Monthly Archives: January 2010

Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII problem seems to be wide spread

By [NR] admin | Published: January 11, 2010

Based on the amount of feedback I received after my post from yesterday (more close-up pictures available here), it seems that the issue with the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII is more common than I expected (I got lucky with mine). At that point it is not clear if this “peeling” will impact the performance of the lens […]

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Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: January 10, 2010

The no-name alternative flash trigger for Nikon (covered previously here) is now available on eBay (see all available items here). After Amazon, B&H also listed the PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 for Nikon, but no release dates yet. S0me rumored Nikon D4 specs I received – no idea how reliable this info is: – 15.7MP (more […]

Posted in Nikon Patents, Weekly Nikon News Flash | Tagged | 104 Comments

Nikon D700s/D700x/D800/D900 confusion

By [NR] admin | Published: January 9, 2010

In the past week I received so much conflicting information about different camera models possibilities (D700s/D700x/D800/D900) that at point I cannot say for sure what will be the actual number. And then today I found out why – the rumor is that this time Nikon has sent blank bodies out for testing, without model number […]

Posted in Nikon D800 | 159 Comments

More products for Nikon D900

By [NR] admin | Published: January 6, 2010

Samyang 85mm f/1.4 aspherical lens for Nikon D900: Another battery grip for Nikon D900: Sigma 24-70 lens for Nikon D900: Alibaba also lists “D900” as “New Model” and compatible with the ENEL3E battery.

Posted in Nikon D800 | 281 Comments

Four firmware updates from Nikon for D300s, D700, D3, D3x

By [NR] admin | Published: January 6, 2010

Nikon D700 A/B 1.0.2 Nikon D300S A/B 1.0.1 Nikon D3 A/B: 2.02 Nikon D3x B:1.01 The main fixes/additions are improved white balance,  support for 64 GB memory cards, some GPS changes.

Posted in Nikon D300s, Nikon D3x, Nikon Software | Tagged | 59 Comments

Nikon Europe websites down

By [NR] admin | Published: January 4, 2010

Nikon UK and few other Nikon sites across Europe were/are still down:

Posted in Nikon D800 | 114 Comments

Nikon D900 accessories (part 3)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 4, 2010

I know this is getting boring, but I wanted to make one additional point – all of the D900 compatible product listed in the past few days had one thing in common: the only odd model in the description was the D900. Not the D700s, D800 or D400. If the intend was to attract more keyword searches, they would have listed all Dxxx possibilities for […]

Posted in Nikon D800 | 104 Comments

Nikon D900 rumor (continuation)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 3, 2010

I update the previous Nikon D900 report too many times (check it out) – I will just continue with this new posts since some of the RSS subscribers may not get all the updates: Nikon USA has a placeholder on their main page that is labeled as Nikon D60 – the link is dead, but […]

Posted in Nikon D800 | 100 Comments