Monthly Archives: September 2012

Nikon New Zealand got some exciting news coming on Monday

Nikon New Zealand posted on Facebook that they have some exciting news coming on Monday. I don’t think they have the D600 in mind, because the announcement should be on Thursday, September 13 (± 1 day based on your timezone). Maybe NPS will be coming to New Zealand, as some of the comments suggested? Update: this is probably the […]

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Nikon D800 goes to Hollywood

  Nikon USA issued a press release that the Nikon D800 camera has been used in the shooting of the television series “Wilfred” and “Dexter” by the TV networks FX and Showtime:

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Two new lenses with Nikon F mount: Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 and Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC

Two new lenses with Nikon F mount got announced today: Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC

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Nikon D4/D800 in stock, D800E still hard to find

Before we start tracking the D600, here is a quick in-stock update on the Nikon D4/D800/D800E cameras. The D4 and D800 are freely available in most retailers, but the D800E is still hard to get:

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New for Photokina: Zeiss Distagon T* 55mm f/1.4 ZF.2 lens

Zeiss will announce a new Distagon 55mm f/1.4 ZF.2 lens (Nikon mount) at Photokina. The lens will be available for sale in the second half of 2013. Zeiss already has two 50mm lenses in their lineup: Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZF.2 and Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZF.2 (check this comparison of seven 50mm prime lenses for Nikon F-mount). The company also announced plans to produce lenses […]

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Nikon press conference in Thailand on September 13th

If anyone still has a doubt about the Nikon announcement on September 13, here is the invitation from Nikon Thailand: “Nikon Sales Thailand Co.,Ltd pleased to invite the media attended the press conference Thursday, September 13, 2012.”

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Nikon NEF Codec v1.15.0 released

Another software update: Nikon NEF Codec v1.15.0 is now available for download and includes support for the latest Nikon 1 J2 camera (Windows only). Nikon NEF Codec makes Nikon RAW (.NEF) files as easy to work in a Windows environment (similar to JPEG and TIFF images).

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