The past few days have been slow on rumors and Nikon news in general – this is always the case after new products get released. If you are bored, check the Nikon Rumors Forum.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Nikon D5000 in Best Buy this Friday
According to Gizmodo’s anonymous tipster, the newly released Nikon D5000 will be availble in Best Buy stores this Friday (April 24th) – a week before the officially announced release date of May 1st.
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Nikon related links/new
Two TIPA awards for Nikon this year: best D-SLR Advanced – D90 and best D-SLR Professional – D3x. A list of all 2009 TIPA awards is available here. Nikon UK has announced that the ‘Sports Photographer of the Year’ and the ‘Photographer of the Year’ awards – both went to photographers using the Nikon D3. […]
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The next set of rumors: Nikon D400 & Nikon D750
I would not put much faith in those rumors for now (D750?) but I still find them interesting, especially the Nikon D750 back image: FF with swivel display – now this will trigger some serious discussions here 🙂 What say you – do you like this D750 with the swivel display and how much would […]
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Cheap 85mm f/1.4 lens alternative
Bower 85mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon (manual focus, aspherical IF, badged also as Samyang, Polar, Vivitar): Here is the Vivitar version: The lens sells for USD 350. If you are lucky you can find it on Amazon for less. FYI the Nikon AF version sells for over USD 1200. The manual focus Nikon 85mm 1.4 (discontinued) sells on […]
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Nikon D90: another price increase (UK) and LV bug
Amateurphotographer reports another 10% price increase of the Nikon D90 in the UK starting next month (May, 2009). The reason – exchange rate fluctuations. Expect this price increase to trickle-down to other countries as well. Now, the D5000 pricing will not be so close to the D90 price. According to this post in dpreview, Nikon support confirmed the D90 LV […]
What is BJP talking about?
This was published by BJP just few hours ago: “As BJP went to press, Nikon unveiled two new digital SLRs – one entry level and another semi-pro – as well as new lenses. Both new DSLRs come with a high-definition video mode, with the entry-level model, the D5000, also offering a swivel LCD screen – […]
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