Monthly Archives: January 2012

Stop SOPA & PIPA!

By [NR] admin | Published: January 18, 2012

Learn more and take action: Electronic Frontier Foundation Wikipedia

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Another alleged picture of the Nikon D800

By [NR] admin | Published: January 17, 2012

Except the weird angle on the font of the lens, the above image looks consistent with previous pictures of the Nikon D800. Here is the D700 for comparison:

Posted in Nikon D800 | 262 Comments

Nikon’s patent for a 16-30mm f/4.5-5.6 FX lens

By [NR] admin | Published: January 17, 2012

Patents 2012-8268, 2012-8271 and 2012-8273 filed in Japan are for a 16-30mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame lens:

Posted in Nikon Lenses, Nikon Patents | 83 Comments

Some Nikon V1 + FT-1 + TC 2.0x + 400mm f/2.8 fun = 2160mm

By [NR] admin | Published: January 17, 2012

Here are some samples from the Nikon V1 + FT-1 adapter + TC 2.0x + Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 lens. The focal length calculation should be: 400 x 2 x 2.7 = 2160mm:

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 124 Comments

Nikon USA to stop selling camera parts to independent repair shops

By [NR] admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Nikon USA sent a letter to all independent camera repair shops in the US that they will no longer be able to order parts from Nikon USA. Nikon will continue to supply parts to authorized repair centers.

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Nikon D4 updates

By [NR] admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Still catching up on the latest D4 updates while I was at CES last week. I will just present everything here in one post: Dynamic range vs. ISO chart comparison between all Nikon full frame DSLRs. Interesting interview with Toshiaki Akagi (engineer and senior manager at Nikon Japan). See also his explanation about the short battery life of the Nikon […]

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More on the upcoming Nikon announcement

By [NR] admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Last week I posted about an upcoming Nikon event on February 7th, 2012. I received another tip from a different country about a Nikon event scheduled for January 25th, 2012. There are several possibilities here: there could be more than one Nikon announcement in some countries new product presentations sometimes happen after the product is […]

Posted in Nikon D800, Nikon Point and Shoot | Tagged | 79 Comments

Weekly Nikon news flash #145

By [NR] admin | Published: January 15, 2012

New Nikon V1 book now available for pre-order. Another Nikon Wireless TTL flash trigger alternative from Pixel. It’s available for sale on eBay. Some readers who pre-ordered the 85mm f/1.8 lens from Amazon received an estimated arrival date: February 3- 27, 2012. The lens was initially scheduled to start shipping in March, 2012. New version of […]

Posted in Weekly Nikon News Flash | 34 Comments