Monthly Archives: November 2012

Good deal: Nikon D600 price drop and more

B&H has a pretty good deal on the Nikon D600 right now (this offers ends on November 24th): $100 instant savings Includes free: Lowepro Rezo 170 AW Camera Shoulder Bag, SanDisk 16 GB SDHC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I, Pearstone EN-EL15 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack ($114.83 Total Value) 2% rewards back $300 mail-in rebate with purchase of […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #189

Phottix announced two new batteries for Nikon Cameras: the Titan EN-EL14 battery ($27) is an alternative to the Nikon EN-EL14 (compatible with Nikon P7000/P7100/D3100/D3200/D5100 cameras). The Titan EN-EL15 battery ($35) is identical to the Nikon EN-EL15 (compatible with Nikon D7000/V1/D800/D800E cameras). The Nikon D5200 camera is still not announced in the US, but the first D5200 book is already available for […]

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Upcoming “Beautiful Horror Movie” to demonstrate the capabilities of the Nikon D800

Nikon Attracts Hollywood Talent for its “Beautiful Horror Movie” Program Director Guillermo Arriaga and Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski Create Short Horror Film with the D800 and NIKKOR Lenses MELVILLE, N.Y. – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the launch of its “Beautiful Horror Movie,” a challenge posed to two of the world’s top filmmakers to define the moment when […]

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75 million Nikkor lenses produced

This just in: Total Production of NIKKOR Lenses for Interchangeable Lens Cameras Reaches 75 Million November 15, 2012 TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR lenses* for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached seventy-five million at the beginning of November 2012. Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first NIKKOR […]

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Pimp your Nikon lens with those new camouflage designs

After the the Nikon D4 and Nikon 1, pimpyourcam.com now offers three new camouflage designs for DSLR lenses. Here are the details:

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Dpreview confirms the dust spots issue on the Nikon D600 sensor

In their just published review of the Nikon D600, dpreview did mention the sensor residue issue that was reported also by many [NR] readers:

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Nikon patent for a 55-300mm f/2.8-4 full frame lens

Just a quick update on another Nikon patent filed in Japan for a 55-300mm f/2.8-4 full frame lens that just got published by Egami:

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Nikon patent for adapter that can improve AF when using old Nikkor lenses

Nikon filed patent 2012-215769 in Japan for obtaining a high precision focus when attaching an old Nikkor lens to a digital camera (this solution is probably intended for Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras). The patent describes a high precision AF mount adapter that has a built-in automatic focus adjustment mechanism – the AF is first determined by TTL phase detection and […]

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