Monthly Archives: October 2010

The new Nikon instant rebates (US) *UPDATED*

The new Nikon instant rebates are pretty much unchanged from last month: Nikon D300s rebates: 70-300mm VR lens kit: $200 instant rebate 18-200mm VR lens kit: $250 instant rebate 16-35mm lens kit: $300 instant rebate 24-70mm lens kit: $300 instant rebate 14-24mm lens kit: $400 instant rebate 70-200mm VR II lens kit: $400 instant rebate […]

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Catching up on the latest Nikon patents

Japanese patent application 2010-128374 is for a new Speedlight with video illumination and specifically a way to cool off the flash efficiently by adding a “heat radiating member”: “Problem to be solved: To efficiently cool an illumination device including a flash light source and a continuous light source. Solution: The illumination device includes: a housing; a flash […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #78 (part 2)

Nikon is promoting refurbished products in the their new online outlet store. For example: refurbished Nikon D90 sells for $719.96 compared to $779.95 at Adorama: The current Nikon instant rebates program expires today. Panasonic will unveil a Lumix phone camera next week. Few months ago Nikon was looking for cooperation with online and mobile device […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #78 (part 1)

Too much to cover this weekend. I will have two parts of the weekly Nikon related news/links – here is part 1: Wireless direct geotagging via Bluetooth to any GPS receiver is now available for Nikon D3100, D5000, D7000 and D90. I assume this will work with a phone as a GPS receiver. The price […]

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Nikon D7000 expected to ship between October 17-22

According to BestBuy, the Nikon D7000 will start shipping between October 17-22 (estimated US arrival dates): See all Nikon D7000 pre-order options here.

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