Monthly Archives: June 2009

Nikon D300 sold out @ Nikon Service Point Munchen

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

Nikon Service Point Munchen is sold out of Nikon D300 (Ausverkauft = sold out): They used to sell them on eBay as “final sale”, but now everything is gone. Update: Nikon D40 and D60 are also labeled as “final sale”.

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Nikon rebates (Australia & Canada)

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

I got some information about an upcoming Nikon D5000 rebate in Australia (valid: June 15 – July 30, 2009): D5000 Body Only : A$ 100 D5000 + any AFS lens:  A$ 150 D5000 + 18-55VR +55-200VR:  A$ 200 Nikon D5000 was released less than two months ago. There is also a report that the Nikon D5000, […]

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Beware: stolen Nikon equipment serial numbers (UK)

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

“Tens of thousands of pounds worth of top-of-the-range Nikon cameras have been stolen from a UK camera dealer” (source). Here is a list of the stolen serial numbers: D3x 5011228 D3x 5011232 D3x 5011229 D3x 5011223 D3 2082564 D3 2086984 D3 2082270 D3 2080220 14-24mm 264476 14-24mm 263414 14-24mm 261634 14-24mm 263409 If you are in the […]

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Nikon D3 successor in autumn

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

I received this tip two weeks ago and was waiting and hoping to receive some more information before posting, but unfortunately I did not get any – hopefully this post will spark a new wave of rumors: Nikon D3 successor will appear on Autumn. It will still contain 12 mp but with dust removal system. The tipster mentioned […]

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Nikon AF DC Nikkor 135mm f/2.0D lens discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: June 9, 2009

As reported last week, Nikon Canada has several pages (lenses) that are down for maintenance. One of them was the Nikkor 135mm f/2.0D lens: Today the same lens is labeled as “Discontinued” @ B&H: Adorama has this lens as “out of stock due to a back order situation”. Amazon has only 1 left in stock. The […]

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Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: June 6, 2009

Delayed: ControlTL for Nikon to be Available in the Fall. Apple Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.6 now supports Nikon D5000. Nikon to buy Belgium’s Metris for 69.3 million Euros (source). You can now see the results of the 360 degrees “surround sound” MTV Awards pictures (initially reported last week). More on this type of photography can […]

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Nikon websites maintenance continues across the world

By [NR] admin | Published: June 4, 2009

Update: The 300mm f4 lens is out of stock in all major retailers (see B&H, Adorama and Amazon). Two more Nikon sites are down for maintenance in Canada: AF DC Nikkor D 135mm F/2 and AF DC Nikkor D 105mm F/2 (all of the down sites in Canada are for really old lenses). nikon.de and nikon.at were […]

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