post was in nikongear which I think requires registration, but you can also read the full text at dpreview: “The 35/1.8 goes straight off at f/1.8 with a high-contrast image rendition, totally unlike the f/1.4 lens. […]

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Nikon prices still going up?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 12, 2009

Few readers emailed me that Nikon prices went up again in the last few days (the last time I updated the Price Watch section was a week ago, so you can clearly see the difference). Pretty much every DSLR body went up in price with $10-$20. For example the D300 is now (was $1489.95 a week ago): […]

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Nikon medium format again (MX)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 11, 2009

I got this email from a reader and after a brief investigation of the source I feel comfortable to post it here – I have no way to confirm the validity of the rumor, but I have a reason to believe that the source is trustworthy: Hi, Whilst surfing the web I came across your […]

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Nikon D3/D60 + Nikkor 35mm/F1.8G DX sample images

By [NR] admin | Published: February 10, 2009

Update: there is also a second page of examples of Nikkor 35mm/F1.8G DX with Nikon D60: This Japanaese blog (translated version) has few sample shots taken with Nikon D3 and the new Nikkor 35mm/F1.8G DX: NIKON D3  AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm F1.8G  FX Mode  F1.8, 1/200 sec, ISO200 

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Nikon: “this is not the last lens announcement we’ll be making this year”

By [NR] admin | Published: February 10, 2009

Dpreview has an interview with Robert Cristina (Manager of professional products, Europe) and Ludovic Drean (Product Manager for lenses, Europe). Drean said:  “If even 5% of the D40, D50, D60, D80, D90 owners buy this lens, that’s a huge number,” – this pretty much explains why this lens was released – it has a huge financial potential for […]

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