Monthly Archives: January 2011

Nikon patents a projector built in a DSLR camera

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Nikon filed a patent in Japan for a projector built in a DSLR. We already have the Coolpix S1100pj point and shoot camera with a built-in projector and Nikon is at least thinking of bringing that technology into a DSLR camera. The cool part is that the projection will happen through the electronic viewfinder (the […]

Posted in Nikon Patents | 55 Comments

Nikon D7000 has a Sony sensor (confirmed)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Chipworks.com is doing something that I always wanted to do – to teardown a camera apart. Few weeks ago they took a Nikon D7000 and documented the guts of the camera. The interesting part? The sensor model IMX071 is made by Sony (direct link to image). This is probably not a surprise, but till now I […]

Posted in Nikon D7000 | Tagged | 64 Comments

Nikon D300s orders no longer possible in Switzerland

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

The Swiss retailer Brack (in English) has listed the Nikon D300s as “keine nachbestellung möglich” which means “can not be ordered any longer”: A reader contacted the store directly and got the same response from the product manager. Brack is a large electronics reseller and they deliver to several different stores in Switzerland. After the release of the D7000, the price of […]

Posted in Nikon D300s, Nikon D400 | Tagged | 52 Comments

Nikon D3100 firmware update v1.01 is out

By [NR] admin | Published: January 25, 2011

Today Nikon released a firmware update for the Nikon D3100 (v.1.01). Full list of changes after the break:

Posted in Nikon D3100 | Tagged | 17 Comments

Nikon is preparing a major announcement at the end of August

By [NR] admin | Published: January 24, 2011

Certain Nikon offices have already blocked employees from taking vacation in the last two weeks of August 2011. Expect major announcements during that time frame (my guess: D3s and/or D300s replacement). This is not really surprising, since Nikon likes to make announcements at the end of Summer (the D3, D300, D90, D3100, D7000, many lenses and Coolpix cameras were […]

Posted in Nikon D4, Nikon D800, Nikon Point and Shoot | 192 Comments

Weekly Nikon related news/links #94

By [NR] admin | Published: January 22, 2011

PocketWizard MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 now shipping in the US. B&H has the FlexTT5 in stock (update: sold out now). Nikon 135mm f/2.0D AF DC lens is now in stock. What is this: Bausch and Lomb Baltar 75mm f/2.3 modified Nikon AF

Posted in Weekly Nikon News Flash | 53 Comments

Lensbaby Composer lens review (Nikon mount)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 22, 2011

Overview Lensbaby’s Composer model is a 50mm lens where the glass elements can be swiveled around just like a ball head and achieve selective focus only in portions of the frame. Some of the results produced with the Composer are similar to a real tilt shift lens. The box contains the lens with front and back […]

Posted in Nikon Lenses, [NR] Reviews | 49 Comments