Monthly Archives: August 2012

Nikon D800 + Nikon D7000 = Nikon D600

The German magazine Fotomagazin has a special Photokina report that includes also a new front view image of the Nikon D600. The picture is probably photoshopped, but it’s a very close representation of how the real D600 will look. You can see the entire article here (in German) – the text is just a repetition of what I have been reporting in the past few […]

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Nikon 800mm f/5.6 lens detailed specs and price *updated*

The new Nikon 800mm f/5.6 lens is listed on a Swiss online store with a price of CHF 9937 (around USD 10,200). The site has also some additional specs that were not made official yet:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #174

The latest issue of the Italian Nikon Magazine has an ad from a local retailer that includes a Nikon D600 camera – probably just a cheap marketing trick: the pictured camera is a D800 which looks nothing like the already leaked D600. New instant savings on Lexar Pro CF & SD media cards. More Sigma […]

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More info on the upcoming Nikon 1 products

Some more details on the upcoming Nikon 1 J2 camera, underwater housing and mirrorless lens:

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Is this the top LCD screen of the Nikon D600?

Could this be the top LCD screen of the Nikon D600? SD card slot Wi-Fi support GPS support HDR 51 focus point (previous rumors indicated 39 AF points) Full frame camera because it has vignet control and DX crop mode The image was found on the Facebook page of a photographer in Thailand.

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The latest Nikon lens patents

Nikon patent application 20120182617 is for a 300mm f/4 with VR. The interesting part is that the overall length of the lens is relatively short ~ 190mm (around 7.5 in.) with back focus – so real length would be ~150 mm, much shorter than the existing 300/f4 (222.5mm/8.8 in): In the patent calculations one of the surfaces is marked as […]

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for July 2012

         These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for July 2012:

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First preview/samples of the new Nikon 800mm f/5.6 lens

Leon Neal got the chance to use the new Nikon 800mm f/5.6 lens at the 2012 Olympics. Read the preview report with sample images on his blog.

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