Three interesting lens patent applications were just published. The first one 20110109974 is for a 10mm f/4 full frame lens: Example 1 is for a 17 mm f/4. Interestingly the image height is 33mm. This makes sense for a tilt-shift with +-12 mm of shift: F0 = 17.11 FNO = 4.08 .omega. = 63.03.degree. Y = […]
It seems that the Nikon D5100 body only is now shipping in the US. Some stores on Amazon are slightly overpriced (the original price should be 799) but if you have pre-ordered already, you should be getting yours within the next few days. The 35mm f/1.8 DX lens is also in stock for the regular […]
Apple released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.7 with Nikon D5100 support:
Nikon Europe issued an updated list of approved SD and CF memory cards for Nikon cameras: Approved memory cards for Nikon DSLR cameras Approved memory cards for Nikon Coolpix P series cameras Approved memory cards for Nikon Coolpix S series cameras
Two new underwater housings for Nikon D7000 from Aquatech and Subal: This Aquatech version seems to be the cheapest underwater housing for D7000 so far. Update: another underwater housing for Nikon D7000. Marilyn Monroe with a Nikon F (image taken by Bert Stern). Updated Nikkor lens brochure now available (includes the new 50mm f/1.8G lens). Updated […]
Nikon D90 is now listed in the discontinued section of Nikon Japan website:
Here is another great guest post from Fabrizio Belardetti who wrote also the Nikkor 19mm f/2.8 Macro lens review few months ago (see also part 2 of that review). Fabrizio did a sharpness comparison of 16 full frame Nikon lenses at different focal lengths (300mm vs. 70-200mm and tc-17 will come later). Here is a list of […]
Here is Nikon’s one sentence summary of the Imaging Company in 2011: “Sales and operating income both increased in spite of yen appreciation and parts procurement difficulty.” This is what Nikon had to say about the impact of the earthquake on the 2012 forecast: Disaster damages and plant recoveries: In Miyagi, Tochigi, and Ibaraki prefectures, […]
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