Monthly Archives: February 2011

Distortion control data upgrade for D90 and D5000 released

Today Nikon released distortion control data upgrade for the D90 and D5000 cameras: “The Distortion Control Data firmware upgrade is available for Nikon D90 and D5000 cameras only. This is used to correct barrel and pincushion distortion during shooting and editing. This may be loaded into cameras that support distortion control.” Detailed instructions on how […]

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Nikon D4 designed by Giugiaro?

I received a tip that Giorgetto Giugiaro is/was involved in the design of a new Nikon camera that will be released later this year. His company Italdesign has designed almost every high end Pro Nikon camera since 1980 (F3, F4, F5, F6, D3). We know that Nikon is conservative and likes to work with the […]

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And the winner is…

The winner of the 11th [NR] giveaway for one year of Animoto PRO subscription ($249 value) is Paul D. Congratulations!

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Nikon patents update #2 (light meter, phase detect sensor, collapsible lens, fuel cell, 3D)

Patent 2010-224290 is for a light meter built into the prism (for use during video recording?): “This invention relates to the camera which has a photometry sensor which measures the strength of the light with the light led to the optical finder and the optical finder. Problem to be solved: to make effective use of a […]

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Nikon patents update (half-mirror, flash with built-in bounce system)

Time for another Nikon patents update. The first patent 2011-28177 is for a Nikon’s own “half mirror” with a mirror-up function: This technology is similar to Sony’s translucent mirror. Here is a quick comparison between both technologies:

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“Something new is coming. DSLRs will never be the same…” *UPDATED*

Yvon Bourque (Pentax photographer and author) wrote this on his blog yesterday: “Something new is coming. DSLRs will never be the same… Pentax K-5/ K-7 will get it first, but  Nikon, Canon, Sony and Olympus will get it next.” What could that be? Update#3: the product in question will probably be some kind of a custom bellow or […]

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Nikon turned down Photoshop, D700 price drop, F3 used in the filming of Indiana Jones

This is the last part of this week’s Nikon news/links: Nikonweb.com is one of my favorite Nikon related sites on the Web. They are not a big website, but their articles are unique and worth reading. You may remember my previous reports on the Nikon prototype made by Panasonic or the Nikon digital underwater camera made for the […]

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Nikon Netherlands extending warranty to 2 years?

It seems that Nikon Netherlands is extending the product warranty to 2 years. Not sure about the details, but several [NR] readers received letters from Nikon with a new 2 years warranty certificate for items (lenses and DSLRs) that were purchased and registered few months ago.

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