Monthly Archives: April 2010

Weekly Nikon related news/links

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

The winners from the last giveaway: Jay A from the US won the Nikon D3s/x book and Bertrand from Belgium won the Nikon D700 book. Congratulations to the winners! Nikon Instant rebates expire on May 1st (next Saturday). Think Tank Photo giveaway TIPA announcements: Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens […]

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The latest Nikon patents

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

Patent Application 20100091161 is for built in phase detect autofocus. Patent Application 20100091184: “The present invention relates to an image processing technique that displays a plurality of still images as smooth movie.” Patent Application 20100100276: “The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and a drive recorder system mounted on a vehicle for imaging and recording […]

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Rumor: upcoming lenses from Nikon

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

In addition to the updates for the 200-400mm f/4.0 and the 85mm f/1.4 lenses, I received some information that Nikon also has plans for a 24-xxxmm f/4.0 VR and a 70-200 mm f/4.0 VR lenses. Previous rumor suggested a new 24-120 f/4.0 VR lens, but the long focal end could “only” be 105mm. If true, […]

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Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII sales halted on Amazon

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

Update: this lens is not longer “under review” @ Amazon. Not sure what is the exact reason, but sales of the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.6 VRII has been halted on Amazon since yesterday:

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Nikon’s new President: Nikon will not have the same stable growth in the next ten years

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

Some top level changes happened in the Nikon’s top executive level today. See the official details here and here. The new company’s President Makoto Kimura (62) said this in a press conference in Tokyo today (via Reuters): “Nikon’s imaging business has been expanding quite steadily over the past 10 years. But can it enjoy the […]

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Possible Nikon announcement: April 27th or 29th, 2010

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

Nikon may have an announcement on April 27th or 29th, 2010. I have not received any info on scheduled press conference yet and until I do, this rumor will be rated @ 40% probability. If true, no DSLR are expected to be announced this time.

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: April 18, 2010

Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF lens for APS-C (Nikon mount) gets priced in the US: $699. Zeiss released a series of compact cinema prime lenses that will be available with Nikon mount. Adobe CS5 is now available for pre-order. Adorama also various rebates on SanDisk (search their site for more). BorrowLenses now has the […]

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