Monthly Archives: March 2014

[NR] exclusive: Nikon D4s high ISO/low light comparison with D4, D3s, D800E and D600 cameras

Terry Hansen did a very extensive and detailed high ISO/low light comparisons between the Nikon D4s (including RAW and small RAW files) and the D4, D3s, D600, D800E cameras. In this post I have included only the samples from ISO 6,400 and above, since this is the range where most readers will be interested to see the […]

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Nikon awarded $14.5 million from Sigma in VR patent infringement lawsuit

The Tokyo district court ordered Sigma to pay 1.5 billion JPY (around 14.5 million dollars) compensation to Nikon as a result of the patent infringement case for lenses with VR technology that was filed back in 2011. The lawsuit was based on six Sigma lenses with image stabilization technology. Initially Nikon was looking for a compensations of 12 billion […]

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What to expect from Nikon in the next few months

This is an updated post on what to expect from Nikon in the next few months: Nikon 1 V3 A new Nikon 1 V3 camera will be announced this week. On several occasions in the past Nikon confirmed that they are still committed to their mirrorless line, even after disappointing sales from Europe and the US. Here are the rumored […]

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon D400, Nikon D7200, Nikon D810, Nikon Lenses | Tagged , , | 133 Comments

Surprise: Nikon D4s is not the best low light camera according to DxOMark

DxOMark published their results for the Nikon D4s camera. The surprise (at least for me) is that the Nikon Df still has a better overall low light performance (3279 vs. 3074 for the D4s). For now the Nikon Df is still the “Lord of Darkness“. Here are few more D4s comparisons with various Nikon and […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #254

→ Nikon filed another patent in Japan for a modular DSLR camera. → Pentax Multi Mount is a replacement mount plate that allows you to use Nikon F-mount lenses on Pentax DSLR cameras. → Six different Tamron lenses currently have a $100 rebate (valid till the end of March). All current rebate are listed here.

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Nikon 35mm f/1.8G full frame lens review

Riccardo Serra will share his first impressions from the new Nikon 35mm f/1.8G full frame lens ($596.95): Few days ago I got one of the first production samples of the new Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G FX lens. I’ve been dreaming of this lens since I bought my D700 in April 2012 and I was eager to give […]

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Nikon D4 vs. D4s high ISO comparison

Update: here is a much more detailed hight ISO comparison between several full frame Nikon cameras. A reader did some quick high ISO comparisons between the Nikon D4 and D4s cameras and sent me few screenshots (available also on flickr). I have another comparison coming in the next few days. I have long benefited from and […]

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