Monthly Archives: June 2010

What are you waiting for?

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

Time for some polls: What are you waiting for (Nikon DSLR)?survey software What are you waiting for (Nikon lenses – pick two)?survey software

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Interesting Nikon patents (curved image sensor and more)

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

Nikon’s curved image sensor patent (Google translation) will improve the sharpness in the corners of the image: Patent publication number 2010-109096 Release date 2010/05/13 Filing Date 2008/10/29 Using a lens with field curvature aberration The image plane conversion element, sandwiched between the lens and image sensor Each pixel has a single optical transmission pipe Element […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

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

Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM price announced: US: $669.00 | UK: £649.99, expected to ship within 1 to 2 months. Nikon Coolpix L18 camera survives 1,100 miles ocean trip to Florida. Official press release from Nikon: Nikon equipment to be used in the Russian segment of the International Space Station. New orders received for Nikon D3S […]

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New Nikon Imaging website is up

By [NR] admin | Published: June 17, 2010

The Nikon Imaging website got a face lift. I cannot find anything interesting to report except the fact that there is a new Nikon lenses catalog (pdf format). At that point I think it is safe to assume that there will be no new product announcement this month (June). July 4th is an official holiday in the US, which makes […]

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Nikon Coolpix S1000pj replacement will serve as a conventional projector

By [NR] admin | Published: June 17, 2010

In the latest issues of Chasseur d’Images there is a small article that Nikon is preparing a replacement of the Coolpix S1000pj (this is the one with the built-in projector). The new version will provide the option to be connected to a computer and serve as an external conventional projector. There were already some rumors that the […]

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Nikon Imaging website will be down for maintenance this Thursday

By [NR] admin | Published: June 15, 2010

Many European Nikon websites were down during the past few weeks (especially on weekends). Those outages could be caused by technical issues, but I am not sure how this is possible with the current web servers technology (redundant/backup servers, staging servers for pushing new updates, etc). Anyhow, the main Nikon Imaging website is also scheduled for […]

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Nikon D3000 body only option discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: June 15, 2010

B&H lists the Nikon D3000 “body only” as discontinued: The D3000 kit version is still available. Nikon D3000 is expected to be replaced in 2010 with a new version.

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: June 12, 2010

Deal alert: Nik Software Complete Collection Software Plug-in for Lightroom & Aperture for $189.95″. Update: I just posted a sneak peak video of the new HDR software from NIK on PhotoRumors.com Adobe released Lightroom 3 (cd from Amazon | download from Adobe) Dandelion chip is designed to be installed on adapter rings and manual lenses […]

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