Category Archives: Nikon 1

Nikon Mirrorless EVIL camera

More info on the upcoming Nikon 1 products

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2012

Some more details on the upcoming Nikon 1 J2 camera, underwater housing and mirrorless lens:

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New Nikon 1 J2 camera and other mirrorless products to be announced in August

By [NR] admin | Published: August 1, 2012

Nikon is expected to release a new J2 camera (replacement for the Nikon 1 J1) and some new mirrorless accessories, including an underwater housing. The announcement should happen around mid-August. Do not expect any major changes in the spec and design of the J2. At that point I am not sure if there will be also a […]

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Pimp your Nikon 1 camera

By [NR] admin | Published: July 28, 2012

A new website called pimpyourcam.com (some images are NSFW) will soon start selling uniquely designed Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras that will be available at selected retailers at the end of July 2012. You can see more images of various designs on Facebook. Press Release:

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Is Tamron preparing new prime lenses for the Nikon 1 mirrorless system?

By [NR] admin | Published: July 20, 2012

Tamron filed a patent in Japan for several prime lenses designed for a camera with 1″ sensor. Those lenses are probably intended for the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera, unless the new Canon mirrorless camera also has a 1″ sensor.

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New patent indicates the possibility of a Nikon 1 mirrorless lens with f/0.7 aperture

By [NR] admin | Published: May 29, 2012

A new Nikon patent (201298706) filed in Japan indicates the possibility to produce Nikon 1 mirrorless lens with f/0.7 aperture. Nikon was able to achieve f/0.7 by optimizing the aperture diameter, the flange back length and image circle. One of the given examples in this patent was for a 32mm f/1.2 lens.

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Nikon 1 J1 and V1 firmware update v1.12

By [NR] admin | Published: May 8, 2012

Today Nikon announced new firmware update for the mirrorless J1 and V1 cameras. The only fix in this update is for an issue that caused some frames to be duplicated in slow-motion movies recorded at a frame rate setting of 1200 fps.

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Nikon 1 9-25mm f/2.8-5.0 lens patent

By [NR] admin | Published: March 16, 2012

Nikon filed a patent (201253230) in Japan for a 9-25mm f/2.8-5.0 lens (24-68mm equivalent) for Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras:

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