Monthly Archives: August 2009

Another Nikon D5000 recall or just a scam?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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New versions of Nikon Transfer and ViewNX

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2009

Nikon ViewNX 1.4.0 and Nikon Transfer 1.5.0 now available for download (US link).

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More Nikon patents – hint for a mirrorless Nikon camera?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2009

Nikon filed a bunch of patents at the end of 2008 – here is the patent search result of Nikon + lens. Please note that most of those are just patent applications and may or may not lead to a final production model. The first interesting patent appears to be for a 24mm f/1.4 (application […]

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Nikon forecasts a record annual loss

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2009

Nikon posted its quarterly results today: Quarterly Loss: 4 billion yen in the first quarter ended June 30 (compared to 18 billion yen profit a year ago). Net loss for 2010 (estimate): 28 billion yen ($295 million) Nikon raised its revenue by 4% to 710 billion yen Source | Nikon.com financial materials Coming up next: more […]

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