Monthly Archives: October 2012

B&H offers free perks if you buy the Nikon D600 or D800 cameras

Since Nikon introduced their new pricing policy in October 2011, it is really hard to find any good deals on Nikon gear since all retailers are now forced to sell equipment at the same price point. One exception from the rule is that stores can offer bundles valued up to 10% of the price of the product […]

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Nikon patents for 1 Nikkor 10-100mm f/4-5.6 lens and fan accessory for cooling digital cameras

US patent D665005 filed by Nikon is probably for the upcoming 1 Nikkor 10-100mm f/4-5.6 lens. As you can see from the drawings, the controls on the lens are slightly different then the current 1 Nikkor VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-Zoom lens. There seems to be also a new switch on the side:

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New Nikon 1 lenses: 32mm f/1.2, 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 and 10-100mm f/4-5.6

In addition to the Nikon 1 V2 mirrorless camera and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens, on October 24th Nikon will officially announce also the development of three new 1 Nikkor lenses: 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 1 Nikkor 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 1 Nikkor 10-100mm f/4-5.6 In the past two years Nikon has filed at least two patents (2012-185263 and 2012-98706) for a […]

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The new Nikon 70-200mm f/4 lens expected to start shipping at the end of November

The new Nikon 70-200mm f/4 lens that is expected to be announced next week will probably start shipping at the end of November, 2012. The price of the lens is expected to be in the $1,000-$1,300 range (depending on your local currency). I do not have the exact US price yet.

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Nikon Small World photomicrography competition

For 38 years Nikon has been running the Small World photomicrography competition. The Dailymail and Popular Science have published an amazing selection of Small World photographs. The entire gallery can be found here. The deadline for the 2012 competition is April 30th, 2013. The contest now includes also videos. Here is the 2011 video winner – ink injection into […]

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Nikon battery pack compatibility

Nikon published detailed information regarding the compatibility of the current Nikon battery pack models with various SLR cameras:

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Breaking: Nikon 70-200mm f/4 lens with next generation VR to be announced next week

Together with the Nikon 1 V2, on October 24th Nikon will announce also a new 70-200mm f/4 lens that will most likely be the first Nikkor lens with the next generation VR system. This lens has been rumored for a while and was supposed to be announced back in 2010/2011, not sure what caused the […]

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Quick Nikon Coolpix P7700, S01 and 800c hands-on report

A reader sent me a short hands-on report on the latest Nikon Coolpix models: Nikon Coolpix P7700 ($499) The camera WILL NOT turn on if you have the screen closed – for me that’s strange, but Nikon stated that it’s implemented that way in order to prevent incidentally turning the camera on while it’s in […]

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