Monthly Archives: February 2010

Nikon “Press Morning” on March 8th, 2010

By [NR] admin | Published: February 25, 2010

Focus of Imaging show will take take place from March 7-10th, 2010 in Birmingham, UK. Nikon will be present at the show. Their schedule of events can be found here or here. Of specific interest are the two “PRESS MORNING” (why the CAPS?) slots from 10:45 and 11:45 on Monday morning, March 8th, 2010. Both […]

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Updated list of expected Nikon lenses in 2010

By [NR] admin | Published: February 24, 2010

An update on my previous post on the expected Nikon lenses in 2010 – if my sources are correct we should see 6 more new lenses in 2010 (total of 8): Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 – already released, in stock almost everywhere. Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 – already released, will ship next month (March, 2010). Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 […]

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“Nikon will provide a better balance between resolution and high ISO image quality than in the recently launched D3S”

By [NR] admin | Published: February 23, 2010

This is according to Nobuaki Sasagaki, General Manager of the Marketing Department of Nikon Imaging Division. Read the whole article @dpreview. Two more key points: Nikon is working hard on video integration/implementation Mirrorless systems from other manufacturers are not a threat to Nikon, described as “one solution, but not the only solution.”

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Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical with Nikon mount

By [NR] admin | Published: February 23, 2010

The full frame Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical lens (Nikon and other mounts available) was first announced in Europe last year, but then it was delayed and is now available for pre-order on eBay (ships in April, 2010):

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Another report that Nikon D700 is no longer available

By [NR] admin | Published: February 23, 2010

This is not the first time to report that the Nikon D700 is being phased out and and is no longer available for order in certain locations (see here and here). There is a another report from dpeview from few days ago about Cameta Camera not be able to order any new D700: “I struck up […]

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There was a Nikon announcement in Japan today

By [NR] admin | Published: February 23, 2010

As previously reported, Nikon did have a press conference in Japan today. They announced the Coolpix P100 and the Coolpix S3000, S4000, S6000 p&s cameras. Those models were announced on February 2nd, 2010 in the US and Europe.

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Another Nikon D400 book shows up in Germany

By [NR] admin | Published: February 22, 2010

There was already a Nikon D400 book listed on Amazon Germany a year ago. The publisher came out officially and said that this was a mistake. Few months later they released the same book (same ISBN) with a Nikon D300s name instead. Now we have a new Nikon D400 book listed on Amazon Germany (from […]

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Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: February 21, 2010

DXOMark tests the Nikon D3s. Here is a Nikon D3s vs. Canon 1D Mark IV comparison. Detailed comparison available here. Nikon NPS “behind the scene coverage” of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics can be found on this website. For some reason they removed the time lapse video. Update on PocketWizard TTL for Nikon: “Progress is cranking along.  As mentioned before, […]

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