Monthly Archives: July 2010

Recap

By [NR] admin | Published: July 23, 2010

Every once in a while, I have to remind everyone that this is a rumor site. Everything written here should be considered as fiction and you should not make any decision based on the information provided on this blog (selling/buying equipment, changing schedules to accommodated potential new product, etc.). I am trying my best to give a numerical […]

Posted in Nikon D3100, Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 132 Comments

Nikon D90 slowly fading away

By [NR] admin | Published: July 22, 2010

Nikon D90 was removed from the employee purchase plan for Best Buy employees as of July 21st, 2010. Amazon lists the Nikon D90 as “Usually ships within 1 to 2 months”: The D90 kit is still available. Nikon UK is out of printed brochures for the Nikon D90 and D700: I got multiple reports that […]

Posted in Nikon D90 | 154 Comments

Expected prices of upcoming Nikon lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: July 22, 2010

Those are the expected prices of the rumored lenses from Nikon. Please note that the prices may vary in different countries and may not be 100% accurate due to the different exchange rates and price policies: Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.4G N: around $1600 Nikkor 24-120 f/4 ED VR N – around $1300 Nikkor 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 […]

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Questionable Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.2 ED VR listing spotted in China

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

Update: here is a better screenshot from xitek.com (click on image for larger view): A Chinese forum has a screenshot from July 20th of Nikon China website displaying a new AF-S 85mm f/1.2 ED VR lens. According to the text, the image was removed the next day – here is the before and after shot (click […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 114 Comments

Nikon planning an August press event in Europe

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

The word from Europe is that Nikon is planing a press event in at least one European country during the week of August 16th-20th, 2010. We can eliminate Monday and Friday, since those are not preferred days for new product announcements, which leaves us with August 17th, 18th and 19th as a potential announcement dates. I do not know […]

Posted in Nikon D3100, Nikon D7000, Nikon Lenses | 105 Comments

Nikon D90 listed as “New!” at BestBuy

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

For some reason BestBuy decided to list the Nikon D90 as “New!” on their website, while the camera is currently sold out online: Maybe testing a new product template? Just a reminder that two years ago, the Nikon D90 leaked on Circuit City and Target websites few days before the official release.

Posted in Nikon D90 | 40 Comments

Nikon USA releases statement on the 24-70mm f/2.8 distance panel light leak

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

This is the official statement from Nikon USA on the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 light leak problem, previously described here: “We have received indications that when extremely bright light strikes the lens while shooting at high sensitivities, light other than that passing through the front of the lens may be reflected. This is not a problem with normal shooting and […]

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First word on the Nikon D90 replacement

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

I just got some basic description of the Nikon D90 replacement: 16MP DX sensor same noise performance like the D700! full HD 8p/s new video AF and performance parts of the body will be aluminium Stay tuned for more. [NR] rating: 90%

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