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Nikon’s mirrorless F-mount adapter will support AF (plus new video mode specs)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 12, 2011

A quick update on the latest Nikon mirrorless camera specs I posted two days ago: The Nikon-F adaptor for their mirrorless camera will support autofocus with AF-S and AF-I lenses (AF-I is the older integrated autofocus technology before AF-S, read more here). The available mirrorless camera video modes will be: 1928×1080 at 60fps and 30fps plus 1280×760 […]

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Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens patent shows up in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: September 11, 2011

A patent for the 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens showed also up in Japan (see US filing): Patent publication: 2011-175098 Published on September 8, 2011 Filed on February 24, 2010 Focal length: 10.3-97.0mm Aperture: 4.6-5.9 Image height: 8mm Lens length: 128.784mm 9.42x zoom ratio One aspherical element Internal zoom Inner focus VR

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Nikon V1 and J1: the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: September 9, 2011

The two models of the Nikon mirrorless camera will be called Nikon V1 and Nikon J1*. The mockups I posted online I believe are of the V1 model. Both bodies will be identical, except that one will have a self timer LED on the top right and different colors for the lens release button (one will […]

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September 21st Nikon press events confirmed also in France, Germany, Romania, South Africa and China

By [NR] admin | Published: September 9, 2011

In addition to Austria, Italy and Switzerland I have now confirmations for Nikon press events on September 21st in China, France (see above screenshot) and Romania where the event will take place at the National Modern Art Museum in Bucharest. Nikon is really putting a lot of effort into the next announcement. I will repeat again: I do not […]

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Nikon mirrorless camera price estimation

By [NR] admin | Published: September 8, 2011

According to Nikkei (via Reuters) Nikon’s mirrorless camera + lens combo will cost between 70,000 – 100,000 yen or between 900 – 1,300 USD. US prices are usually slightly lower than the MSRP in Japan. For comparison, the Sony NEX-5N, Panasonic G3 and Olympus E-PL3 kits cost $699 each. The Pentax Q costs $799 and Samsung NX200 kit costs $899.

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Reuters Investment Views on the future announcements from Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: September 8, 2011

Reuters published a video about the potential Nikon announcements ahead of the London 2012 Olympics: The analyst also mentioned the upcoming Nikon mirrorless announcement in September (good to see Reuters reporting Nikon rumors).

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More Nikon media events on September 21st, 2011

By [NR] admin | Published: September 7, 2011

After Nikon Austria and Nital (Nikon Italy), there will be also a Nikon press event in Switzerland (available also here. Google translation):

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