Monthly Archives: August 2011

Alternative ways to follow NikonRumors next week

By [NR] admin | Published: August 21, 2011

In case [NR]’s server starts to overheat next week, here are some alternative ways to follow the latest news and updates: Facebook Twitter NikonRumors.net: alternative site that I use only when NikonRumors.com is down. You can also subscribe to the full text RSS feed which will be available online even if the server goes down. Sign up for the full text email […]

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | 114 Comments

Weekly Nikon news flash #124

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2011

Rare Nikon rangefinder Nikkor 1000mm f/6.3 lens on eBay: Nissin Di866 MARK II flash for Nikon is now in stock Nikon Pro magazine coming to the iPad. Nikon Malaysia gives future designers a stage. Nikon at PhotoImage show in Brazil. There is also a new “Eu sou Nikon” video. Nikon car at Indy. Canon vs. Nikon debate linked […]

Posted in Weekly Nikon News Flash | 73 Comments

BTW, there were no Coolpix cameras announcement this week

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2011

Which will make next week even more interesting…

Posted in Nikon Point and Shoot | 54 Comments

“Imagine the Nikon D4” contest winner announcment

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2011

Here are the results of the “Imagine the Nikon D4” contest: the winner with 2,948 votes is Ramon Alvarez with this image:

Posted in Nikon D4 | 51 Comments

Another press event on August 24th

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2011

In addition to Nikon and Sony, there will be another press event on August 24th for Joe McNally’s exhibition at the Time Warner Center called “Faces of Ground Zero, Portraits of The Heroes of September 11, 2011”:

Posted in Nikon D4, Nikon D800 | 171 Comments

The 50/50 [NR] roller coaster

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2011

The ratio of tips and rumors I received for a new DSLR vs. mirrorless camera announcement on August 24 is 50/50. The main difference is that I got some details on the mirrorless camera and nothing on the DSLR front. This is why I changed  my “prediction” from two DSLR bodies to a mirrorless only […]

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon D4, Nikon D800 | Tagged | 324 Comments

Nikon’s mirrorless: not a “pro” camera but with few very innovative features

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2011

Nikon has mentioned on several occasions that they will surprise the market and will do things differently with their mirrorless camera. They also said that their mirrorless camera will not be targeted at professionals (although several websites reported the contrary) and will have enhanced video features. The new Nikon mirrorless camera was described to me as “having more enthusiast than pro features” […]

Posted in Nikon 1 | 152 Comments