Monthly Archives: February 2014

The Benefits of Personal Work

Today’s guest post “The Benefits of Personal Work” is written by Sean Afnan (Website | Facebook | Twitter): Until recently I was, like many readers of this site, an enthusiastic amateur with an expensive hobby. Occasionally my photography earned me a little extra income. But when it did, I would reinvest the proceeds into new gear. There […]

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Nikon’s history in pictures: from the Nikon 1 rangefinder to the D70s DSLR

A reader sent me this history of Nikon poster that contains all cameras from the original Nikon 1 rangefinder to the D70s DSLR. Enjoy:

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Nikon booth at the 2014 CP+ show in Japan

The 2014 CP+ show is already ongoing in Japan and the Nikon D4s is (again) on display under thick glass. Here are few pictures from the Nikon booth sent by Glenn (see also his flickr stream):

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Nikon D4s is not discontinued

After Adorama, B&H also took down their D4s listings (with a D4s picture) after it has been online for over a month (initially reported on January 9th). This morning my inbox was full with emails from readers asking me what is going on. The camera is obviously not discontinued – this was just a glitch in […]

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Nikon D4s listed at Adorama as a 24MP camera

Adorama lists the Nikon D4s camera with a 24MP sensor, 11 fps and 51 points AF system. Update: the listing is now removed. I believe this was a mistake – I expect the D4s to have the same 16MP sensor from the D4. The camera was listed to include:

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Samyang to start producing autofocus (AF) lenses

A quick update from PhotoRumors: Samyang will start producing autofocus (AF) lenses.

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New design patent reveals Nikon 1 mirrorless camera with a red swoosh and a Df aperture dial

There have been many Nikon 1 design patents published in the past few years (this one just came out last week), but the camera drawing above is slightly different because it incorporates the famous red swoosh and the aperture dial from the Nikon Df. New Nikon 1 lenses and an improved V3 model should be announced any day […]

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Nikon D2300 and Nikon Coolpix P8000 camera rumors

The rumors about a Coolpix camera with 1″ sensor and a new compact (sub-D3x00) DSLR line are really nothing new, but now I got some more details on those two products: Nikon D2300 World’s smallest DSLR camera (small like the Canon Rebel SL1) There is a possibility that the D2300 will be the first DSLR-like […]

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