Monthly Archives: January 2011

Nikon announcements approaching

Nikon will have new product announcements in the next few weeks. February is the time for the Coolpix line to be refreshed with the possibility of other new products to be revealed. Nikon has been consistent in the past with the February release schedule: In February of 2009 Nikon announced the 35mm f/1.8 DX lens plus Coolpix […]

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Sony rumored to announce 24MP APS-C sensor, what would Nikon do? (Nikon D400)

Amateur Photographer is not big on reporting rumors, but today they did just that: the Sony α700 replacement is rumored to have a new APS-C sensor with high ISO “up into the hundreds of thousands” and resolution of 25MP. The potential release is expected to be around September at PMA 2011 (now called CliQ 2011). This upcoming sensor from […]

Posted in Nikon D400 | 199 Comments

Nikontrol 3K is a free remote control PC software for Nikon DSLRs *updated*

Update: a new version of the program got released today. Please note that this software doesn’t work with RAW (NEF) files (yet). I have been a big fan and supporter of free software for Nikon DSLRs, created based on Nikon’s SDK (Software Development Kit). The latest addition is Nikontrol 3K that can be downloaded for […]

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Lengthy interview with Nikon at CES 2011, not a single word on future products

If you were wondering what was going on in those Nikon meeting rooms during CES 2011, here is the one and only Nikon report from CES by Imaging-Resource in the form of an interview with Nikon’s Senior Vice President David Lee. Kudos to Imaging-Resource who asked the right questions and tried on several occasions to extract some valuable info […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #92

A quick note to all Facebook “friends” of NikonRumors: three years ago when I started the [NR] Facebook page I wasn’t smart enough and set it up as a personal account. This was not a good idea according to Facebook’s TOS. Anyway, the old account is all gone and 4k+ contacts are lost. Here is the […]

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Nikon D5000 RIP (officially discontinued by Nikon)

Nikon Japan has a listing of all discontinued Nikon products. The latest addition? Nikon D5000: The next candidate for this list is the Nikon D90 (probably in a matter of weeks, maybe even days). A Nikon D5000 replacement is expected soon and could be announced with the Coolpix refresh in mid-February.

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Possible Nikon D4 sighting at a hockey game

A reader sent me those two pictures of an unidentified Nikon camera and lens taken at a recent NHL game: The camera looks like a D3/D3x/D3s. The body and the lens are both covered up, but the shape of the pentaprism is what got me interested:

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Nikon’s solution to prevent condensation in underwater camera housings

Nikon currently doesn’t have any underwater housings in their product line. Here a is a patent* (2010-197939) for an underwater housing that can connect to an external tank of compressed air in order to prevent condensation inside the camera housing:

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