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Nikon Mirrorless EVIL camera

Nikon’s President comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera again

By [NR] admin | Published: July 12, 2010

In an interview with Pen News Weekly, Nikon’s president Makoto Kimura made few more comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera from Nikon (see the previous interview, where he dropped the bomb about an upcoming Nikon mirrorless concept): Nikon plans to retain its “top position” in the DSLR market and create an “entirely new domain” at […]

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It’s Nikon patents Friday!

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

Update on the latest patents applications from Nikon – this is a long post, make sure you “read more”. First, the patent applications from Japan (no direct links possible) – the first set of patents appears to be for the upcoming EVIL system: Patent application 2010-054660 – “To provide a camera for reliably closing a […]

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Nikon plans new concept camera as early as this year

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

Update: Nikon is planing to ship this new camera “as early as this fiscal year”. The Nikon fiscal year end on March 2011. I am away from my computer for the next few hours but you can read the whole article at Bloomberg: “The new concept model will probably have an enhanced function for video […]

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Nikon: “we considered a variety of so-called mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras”

By [NR] admin | Published: June 27, 2010

This is from the Q & A session for Nikon’s medium term management plan that just got published online: Q: What can you tell us about the new-generation digital cameras? A: Although we considered a variety of so-called mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras for the digital SLR camera market, we discern the appropriate timing for the […]

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Nikon EVIL patents from Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: May 30, 2010

This could be the future Nikon EVIL mount: The Japanese patent website is a mess. I cannot link directly to the individual patents, in addition the text is computer translated. Here is the main description of Nikon patent 2010-044203 which defines an electronic mount contact system for an EVIL camera (electronic viewfinder mirrorless interchangeable lens): […]

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The latest Nikon rumors

By [NR] admin | Published: May 27, 2010

This information is from a new source, I have no way to verify the validity of this info: Nikkor 135mm f/2 AF-S G N VRII Both f/1.8 and f/2 versions prototyped No DC feature – apparently most of the subtlety regarding the feature in the existing can be replicated in post. No word what so […]

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Nikon D90: updated “in the near future”, firmware update not possible

By [NR] admin | Published: April 11, 2010

Another interview with a Nikon executive (Nabuaki Sasagaki, General Manager, Marketing Department of Nikon Imaging Japan) by Focus-Numerique. His answer on the Nikon D90 replacement (Google translated): “Before the D90 there was no demand for a video recording feature on DSLR. Since it became a standard and we receive many requests for improvements. It is therefore very […]

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