Monthly Archives: May 2012

Sea&Sea MDX-D800: another underwater housing for Nikon D800 coming soon

This is how the soon to be released Sea&Sea MDX-D800 underwater housing for Nikon D800 will look like. It should be announced this summer with a price tag slightly over $3,000. I have no other details at that point. Check also those D800 underwater housings from Ikelite, Hugyfot, Nauticam and Ikelite.

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Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens mounted on a Nikon D800 (video)

This exotic Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens can actually see behind itself. Watch this video for more information:

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Nikon 1 J1 and V1 firmware update v1.12

Today Nikon announced new firmware update for the mirrorless J1 and V1 cameras. The only fix in this update is for an issue that caused some frames to be duplicated in slow-motion movies recorded at a frame rate setting of 1200 fps.

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Adobe released Camera Raw 7.1 release candidate with Nikon D4/D800 support

With the release of Photoshop CS6, today Adobe announced also Camera Raw 7.1 release candidate with support for: Nikon D4 Nikon D800 Nikon D800E Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Tokina AT-X 107 AF DX Fish-Eye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 (Nikon mount)

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Weekly Nikon news flash #161

New: LensBling from BlackRapid – lens caps for Nikon lenses with the focal length imprinted on the back for easy access. Adobe Photoshop CS6 starts shipping tomorrow. Update: CS6 is now available for purchase on Adobe.com. Adobe released Camera Raw update 6.7 RC with support for Nikon D4, D800 and D800E. New Photomatix 4.2 version released with D4/D800 support. […]

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Amazon UK started canceling Nikon D800 pre-orders due to “restricted supply from the manufacturer” *updated*

Update: Amazon UK started to contact customers with canceled D800 pre-orders to notify them that this was an error and all orders will be reinstated. Today Amazon UK started canceling D800 pre-orders because Nikon has informed them that “D800 is in restricted supply” and “no longer available“. You can read the full text of the sent […]

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Nikon acknowledges the D4/D800 lockup issue, offers temporary fix

In a statement to PDN Online, Nikon USA acknowledged the D4/D800 lockup issue that I reported a month ago (several readers and other websites have reported similar issues). Nikon is currently working on a permanent solution, in the mean time you can turn off both the ‘Highlights’ and ‘RGB Histogram’ display options in order to avoid […]

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Nikon’s US rebates for May 2012 (updated)

The Nikon rebates in the US for this month are not as good as the curent promotions in the UK. Amazon offers up to $150 off when you purchase a qualifying Nikon digital camera (including Nikon 1, D3100 and D7000) and Nikkor lens (see the list of available lenses). Update: The B&H version of the […]

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