Monthly Archives: May 2010

Nikon’s financial results for the last fiscal year are out

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

Nikon reported a net loss of Y12.62 billion, compared to a year-earlier profit of Y28.06 billion. Operating loss of Y13.85 billion against a profit of Y48.18 billion a year earlier. Sales fell 11% to Y785.50 billion from Y879.72 billion. Nikon’s digital camera business picked up, however, contributing to a 30% increase in operating profit from […]

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Sony α900 is now officially discontinued

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

Update: btw, talking about Sony – the new Sony EVIL camera just leaked (the official announcement is tomorrow). Already wrote about that on PhotoRumors.com, but I think that this is an important development and should be on NikonRumors as well: Sony α900 is now officially discontinued (Sony α900 was released 3 months before the Nikon D3x […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

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

Rare Nikon lenses on eBay: Nikon 300mm 300mm f/2.0 IF-ED lens (more info on this lens available here). Nikon 800mm F/5.6 ED AIS lens (released 1986) Another pro (Karl Grobl) switches from Canon to Nikon – see his posts here and here. Hanson music video was shot on Canon 7D and Nikon lenses (source). Diglloyd.com has […]

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Patent application for AF in a video/TV camera with interchangeable lenses

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

Last year Nikon filed a patent application #20100110236 for an autofocus in a video/TV camera with interchangeable lenses. Here are some quoted text from the patent application- note that they used the word “inexpensive”: “The present invention relates to an autofocus apparatus and a camera that are used for a camera, mainly for a video […]

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Flashback from 1998: Navy SEALs training with mysterious Nikon underwater digital camera

By [NR] admin | Published: May 5, 2010

This is an interesting story because when I tried to research this underwater digital camera (Nikon DCS 425) I could hardly find any info online. It seems that this model was produced for the US military/intelligence organizations and initially even its existence was denied: “The Nikonos RS was the World’s first underwater SLR camera, capable of going down to a […]

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Typos

By [NR] admin | Published: May 5, 2010

How many typos can you find? Source: Wolf Camera rebates advertisement

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Popular Photography’s “great new DSLR” rumor busted

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

The “great new DSLR” rumor from last week is busted – Popular Photography featured a Canon T2i on the front cover. They also published a full test of the  Nikon 24mm f/1.4 lens.

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