Monthly Archives: August 2010

Nikon reports profit in first quarter

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2010

Reuters reports on Nikon’s first quarter financial results (April-June, 2010): ” Nikon Corp. reported a more than 15-fold rise in quarterly profit on Thursday on healthy camera sales and improved demand for steppers and scanners used to make chips and liquid crystal displays.” “The company raised its annual single-lens reflex camera sales forecast to 4.25 […]

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Done deal: multiple press events scheduled in Europe for August 19th, 2010

By [NR] admin | Published: August 4, 2010

What I reported back in July, now has a probability of 99%: Nikon has scheduled multiple press events across Europe for August 19th, 2010. I am still a bit puzzled about the Coolpix cameras announcement that is suppose to be on August 17th, 2010. In the past, Nikon aways announced the p&s line one week before or after […]

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Nikon shooting commercials for a new camera near Page, AZ

By [NR] admin | Published: August 3, 2010

Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, photo by Ozyman/flickr Update: I got some more info – the commercial shots were for the D3100. Expect to see the Antelope (and other) canyons in the D3100 brochure or website after it gets announced on August 19th. The rumor is that Nikon was/is shooting a commercial/sample photos for a new […]

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Another day, another Nikon EVIL patent

By [NR] admin | Published: August 2, 2010

Mirrorless camera with a mirror? This time the patent drawings are interesting because they reveal the full glory of the EVIL concept, incl. the electronic viewfinder, which appears to have a… mirror. My guess here is that the mirror is used to magnify the view from the finder: The mirror could explain also this drawing from […]

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Nikon advertisement fail?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 2, 2010

Robbie Williams was part of the “I am Nikon” campaign: Very nice ad, the only problem is that Robbie Williams may have used a… Canon or a Pentax camera (maybe this model) in the original video. Watch it here: and the overlay of both cameras after the break:

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Zeiss to release Distagon ZF 1.4/35 ZF.2 in few weeks (Nikon mount)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 2, 2010

Currently Zeiss offfers only one 35mm lens with Nikon mount – the Distagon T* 2/35. Rumors for a new Zeiss Distagon ZF 1.4/35 ZF.2 (Nikon mount) have been floating around since last year. It seems that the official Zeiss distributor in Switzerland included this new lens in their latest catalog. A FredMiranda forum member got […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: August 1, 2010

A deadly sin: Novoflex announced a new adapter that will allow you to use your Nikon lenses on a Canon body. Similar products are already available on eBay. Associated Press photographer covering the Vietnam war with a Nikon (photo #19 – the rest of the photographs are also worth seeing). Talking about war photography, you should watch […]

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