Monthly Archives: July 2009

Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G gone also from BestBuy

By [NR] admin | Published: July 12, 2009

An email from somebody that works for BestBuy: “I work at a BestBuy in the digital camera department and I did a little research on the Nikon 70-200mm being phased out. Sure enough it is on its way out. Our warehouse is out of them and I cannot special order one for a customer if […]

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Nikon related news/links

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

Stolen Nikon cameras recovered in the UK. Quote: “It got blanket coverage around the world. People in America were phoning us after seeing it on Internet forums, added the spokeswoman.” Yes, NikonRumors was part of this. Nikon D90 got a bad review in the Swedish magazine Råd & Rön (it was rated the worst camera of the tested […]

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Nikon AF Micro 200mm f/4D IF-ED also discontinued?

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

Nikon AF Micro 200mm f/4D IF-ED lens is listed as “out of production, discontinued or no longer available” on Nikon Singapore website product listing. Nikon USA still has that lens listed as current. In Adorama and B&H the lens is listed as “back-ordered”.

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Details on Nikon’s press conference in the UK

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

I have a confirmation on the Nikon press conference in the UK: the magic will happen on Wednesday, July 29th 2009 at 2:30 pm in the Charlotte Street Hotel in London. This is one of those 100% sure rumors. Soon I will have the event info for few other countries. I still do not have a […]

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Leaked Nikon roadmap poll

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

I received an email from someone that claims that the leaked Nikon 2009-2010 roadmap was a joke between friends. I have no way to verify this information – it could also be that this person did not realize the significance of this rumor and now is trying to cover it up. I don’t know, but […]

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Some more digging on the leaked Nikon roadmap

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2009

I do realize the consequences for Nikon if the leaked roadmap is real. I just want to emphasize on the fact that the leak came from the Czech forum grafika.cz (here is the exact translated link again). NikonRumors and many other sites consecutively picked on that news. The post in question came from an unregistered […]

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Nikon roadmap 2009-2010 leaked (part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2009

Here is the full text of the leaked 2009-2010 Nikon roadmap (Google translation from the same source): “A man working in England at the Kingston branch of a large IT company. The company has said in charge of infrastructure and software of Nikon UK, particularly in the training center, but not in it. So I […]

Posted in Nikon D3000, Nikon D300s, Nikon D4, Nikon D400, Nikon Lenses, Nikon Point and Shoot | 74 Comments