Monthly Archives: April 2011

Nikon announcement on Wednesday?

I still have not received a confirmation about the previously rumored Nikon announcement on April 27th, which is very unusual. One of the expected new products is the already leaked Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens. My theory is that Nikon did not plan this announcement, but after the lens was leaked they had to very quickly organize the official release. This […]

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Interesting response from Nikon on replacing the shutter button with a touch sensor

This is an interesting comment from Nikon staff on their Facebook page about an idea of replacing the shutter button with a touch sensor: Now at least you now know how to submit your ideas to Nikon.  

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Nikon D7000 firmware update 1.02 is now official

The previously rumored Nikon D7000 firmware update 1.02 is now official. You can download it from Nikon Europe support website (now available also on Nikon US site). List of fixes after the break:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #107

Three rare Nikon items on eBay: Nikon Ai-S 13mm f/5,6 (price: $29,399): Nikon fisheye 8mm f/8 lens (€999): Nikon MF-24 250 exposure camera back ($1,999.99): New book: Mastering the Nikon D7000

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Nikon D7000 firmware update 1.02 is unofficially out

A reader received his Nikon D7000 back from a Nikon Service Center in Shanghai with a new firmware version 1.02. I do not have a list of fixes for this firmware update, but previous rumors suggested improvements for AF backfocus, corrected aperture calculation with zoom lenses in LiveView mode and more.

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Designing the Nikon F camera (video)

Let’s make it YouTube Easter weekend – another two part video on designing the Nikon F camera: The second video explains where the red triangle on all Nikon cameras came from:

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Nikon explains lens Nano coating (video)

Nikon published a new video explaining Nano coating in Nikkor lenses:

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