Monthly Archives: August 2009

Need help from France and the UK (Nikon D700x & Nikkor 35mm f/1.4)

A post on the Spanish forum ojodigital.com (Google translation): “In the September issue of the prestigious French magazine Réponses Photo, which has appeared today in the kiosks will be announced for September: – A Nikon D700x (or D800) to be the D3x what the D700 to the D3 (Sony 24 Mpx sensor).” Update: this what was […]

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Rumor: Nikon D4 coming soon

Thai camera store has listed the Nikon D4 for sale (update: the date 11.08.09 is when the site was last modified): Another site has also listed a Nikon D4 for sale: I have no reasons to believe that we will see Nikon D4 any time soon. The date is interesting…

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Nikon related news/links

“The Level Camera Cube” for your camera: AstroScope for Nikon SLR Cameras (night vision for your DSLR): D300s initial testings – described by someone who had the chance to play with  the camera: “extremely fast AF”, “video: very little “jello effect” “Nikon D5000: From Snapshots to Great Shots” book now shipping. Nikon D3000 mini-review and […]

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Nikon Rumors I didn’t post (until now that is)

Those are the Nikon rumors I did not consider to be important enough for a separate post, so lower your expectations or skip this post all together: Nikon D500: “I live in Bangkok, Thailand and while I was at my local store asking about the D300 i heard an interesting rumor.  The store owner said […]

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Another Nikon D5000 recall or just a scam?

It seems that Nikon D5000 owners that have sent their equipment to Nikon for repair and got it back (see  Nikon D5000 service advisory) started to receive letters from Nikon stating that it is “strongly recommended” to return the camera for “an additional and enhanced procedure.” Here is a copy of the letter: There is an update on […]

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More Nikon patents

More Nikon patent applications became public in the past few days. Here is what I found to be interesting : Illuminating device for photographing and camera – a LED based flash? “An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting elements with axes of illuminating light fluxes from the plurality of light emitting elements different […]

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An updated list of not yet released Nikon lenses based on product numbers

Nikon does release their lenses in sequence using four digit products numbers (as already discussed here and here). This is the updated list: #2168 – PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED #2169 – ??? #2170 – AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II #2171 – AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR #2172 – AF-S NIKKOR 500mm […]

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Nikon related news/links

Sony Exmor R sensor now in digital cameras – will Nikon jump on it for DSLR use? Nkon D3 back ordered in Adorama and B&H New Scott Kelby book now shipping Nikon Photo Contest International winners announced (and another link) Nikon Instruments opens online game with winning Small World images (link to game). Nikon launches D5000 […]

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