Monthly Archives: November 2011

Five Nikon products receive the “iF design award 2012”

Four Nikon cameras (S100, P300, AW100 and D5100) and one microscope received the iF design award this year. I am surprised that the Nikon 1 did not receive an award (maybe it announced too late? no pun intended).

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Nikon instant rebate program extended

The Nikon instant rebate program in the US was extended till November 19th and it still includes pro lenses: I was actually surprised that Nikon decided to extend the rebates after the expected shortages due to the flood in Thailand.

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Nikon D700, D300s and other products no longer shipping in Japan

Nikon Japan announced today that it has stopped shipments of the following products in Japan as a result of a new Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law: Nikon D300s and D700 Wireless Transmitter WT-3 Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10, MB-D200, MB-D80 Battery Chamber Cover BL-3 (※ 2) Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL9

Posted in Nikon D300s, Nikon D700 | 158 Comments

ViewNX 2.2.3

Today Nikon released ViewNX 2.2.3. The modifications in this version are: Resolution was not correctly displayed. When these images were opened or manipulated in another application, the application sometimes quit unexpectedly.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #135

Big price drop on Sandisk memory cards at B&H. $25 mail-in rebate on PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 wireless flash triggers for Nikon (USA only, valid till November 30, 2011). You can now pre-order this Nikon D400 book on Amazon Germany. Just for fun: Nikon D20000. Some free codes for this FirstPass app that supports NEF files (Apple […]

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The making of this video

Another guest post on the making of this video from Cardiac Kid Productions: I was asked to shoot and edit a music video for the Island/Def Jam band Parachute. It was to be a concert style music video for a song called “What I Know” off of their forthcoming (and since released) 2nd full length studio album […]

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Teardown of the Nikon V1 camera

Chipwork did a tear down of the Nikon V1 camera. This is what they found inside: Aptina image sensor EXPEED 3 processor manufactured by Nikon 1GB of DDR2 memory Epson E03100F0A video processor chip

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Nikon announced Q2 financial results

In addition to the third notice on the floods in Thailand, today Nikon announced also their financial results for the second quarter of the 2011/2012 year (ending March 2012). Nikon lowered its sales and operating income forecast as well as DSLR camera and lens production as a result of the situation in Thailand. Nikon will increase its production in […]

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