Monthly Archives: January 2014

Nikon is still committed to their mirrorless and Coolpix cameras

In a recent interview with AP, Nikon ensured their commitment to the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera system: Despite the challenging market, Nikon says it remains committed to the CSC format. ‘I think you can say from the launch of the AW version of the Nikon 1 that we are committed to investing in what could be seen […]

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Interesting: Lexar XQD memory cards listed as discontinued *UPDATED*

The 32GB and 64GB Lexar XDQ Pro 1100x memory cards are currently listed as discontinued at B&H. Lexar’s XQD cards were just one year old. During the 2014 CES the company did not introduce any new XQD models, but they announced the world’s fastest CFast 2.0 memory card that can reach read transfer speeds up to 500MB/s and capacities up […]

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Nikon lens production reached 85 million

Nikon announced the production of 85 million Nikkor lenses. This time it took them almost seven months to produce 5 million lenses (compared to 5 months back in 2012): 65 million lenses in October 2011 70 million lenses in June 2012 75 million lenses in November 2012 80 million lenses in June 2013 Press release:

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Rewind: Nikon D4s specifications

It seems that many readers have missed my previous post with the rumored Nikon D4s camera specifications, so I am posting them again:

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More Nikon Coolpix cameras to be announced: AW120, P600, P340, S9600 and S9700

The Indonesian Communication Agency has filings for several new Coolpix cameras: AW120, P600, P340, S9600 and S9700. The AW120 will update the current waterproof AW110, the P340 will replace the P330, the S9600 and S9700 will be new entry level cameras (similar to the Coolpix S9500). The P600 seems to be a replacement for the P520 as […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #246

→ The new Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM lens for Nikon is available for pre-order. → Price drop: Pro Optic 85mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon is now $249 (from $319). → New Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G lens (grey market) for sale on eBay for $1,623.93. The same reseller still has Nikon D800 cameras for $2,332.82. → The Russian […]

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CES 2014: Nikon captures 3D model of a person and inserts it into a video game

  The 2014 CES  is now over. On the show’s floor Nikon had a 64 cameras setup for creating detailed 3D model of a person that was later inserted into a video game. The clips you are seeing are not post processed and are not displayed at full resolution. The total image size from the 64 cameras […]

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Nikon is still working on a D4 fix when using SanDisk 160MB/s and Sony XQD memory cards

  Few months ago I reported that there is an issue (error message) when using Nikon D4 cameras with any of the SanDisk Extreme Pro CF 160MB/s and Sony XQD S memory cards at the same time. In a recent response to a reader’s email, Nikon confirmed that they are working on a solution (most likely a firmware […]

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