Monthly Archives: May 2014

Weekly Nikon news flash #261

→ Four TIPA awards for Nikon in 2014: ‘Best D-SLR Entry-level’ to the Nikon D3300, ‘Best D-SLR Professional’ to the Nikon D4S, ‘Best Rugged Camera’ to the Nikon 1 AW 1 and ‘Best Premium Camera’ to the Nikon Df. → The user’s manual for the delayed Nikon WR-1 wireless remote controller ($549.95) is now available online. […]

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Nikon’s Video Remote Control System from 1962

In 1962 Nikon produced the Video Remote Control System that could capture images on film and record video signal. This was a combination of a still and video camera into one (similar to the modern DSLRs today). The system even had an early type of ‘live view’ system with 800-line high-resolution 2:1 interlaced closed-circuit television system:

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NikonRumors is 6 years old

I almost forgot – yesterday NikonRumors.com turned 6 years old – the first blog post went live on May 1st, 2008 (you can see more old [NR] screenshots at web.archive.org). Since then we had another 3,535 posts and 336,949 comments! Stay tuned – we will have an interesting Photokina summer ahead of us and thanks for […]

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for April 2014

    These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for April 2014:

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Nikon answers questions about the new Capture NX-D software

Nikon answered several question regarding their new Capture NX-D software (you can give Nikon your feedback or ask a question here):

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