Monthly Archives: February 2009

Another reason why we may not see a medium format Nikon

Flashback: “The D3x gave medium-format looking files with all the flexibility of the Nikkor Lens system” Dxomark tested sensors from several medium format cameras: Mamiya ZD Back, Leaf Aptus 75S, Hasselblad H3DII 39, and Phase One P45+. Now medium format can be compared to the D3x (in theory): Related article: “Especially at low ISO, the Nikon D3x offers […]

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Prices

While Nikon prices are going up (no official word from Nikon yet), Ritz has a clearance on Nikon products – mainly old stuff like Nikon WT-1A Wireless Transmitter, Nikon D1-H, Nikon SB-30 and a bunch of p&s. Some example of the new prices in B&H: Nikon AF-S Zoom Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF Lens – $ […]

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Nikon D400 again

PS or real? Full frame? Small body? It does look like the D700, but there are few differences. The back is different too. Maybe a PS combination of several different bodies? Maybe the real deal? So many questions – what say you? I added the D700 for comparison – I have marked the areas that […]

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New 8 (yes eight) Nikon p&s cameras announced

Imagine, just imagine if those were 8 lenses… If Nikon released their “garbage” now, that means they have plenty of ammunition for PMA in a month – otherwise they would have kept those p&s for PMA release in order to make more noise. Nikon Coolpix P90 24X superzoom: Four Nikon Coolpix S-series compacts: Three Nikon […]

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Nikon US outsources tech support…

… from El Segundo to the Dominicans. The 24 hours support will be dropped. Source Update: more info available here.

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Nikon D400 and online privacy

Just run this google search and you will see a bunch of pictures with the Nikon D400 listed as the camera in the EXIF file. Not a big deal so far since we had a similar discussion few weeks ago and the EXIF files were manipulated. The interesting part here is that those pictures are […]

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Nikon D700x / Nikon D800 rumors

Today several sites reported about a D700x / D800 rumor. The problem is that the rumor was… just that – a model number (one of the sites didn’t even know the model number of their rumor). At any point of time Nikon will be testing a new camera and if someone really had a “very […]

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