Monthly Archives: August 2009

Photoshopped? (Nikon AF-S 10mm f/2.8G ED DX)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 21, 2009

Probably: For comparison here is the Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8:

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New Nikon products availability in Canada (Nikon D300s, lenses, p&s cameras)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2009

This is the product availability for the latest Nikon products in Canada (this sheet was sent to retailers by Nikon Canada; prices in Canadian Dollars) – it is also good to know the dealer cost on those lenses: Nikon pre-order options.

Posted in Nikon D300s, Nikon Lenses, Nikon Point and Shoot | Tagged | 35 Comments

Nikon Introduces new fieldscope DSLR camera attachment FSA-L2

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2009

Press release: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, is pleased to present Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2 for use exclusively with Nikon EDG Fieldscopes and Nikon D-SLR cameras. The Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2, which has 3.5x zoom and 500-1,750mm (f/5.9-21) focal length, used together with the new EDG Fieldscopes enables […]

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Nikon P6000 starting to disappear – is Nikon P7000 coming soon?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2009

Today Canon announced the PowerShot G11 – the surprise: 10MP sensor, lower resolution than the previous G10 model. Maybe the pixel war is over and finally Nikon will get some serious competition 🙂 Back to Nikon Rumors: the top of the line Nikon P6000 p&s camera is starting to disappear from online retailers, even from […]

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Official statement from Nikon on second D5000 recall

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2009

Official press statement for the second Nikon D5000 recall: Nikon would like to confirm that it has contacted a small number of D5000 customers within Europe that have previously sent their cameras in for repair following the recent Service Notice, asking them to re-send their cameras in to their local service centre for further repair […]

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Finally: Nikon Fabre Photo EX microscope available for purchase

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

In February 2009 Nikon announced the Fabre Photo EX microscope which now offers a DSLR attachment (the previous model Nikon EZ-Micro Stereoscopic Microscope could only take a Coolpix camera). The product was not announced in the US and it seems that nobody from Nikon support have heard of it. I had dozens of people asking […]

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Nikon D300s starting to show up in stores

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

A dpreview member from Germany had a chance to play with the Nikon D300s in a local Nikon dealer (no virtual horizon in the viewfinder?). Electricpig has D300s unboxing pictures. NPS Nikon D300s pre-orders will start shipping in the next few days (more pre-order option available here). …and three new Nikon D300s videos after the […]

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We should pay a very close attention to this patent (Nikon Micro AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

We should pay a very close attention to Nikon patent 20090190220 (already discussed here and here) for the Nikon AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR lens 😉 Don’t ask me why – just do it… Update: as a reader already noted (quote from the patent application): “An internal focus type MACRO lens having an image blur correction […]

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