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Nikon Mirrorless EVIL camera

This was it for 2010

By [NR] admin | Published: December 9, 2010

A year ago today, Nikon announced the 300mm f/2.8 VRII lens. In the past, there was never a new product announcement past this date (in 2008, the Nikon D3x was introduced on November 30th, 2008). I think Nikon is done for this year – it is too late now to bring out anything new right before […]

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Nikon’s latest patent: a rotating mount

By [NR] admin | Published: December 7, 2010

Nikon filed a patent application in Japan for a rotating mount that will allow for a quick and easy switch between portrait and landscape mode. The camera body will basically rotate around the lens at 90°. It is not clear from the patent drawings above, but in order for this to work, the sensor must rotate with […]

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Is this the new Nikon EVIL camera? *updated*

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2010

This camera was displayed at the Nikon Sapporo Showroom and the picture was just posted on DCHome forum. Is this the new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera from Nikon? The lens appears to be a 18-55mm. There is a also another gadget on the back – maybe a small Flip-like video cam (Nikon had few patents in the […]

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Patent application reveals new drawings of a Nikon mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2010

Japanese patent application (2010-250149) contains some drawings of the upcoming Nikon mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The news here is the flash (#14) which was not present in previous drawings (see here, here and here):

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Nikon’s Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera could be announced at CES 2011

By [NR] admin | Published: November 1, 2010

The latest rumor is that Nikon’s Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera will be announced at CES 2011 (January 6-9, 2011). It is not typical for manufacturers to announce high end photography gear at CES (Consumer Electronics Show). If this rumor turns out to be true, expect the Nikon EVIL camera to be a consumer product (not […]

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What is “Nikon Q750”?

By [NR] admin | Published: October 19, 2010

An internal message was distributed to all Best Buy stores indicating that the delivery dates for three different products is to be determined. One of those product was labeled as “Nikon Q750”: “The delivery date is to be determined for the: Nikon S8100 Canon 60D Nikon Q750″ I am 100% positive that this message is […]

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Nikon mirrorless camera talk continues

By [NR] admin | Published: September 29, 2010

After the DigiTimes article and the interview with Tetsuro Goto, Focus-Numerique (in English) published their own post-Photokina interview with Tôru Uematsu (Marketing Manager, Nikon Europe). After some Q&A about 3D, AF speed, megapixels count and EVF, the mirrorless camera question was inevitable: Q: Your president, Makoto Kimura, has announced something in that sense [Mirrorless system by Nikon], didn’t he? (referring […]

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