Monthly Archives: April 2009

Is there a secret Nikon L firmware?

L firmware? L like language database? No, we have that already. Lens database? Yes, it is a lens database introduced for the first time with the Nikon D90 DSLR according to David Busch (he is the author of several photography books). The L firmware is suppose to “allow more sophisticated distance integration” provided by current and […]

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A bunch of new patent applications from Nikon

Those are basically Nikon patent applications from the last few months of 2008 that just became public. I will go trough them in more details and will report later on if I find something interesting. Feel free to help me out – it’s a lot of reading: Illuminating optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing […]

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Just some crops for comparison

Some crops form the spy shots:    and for comparison here is a D40 shot from above: As some readers have noticed, the pop-up flash shape is different and the mode dial button has 13 settings (the D40 has only 12). I think one of the settings reads “SCENE”, the rest appear to be identical.

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This is the real deal (Nikon D5000)

A reader sent me the following link from a local Dubrovnik website (Google translation): “During the last three days in the historical center in several different locations recorded the advertising spot for the new camera manufacturer Nikon known. The main protagonist is a young man shooting in Vienna and model who always wears Versace shows, while […]

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Got 3 more (Nikon D5000)

I actually got in touch with the person who took those pictures. The location was Dubrovnik, Croatia where a camera crew was shooting a commercial (possibly for Nikon). The pictures were taken yesterday. I also got 3 new ones (click for high-res):    Update: forgot to mention that the camera used in the commercial shoot was […]

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More spy shots (Nikon D5000)

Click on image for high-res version.

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