Monthly Archives: June 2012

Announcement day: 70 Million Nikkor lenses produced

By [NR] admin | Published: June 14, 2012

As previously reported, today Nikon announced that total production of Nikkor lenses for interchangeable lens cameras reached 70 Million:

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Some fresh Nikon D400 rumors

By [NR] admin | Published: June 13, 2012

Nasim Mansurov posted on his blog a list of Nikon D400 specifications that he received from a good source. At that point I have no reliable information on the D400 and I am not sure if this camera will make sense if Nikon upgrades the D7000 and releases a low priced full frame DSLR (D600). Keep in mind that the […]

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Nikon D800 in stock at BestBuy right now

By [NR] admin | Published: June 12, 2012

BestBuy appears to have Nikon D800 in stock right now. The estimate arrival time is 1 day. BestBuy have displayed wrong in-stock information in the past and have also canceled pre-orders. As aways, buyer beware.

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Two new Nikon lenses on June 28th? *updated*

By [NR] admin | Published: June 12, 2012
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens

Update: The initially reported June 28th date is actually the release/on-sale date for the two new lenses according to digicame-info, the announcement should happen earlier. According to digicame-info.com, Nikon will announce their new 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 and 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses on June 28th, 2012. The previously rumored June 15th announcement will probably be for the 70 […]

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Coming soon: 70 Million Nikkor lenses produced

By [NR] admin | Published: June 11, 2012

Nikon will soon mark their 70 million Nikkor lenses milestone. It took Nikon 6 months to produce 5 Million lenses in 2011 (65 Million lenses were announced in October 2011; the 60 million milestone was in April, 2011). The official press release will probably come out with the new Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 VR full frame lens, maybe this Friday.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #166

By [NR] admin | Published: June 10, 2012

Underwater camera case for Nikon 1 J1/V1 found on eBay. Pixel will be coming with a cheaper battery grip for the Nikon D800 (the original MB-D12 costs $449). Nikon Japan issued a second statement on the high demand for D800/D800E cameras (first statement was released back in April): “D800 D800E is, after the date of announcement of […]

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Nikon files patent for in-camera panning feature

By [NR] admin | Published: June 8, 2012

Nikon filed a patent 201294984 in Japan for a new panning feature that will combine a high shutter speed image of the main subject and a low shutter speed image of the background:

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