Monthly Archives: August 2010

“Playback and editing of H.264 movies” is a requirement for View NX2

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

One of the requirements for the new View NX2 software is the ability of your computer to perform playback and editing of H.264 movies: “Display, playback, and editing of still images and movies (MotionJPEG): Intel Celeron / Pentium 4 / Core Series, 1.6GHz or above Playback and editing of H.264 movies: Pentium D 3.0GHz or above (during playback), Core 2 […]

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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj presentations (video)

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

Nikon Coolpix S1100pj pre-orders are now accepted at Amazon.

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Nikon View NX2 now available for download

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

The link to download the View NX2 (free) just got published: http://nikonimglib.com/nvnx/ See all View NX2 details here. What’s new in version 2 after the break:

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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj, S5100 and View NX2 announced

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

Nikon announced two new Coolpix cameras today: S1100pj and S5100. In addition, a new version View NX is also available. The View NX2 info is only on dpreview for now. Full press release after the break:

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Announcements

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

There is a low chance that new Coolpix cameras will be announced tonight (Monday, US Eastern time) and the Nikon D3100 plus the four lenses on Wednesday night. The second option is that everything will be announced together on Wednesday night (around midnight, US Eastern time). The German magazine “Foto Digital” leak from last week had only two Coolpix cameras […]

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Nikon patents update: new 24mm lens and more EVIL

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

A quick update on the latest Nikon patents before the announcements start tomorrow. Patent application 20100195221 is for a 24mm FX wide angle lens. Two examples are shown – one with f/2.8 and one with f/3.5: First example (f/2.8) | Second example (f/3.5): f = 24.698     | 24.400 (focal length) FNO = 2.9 […]

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Nikon D3S and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens receive EISA awards

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

Nikon D3S is the best professional camera and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens according to 2010-2011 EISA awards. Reasons for selection after the break:

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #71

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

A word about the ISO in the Nikon D90 replacement: (I am still not convinced about the D95 name, so I will continue to call it the “Nikon D90 replacement”) I think we can now be confident about the previously rumored “D700-like” ISO in the D90 successor – we saw already that the Nikon D3100 will have a 100 […]

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