Monthly Archives: February 2012

Nikon will announce three more DSLR cameras in 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:

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Nikon Capture NX 2.3.1 is out

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)

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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Nikon SB-910 vs. Nikon SB-900: Speedlight overheat test by Cary Jordan

  Nikon SB-910 Vs. Nikon SB-900: Speedlight Overheat Test by Cary Jordan (Web | Flickr | Personal FB page |The Jordan Collective’s FB Page | Twitter) When the Nikon SB-910 Speedlight was announced, it brought-forth the promise of fixing the Nikon SB-900’s one serious flaw: Overheating issues. The SB-900 is a great flashgun, but for some photographers in the event and wedding photography […]

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Amazon estimates the Nikon D800 delivery date for January 2013 *UPDATED*

Amazon sent out an email to everyone who has a Nikon D800/E pre-order with an estimated arrival dates of January 2013. This is obviously an error in their system, probably caused by the large number of pre-orders in a short period of time. I expect the Nikon D800 to start shipping in the second half of March […]

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64-bit Nikon ViewNX v2.3.0 and Wireless Transmitter Utility v1.3.0 released

Today Nikon released new versions of ViewNX (v2.3.0) and Wireless Transmitter Utility (1.3.0). Some of the ViewNX changes are added support for Nikon D800, D4 and 64-bit support.

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Nikon D800 updates

Amazon UK is now taking pre-orders for the Nikon D800. Delivery date is listed as March 26th, 2012. According to Yodobashi camera (Japan) the Nikon D800 will start shipping on March 22nd, the D800E on April 12, 2012:

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