Monthly Archives: February 2012

Nikon D800/D800E Technical Guide now available for download

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

Nikon USA now has the 20 pages Nikon D800 | D800E Technical Guide available for download. The guide includes samples and covers the basic camera functionality.

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Nikon D4, D800/E shipping dates confirmed by Nikon France

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

Since I still have many readers asking me about it – those are the shipping dates for the Nikon D4 and D800/E confirmed by Nikon France in a recent Q&A sessions: “Le D4 sera commercialisé à partir du 15 mars 2012. Le D800 à partir du 22 mars et le D800E à partir du 12 […]

Posted in Nikon D4, Nikon D800 | 66 Comments

Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.8G lens now shipping in the US

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

The Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.8G lens ($499.95) that was announced with the D4 is currently shipping to dealers in the US. I expect shipping to existing pre-orders to start by the end of this week. Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.8G lens MTF chart and lens/construction design:

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Amazon changes the Nikon D800 shipment estimation to as early as March 20th, 2012

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

I received an update from Amazon and now my D800 shipping date has changed to March 20, 2012 (I ordered mine few seconds after they started accepting pre-orders):

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Nikon NPS roadshow gear stolen worth £100k, including D4, D800

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

The van transporting the gear for the Dublin NPS roadshow was stolen on Saturday night near The Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. The van contained Nikon equipment valued at £100,000 ($156,000) including the brand new D4 and D800 demo cameras. Her is a list of the stolen equipment with serial numbers, please spread the word:

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Nikon will announce three more DSLR cameras in 2012

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

In addition to the D4 and D800, Nikon will announce three more DSLR cameras in 2012. I believe that the new cameras will all be DX models – my vote goes for Nikon D3100, D7000 and D300s replacements. In terms of lenses, I am confident about at least two new DX products:

Posted in Nikon D3200, Nikon D400, Nikon D7100 | 359 Comments

Nikon Capture NX 2.3.1 is out

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

Today Nikon released v2.3.1 of Capture NX ($130). You must install version 2.3.0 before proceeding with version 2.3.1. The new Capture NX version has D4 support and several bugs fixed.

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Voigtländer Color Skopar 28/2.8 SL II N and Heliar Classic 75/1.8 SL II N lenses announced (F mount)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2012
Voigtländer Color Skopar 28/2.8 SL II N lens

It seems that nobody noticed those two new F-mount lenses from Voigtländer that were announced during the CP+ show in Japan last week: Voigtländer Color Skopar 28/2.8 SL II N and Voigtländer Heliar Classic 75/1.8 SL II N (images via DCWatch):   Voigtländer thinks that it is not important to list their new products on their website, so the […]

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