Monthly Archives: February 2010

Nikon’s PMA press release – nothing new

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

Update #2: also don’t hold your breath for the Nikon press event in Japan next Tuesday – it will probably be similar to this one. Update #1: I think Zoltar misunderstood this press release. In this announcement Nikon is talking about two DSLRs – the D3000 and D3s, but those are not new. I also […]

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | 228 Comments

Tomorrow. Noon (EST). PMA. Anaheim, CA. Two new DSLRs from Nikon. I hope I am right.

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

Update #2: Nikon Sweden & Nikon France web sites are down! (screenshots) Update #1: Nikon Germany press release web site is down! Ok, I will take a risk this time and I will “predict” that Nikon will announce 2 new DSLR cameras tomorrow (February 21st, 2010) @ PMA. The announcement should be @ 9:00am PST (12:00 […]

Posted in Nikon D7000, Nikon D800 | 151 Comments

Weird snapshots from the Olympics and PMA

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

The first one is a joke from dpreview’s PMA 2010 sneak peek (this is a F100 with a D900 sticker). The second one is from CNN.com – what’s up with the orange “N”? Now you are entering Photoshop country. The third one is from the Olympics and probably a PS job – the delete button […]

Posted in Nikon D800 | Tagged | 37 Comments

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35-70mm f/4G ED N lens?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

I am really pissed. The email containing this image was marked as junk mail and was sitting in my spam queue for days (click on image for larger view): My problems with that lens is its size – shouldn’t it be much smaller for a 35-70 f/4? It almost appears to be bigger than the […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 74 Comments

New Sigma lenses coming soon

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

Just a quick update from PhotoRumors.com: five new lenses from Sigma will be announced soon (including a new 85mm f/1.4 lens). Not sure about the details yet, but I expect all of those to be available for F-mount.

Posted in Nikon Lenses | 55 Comments

Breaking news: Another Nikon press conference next week?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

I am not sure about the exact wording since Google cannot translate this page, but according to the tipster Nikon is suppose to have another press conference next week on February 23, 2010 (last day of PMA): “Nikon will have a press conference regarding new camera products and their strategy on February 23.” Here is […]

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon D800 | Tagged | 92 Comments

Nikon AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED lens now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2010

The first reported lucky owner is from France. B&H is also now taking pre-orders, which is a clear indication that shipment will start in the next few days (B&H doesn’t put items for pre-order unless they know a shipment is coming).

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 39 Comments

Nikon AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens patent

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2010

I did mention this lens briefly yesterday and today we have a patent for it (in English): Details: Patent Publication No. 2009-19945 Published 2010/01/28 Filing Date 7/9/2008 F = 28.80-292.0mm focal length Brightness F = 3.61-5.87 Angle of view 76.3-8.2 ° Focus back 38.84-96.07mm The above patent was filed in Japan and I could not […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 42 Comments