I have scheduled several guest posts for this week. Nikon related news/rumors will pick up at the end of July when we will start approaching the pre-Photokina announcement time. The first guest post is from Steven Hyatt who had the chance to photofraph birds of prey in a studio environment with the Nikon D800 and Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VRII […]
For all German readers: Amazon.de currently has the Nikon D800 in stock.
After months of having only DX equipment in the US Nikon instant rebate program, we finally have some discounts on full frame gear: Save $200 when you purchase the Nikon D4 with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G or 70-200mm f/2.8G lens Save $200 when you purchase the Nikon D800 with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G or 70-200mm f/2.8G lens Save $200 […]
Today’s in-stock updates – Nikon D800 is currently in stock at: Samy’s Camera BestBuy OneCall Cameta Camera Amazon US Amazon DE Amazon UK Jessops (UK) Nikon D800E is now in stock at BestBuy. Nikon D4 is currently in stock at: Amazon J&R OneCall Cameta Camera Samy’s Camera Jessops (UK)
Nikon released new lens distortion control data with a new firmware update for the D90, D3100, D3200, D5000, D5100, D7000, D4, D800 and D800E cameras. This was probably the rumored firmware update I reported last week. The L firmware update provides corrections for lens barrel and pincushion distortions. You can see the complete list of supported […]
Few weeks ago the Nikon D800 got the highest DxOMark score of 95 (Nikon D4 scored 89, D3200 scored 81). Today DxOMark released the test results for the Nikon D800E with a total overall score of 96 (1 point higher than the D800). Here is another D800E comparison with the D3200 and the full frame […]
Update: Amazon UK lowered the Nikon D800 price to £2,399.00 (now £200 off). As previously reported, Amazon UK did receive a large shipment of Nikon D800 cameras and currently has them in stock for £2,499 (£100 off). FYI: Play.com (UK) has been canceling D800 pre-orders in the past few days.
Nikon is expected to release a second D800 firmware update as early as this week (not sure about the exact date). Some of the potential fixes are: Nikon Japan acknowledged the D800 wireless flash trigger problem and offered a work around – this usually means that a fix will be provided with the next firmware update. There are some rumors that Nikon may […]
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