Weekly Nikon related news/links

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

I received a tip that Amazon shipped some Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM lenses yesterday (still listed as not released).

Nikon Learn and Explore iPhone app now available in the UK.

DIY (just for fun): how to fit a Nikon IR remote in a Lego block.

Update: similar cheap grips are already available on Amazon -this was nothing new.

Did not like the April Fools’ day jokes on NR? Here is another one – Nikon DX10: the new new mirrorless camera from Nikon.

Nikon released new firmware for Nikon Coolpix S4000 and Nikon Coolpix S640.

Nikon returns to black in second half of fiscal 09/10: sales of DSLR cameras are up more than 10% (total units: above 1.9 million). Nikon still has an operating loss for the full fiscal year ended March 31st.

Some stats: Nikon and Canon together have 90% of the DSLR market in the US (source: Joint Photoimaging Enterprise Association International newsletter).

Nikon SB-600 flash on clearance in some Target stores in the US: final price 174.98 + tax (source with receipt scan).

“The Great Camera Shootout 2010” – DSLR video test by Zacuto (Nikon D3s rules).

Hoodman found a new way to attach the HoodLoupe to a DSLR camera – it’s called the HoodCrane and it uses the camera’s hot shoe for added support.

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