Monthly Archives: August 2010

German magazine spills the beans about Nikon’s announcement next week

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2010

In the September edition of the German photo magazine “Foto Digital”, which was sent to subscribers today, there is an article about the new Nikon D3100 and the four new lenses. Nikon D3100 (updated): 14 MP CMOS Sensor (23.2 x 15.5 mm) Live View 3 inch Display 100 – 12800 ISO ISO setting manual or […]

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Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 lens discontinued

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

The full frame Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR lens is listed as discontinued on Nikon Japan website (生產終了 means discontinued, end of life). No surprise here, since a new Nikkor 24-120 f/4 ED VR N lens is expected to be released next week. The old 24-120mm lens had multiple negative reviews over the past few years (the lens […]

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Nikon D90, D700 out of stock at BestBuy’s district warehouse

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

I would expected the Nikon D90 to be out of stock, but why the D700? Both bodies are listed as 0 inventory in one of the district warehouses, which serves around 400-600 BestBuy stores. The out of stock date for the D90 is September 7th, 2010 and for the D700 is August 3, 2010:

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This is the fix for the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 light leak

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2010

SLRclub has a thread about the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 light leak and it seems that this is the official fix from Nikon – they are just using a wider AF scale plate that will provide a better protection from an outside light source:

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This is hilarious!

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2010

Here is a funny video sent by a reader:

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Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens for Nikon mount announced again

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2010

Tamron’s press releases are a little tricky: back in March, they announced the “development” of a new Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD (Model A005) lens, which will be available also for Nikon mount. Today Tamron announced “the release” of that same lens. The price is $449.99 minus $50 rebate @ Amazon (here is […]

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Nikon D3100 listed in Best Buy inventory system

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2010

D3100 Nikon D3100 is already listed in Best Buy’s inventory system. The SKU is 1222817, the description reads “Nikon D3100 DSLR w/ 18-55mm v”, availability: 9/18/2010. No other information is provided other than the box dimensions. BestBuy does not create SKUs based on speculation or rumors, however price and availability date is always subject to change. […]

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