Monthly Archives: May 2010

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

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

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

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Popular Photography’s “great new DSLR” rumor busted

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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Good morning Canada, here are your new low Nikon prices

Nikon price were reduced today in Canada (see rumor reported last week). Some examples after the break:

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

The new Lexar Professional Series 300x and 600x CompactFlash cards are now available. Rare lens on eBay: Nikon 11/2000 mm Reflex-Nikkor-C for US $19,950.00. More info available here: “This is the longest reaching and the largest dimension Nikkor optical lens for 35mm photography. It works almost like a optical telescope which projects a compelling 40X magnification of the […]

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Nikon rebates extended again in the US

As previously “expected”, the ongoing Nikon rebates in the US are now extended till May 29th, 2010 (screenshot from D700 rebates at B&H): I do not have all the details yet, but will post them once I get confirmation from B&H and Adorama. Update: Nikon D90 cash back offer in the UK is valid till […]

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NikonRumors turns 2 today

Exactly 2 years ago I posted several small messages online on upcoming Nikon products. This is how NikonRumors started. Today, on the second anniversary, we have 1,212  posts, 56,170 comments and… 24,296 spam messages. Over the past two years we had few million visitors form 225 countries/territories. I did receive several thousand emails from readers with […]

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