Yearly Archives: 2010

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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Blog design update

By [NR] admin | Published: July 31, 2010

I finally updated my WordPress theme to the latest version (I haven’t done any updates in almost 2 years). LeicaRumors and PhotoRumors have already been running the new design for two weeks and I did not have any issues so far.

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Nikon D95, Coolpix P7000

By [NR] admin | Published: July 30, 2010

Some interesting information came in today – basically more details on the already existing rumors: The Nikon D90 replacement will probably be called Nikon D95. Magnesium body. Previous reports indicated that parts of the body will be aluminium. My guess here is that the body will be magnesium-alloy, just like the D300s. 16MP sensor (expected) 1080 HD video. 6 fps (FYI: Nikon D90 does […]

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Nikon’s EVIL camera may have DX size sensor

By [NR] admin | Published: July 30, 2010

Based on previous Nikon’s patent applications, the initial estimation of the sensor in the upcoming EVIL camera was 17mm in diagonal (image circle). For comparison the m4/3 sensor is 21.6 mm. This news was a bit disappointing, but now there is hope. Few weeks ago Thom Hogan and [NR] forum member JonnyApple suggested that the Nikon may be […]

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