Monthly Archives: December 2009

Nikon related news/links

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

The new 85mm micro lens is already available in Germany. Should be in the US next week. Another report that the NikonD700 is discontinued (from Dixons at Gatwick airport). Similar report came from China few weeks ago. Another dpreview post: “heads up from an inside contact” that Nikon 35mm f/1.4 is coming soon. Free online seminar […]

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Firmware updates coming in December according to Nikon Europe

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

A NR reader emailed Nikon a couple of weeks ago to ask them about firmware updates for the Nikon D90. This is the answer he got: There are no FW-update to the D90 yet. We have been told that there will be several FW-updates to our cameras before Christmas. But we don’t know to which camera models […]

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Coincidence?

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

Update: Nikon Germany also announced the system maintenance window. Nikon UK announced a system maintenance for the period of December 8th to December 10th, 2009: This maintenance time window coincidentally matches the scheduled Nikon Event in Slovenia on December 10th (maybe they are updating their website with new products which has been a common practice in the […]

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Maybe I was wrong: Nikon event on December 10th in Slovenia

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2009

Maybe I rushed to judgement with my previous post “That was it for 2009” because I just received an invitation from Nikon Slovenia for a Nikon event on December 10th, 2009 (Thursday next week). The email invitation is legit and was sent to NPS members and journalists. Google translation of the invitation (updated): “Nikon Slovenia invites you to meet and have […]

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NPS survey in Europe – all about the D700 replacement

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2009

Update: this survey is now sent to registered Nikon users worldwide (not only to NPS). I will publish my own D700 replacement survey later on today. NPS members in Europe received an email survey from Nikon today. The first few questions were pretty standard (what camera you have, what features are important to you, any feedback to […]

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And the winners of the Nikon D300s book are…

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2009

The winners of the Nikon D300s book by David Busch are: Michel Lamy and Ashley Quinn. Congratulations! To everybody else: there is more to come, soon. Stay tuned!

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That was it for 2009

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2009

In the past, Nikon has released new products in December only three times (excluding software and firmware updates): Nikon D3x on December 1st 2008 Nikon D70 on December 3rd, 2003 Nikon Coolpix 5000 on December 4th, 2001 You can clearly see that the first week of December is Nikon’s preferred time frame. The lack of […]

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