Monthly Archives: March 2009

Nikon related news/links

Weekend reading: Nikon captured the #1 share position in compact digital cameras unit sales in December 2008 (source). In the same article (quote from Nikon’s UK general manager Simon Coleman in an interview at PMA): “Nikon plans to launch new DSLRs later this year”, so we are expecting more than one DSLR despite the economic situation. Nikon UK camera […]

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AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED comes back in Europe

From a reader in Europe (working in a photo store): “Yesterday we received an email from Nikon headquarters that the AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED will be available again at least here in Europe starting at the end of March.” The rumor was that this lens was discontinued and was not present on many of the latest price lists. Not sure […]

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Please update your NikonRumors RSS feeds

Feedburned (the RSS feeds handler) was purchased by Google and I had to switch the RSS feeds to their new home @ Google. Please update our RSS feeds to point to: NR posts (full text): http://feeds2.feedburner.com/NikonRumors NR comments: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/NikonRumorsComments Email subscription: enter your email address If you want to know more about RSS feeds and how they work […]

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How can Pentax do it?

Price increases, economic worries… but not for everyone in the DSLR industry. If you have missed the news from few weeks ago, Pentax reduced their prices (Pentax K20D & Pentax K200D models) and today they announced plans to revive its long-awaited 645 Digital medium format camera: Are they nuts or we are all being taken for a […]

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Nikon 35mm DX lens now shipping

Update: the lens was officially released in Japan today: I got a report from a reader that the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX lens is shipping in Finland. The rest of the world should follow in the next few days.

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Nikon Coolpix P6000 firmware update 1.2

I could not find the latest firmware on Nikon US website, but here is the UK version: Windows Mac The following improvements have been made in version 1.2. – When shooting in a user setting mode at an image quality setting of NRW (RAW) + Fine, NRW (RAW) + Normal, or NRW (RAW) + Basic […]

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In stock alert: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX (hard to find item)

B&H has it in stock now.

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