Monthly Archives: July 2010

Nikon D90 listed as “clearance Item, limited availability”

One of the big US retailers, J&R, has listed the Nikon D90 body only as “clearance Item, limited availability”: The Nikon D90 kit (with 18-105mm lens) is listed as “Limit 1 per customer”.

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Don’t forget the “G11 killer”

Few months ago Nikon’s UK Senior Product Manager Kevin Egan told AP that they planned to release a Canon G11 competitor with the last batch of Coolpix cameras back in February, but the camera was not ready. Expect this new “G11 killer” to be released with the next batch of Coolpix camera somewhere in the […]

Posted in Nikon Point and Shoot | Tagged | 31 Comments

I am almost ready to say “it has begun”

I am almost ready to say “it has begun”, I just need to verify few more things and go through some translations. Stay tuned! Here are just two of the reports I got in the past 24hr: “I work for a big retailer in ***. Today all stores have been told to remove demo Nikon D90 […]

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A note from the admin: the best of 2010 is in front of us

Photokina is almost two months away, the end of July is approaching and all this could only mean one thing – we should start getting some reliable rumors. The Internet is currently full of speculations and I will continue to filter out the nonsense and post only credible information. We may have few “filler” posts […]

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Service advisory for Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 lens in Korea

I have covered the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens light leak few times in the past (see blog and forum posts) and it seems that Nikon is responding to this issue, at least in Korea. This is what we have so far: Nikon Imaging Korea issued this service notice (in English) which basically says that they […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses | 71 Comments

Nikon patents that could be related to the upcoming mirrorless camera

With the latest news about the upcoming mirrorless camera and Nikon’s search for online and mobile partners, I mentioned that there were some related patent applications filed by Nikon in the past. This is what I found: Patent Application 20090270125 and granted US patent 7646417 are for “Mobile phone equipped with a camera”. The drawings […]

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Nikon’s President comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera again

In an interview with Pen News Weekly, Nikon’s president Makoto Kimura made few more comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera from Nikon (see the previous interview, where he dropped the bomb about an upcoming Nikon mirrorless concept): Nikon plans to retain its “top position” in the DSLR market and create an “entirely new domain” at […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

SanDisk rebates are back @ Adorama. For example: SanDisk 8GB, Extreme SDHC Pack of 2 for $89.90. The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens (Nikon mount) is now available in B&H under the brand name “Bower”. I was told that Jessops (UK) has some Nikon D3s in stock. Yongnuo will offer TTL radio trigger built into a speedlight (Nikon iTTL […]

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