Monthly Archives: August 2011

Samyang coming up with a new full frame 24mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon mount

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011
Samyang 24mm f1.4 lens Nikon mount

Samyang just announced a new full frame 24mm f/1.4 lens that will be available in Nikon mount as well.

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Nikon’s Tetsuro Goto at Ricoh GR camera party in Tokyo

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011

DCwatch reports that Tetsuro Goto (Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan) made a surprise appearance and created “lot of excitement” at a recent Ricoh GR party in Tokyo celebrating the camera’s 5th anniversary. After blowing out the birthday cake candles, Mr. Goto said (Google translation): “GR Digital camera is like a jealous love, I am afraid of go […]

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Rumors: laser AF was one of the projects recently cancelled by Nikon; next wave of DSLRs will have new and improved phase-detection AF

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2011

I received this email describing recently canceled Nikon projects: Nikon were working on a method of embedding camera motion data, as detected by VRII lens data, in a video file. The idea was to record .nev video at resolutions higher than standard (upwards of 500 pixels on all 4 sides) and remove motion shifts by extrapolating the […]

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Guest post: Digiscoping with Nikon Fieldscope EDG85 via FSA-L2 DSLR Photo Adapter on Nikon D300s

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2011

I was always curious to see the Nikon Fieldscope EDG85 in action. Few days ago I was contacted by Jason Bugay Reyes Azahari who shared some images with me taken with the EDG85 and Nikon D300s (plus the FSA-L2 adapter). This is his guest post: Busy with my new born baby, I took the opportunity to test my […]

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Another coincidence

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2011

A week ago Joe McNally tweeted about a new cool campaign shot he did recently that will be launching this fall. There is some more interesting information on his blog: Mr. McNally will have a new exhibition at the Time Warner Center called “Faces Of Ground Zero: 10 Years Later” that will open on… August 24th, the […]

Posted in Nikon D4 | 157 Comments

Nikon D700 brochure no longer available on Nikon Europe website

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2011

The Nikon D700 brochure is currently not listed on the official Nikon UK website: Maybe it’s an error. Does anyone remember downloading the D700 brochure from this page?

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Two weeks till the official Nikon announcement and we are still clueless

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2011

The official Nikon announcement will be in two weeks (August 24th) and there is still no convincing information (specs, pictures, model name) of what exactly will be presented. The consensus from several different sources points to a Nikon D3s and D700 replacement, but I am really starting to question this scenario. Maybe there are no leaks because […]

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon Point and Shoot | 169 Comments