Monthly Archives: September 2013

Nikon announcement in the next two days: new Nikon 1 rugged camera

I received some information that Nikon will be having a world-wide announcement this Thursday, September 19th (the official press release should be out around midnight tomorrow, Wednesday EST). The new product was described to me as a “Nikon 1 rugged camera”. This is most likely the previously rumored underwater camera that will be part of the Nikon 1 product line, […]

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New price drops on refurbished Nikon gear

Several new price drops on refurbished Nikon products (all include a full 1 year warranty): Refurbished product Old price New price Price drop Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR ED lens (refurbished) 529.00 519.00 -10.00 Nikon D3 DSLR camera body (refurbished) 2899.95 2849.95 -50.00 Nikkor PC-E 24mm f/3.5 D ED lens (refurbished) 1699.95 1599.95 -100.00 Nikkor […]

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Nikon USA removed D600 and D5100 from their MAP list

As of September 14th Nikon USA removed the D600 and D5100 cameras from their MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) list. This means that US dealers can now sell those two models at any price they wish and will not be punished for that. Nikon is trying to clean inventory for the upcoming D610 and D5300 cameras. The D5100 is already officially […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #231

   New: Rogue Safari DSLR pop-up flash booster. Not a surprise, but now it’s official: the old Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D lens is listed as discontinued.    There were three memory cards announcements last week: new Lexar four bay USB 3.0 reader hub | SanDisk 256GB Extreme Pro CF card (160MB/S) | SanDisk CFast 2.0 (450 MB/s)     Nikon Europe is […]

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Guest post: Smoke Photography

This guest post on smoke photography is by Paul Bonnichsen: Fall photography brings photographers out in droves, but as winter approaches the majority of photographers pack their cameras away until spring. I somewhat fell into this pattern for many years except that my commercial photography continues year around. My life and photography changed two years ago when I viewed my […]

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Are those the new Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras?

      I guess this week will be dominated by patents and guests posts… First, few patents (USD682338, USD684203 and USD683779) that show different Nikon 1 camera designs. Could those be the new set of Nikon 1 cameras that will be announced in the next few months? All three patents were filed on March 6th, 2012. Maybe the […]

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Guest post: Into the Arctic – Nikon D800E field test

Today Jonathan Björklund (website | Facebook) will share his experiences shooting with the Nikon D800E in the Arctic (click on image for larger view):

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