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ASML and Zeiss win the patent lawsuit filed by Nikon

Last year Nikon sued ASML and Carl Zeiss over patented semiconductor lithography technology. The court in The Hague dealing with intellectual property has ruled that ASML and Zeiss have not violated any Nikon patents:

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New firmware updates for the Nikon Df, D810, D610 and Coolpix cameras

Nikon released the second batch of firmware update fixes for the timezone issue (see the first batch here): The SETUP MENU > Time zone and date > Time zone display now shows only the names of major cities in the currently selected zone. (DSLR) The display when Home time zone or Travel destination is selected […]

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Nikon price increase in Europe

After the last price increase in the UK, Nikon will also increase their prices in the rest of  Europe. I received multiple reports about it, but I am not sure if the price increase already happened or if it’s about to happen. Check the latest Nikon EU prices at Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon ES | […]

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In memoriam David Douglas Duncan

Some readers are probably not aware that photographer David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018) made the Nikon and Nikkor brand names known all over the world when he was covering the Korean war in 1950: “Mr. Duncan shot in black and white, with lightweight Leica cameras and Nikkor lenses, made by the Japanese company Nikon, that he […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #474

→ New eBay coupon code: get 10% off select purchases of $25+ with coupon code “PERFECT10” (ends: Sunday, June 10th at 11:59 PM PST). → Still no news on the Lexar XQD memory cards – the new batch was supposed to ship in June (Lexar XQD listings removed from Adorama, listed as discontinued at B&H). […]

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Photographing Japanese food with a Nikon D750

Photographing Japanese food with a Nikon D750 by Vincent from cecj2.com: I’m Vincent from Paris, France and I created the website cecj2.com in 2008 about Japanese restaurants. As a semi-professional food blogger, I have read many books and articles on how to take food pictures. A tripod, a long distance lens (85mm at least) and a […]

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New Nikon Coolpix A1000 camera registered online *UPDATED*

Nikon registered a new Coolpix A1000 camera with bluetooth.com. The new model will have built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This could either be the long-rumored P900 replacement or a Coolpix A300 replacement. Update: the upcoming A1000 will be a replacement for the current Nikon Coolpix A900 camera. I completely forgot about this model:

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