Category Archives: Nikon Flashes

Recap

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2010

In addition to the Coolpix cameras announcement on September 8th, this is a recap of what is rumored to be announced on September 15th: Nikon D7000: 100% viewfinder Dual SD memory card slots Magnesium-alloy body 16.2MP CMOS sensor (DX) Expeed 2 1080 HD video @24p | 720 @30p (not sure about those) 20 min video […]

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The missing link: Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4 lens and a new Speedlight SB-650

By [NR] admin | Published: September 2, 2010

Continuation on my previous post from last week: the missing lens and flash for the September 15th announcement will be a new AF-S 35mm f/1.4 lens and a new Speedlight SB-650 that will replace the current SB-600 model. This is in addition to the D7000 DSLR and the 200mm f/2 refresh. The release of the Zeiss […]

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Nikon may announce a new flash and a second lens before Photokina

By [NR] admin | Published: August 26, 2010

In addition to the D7000, the new 200mm f/2 lens and the P7000, Nikon may announce a new Speedlight and a second lens before Photokina. I do not have any details, but the flash could be a replacement of the SB-600 (you probably remember those SB-600 being discontinued reports) but it could also be a replacement of the […]

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I am almost ready to say “it has begun”

By [NR] admin | Published: July 14, 2010

I am almost ready to say “it has begun”, I just need to verify few more things and go through some translations. Stay tuned! Here are just two of the reports I got in the past 24hr: “I work for a big retailer in ***. Today all stores have been told to remove demo Nikon D90 […]

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Another Nikon SB-600 being discontinued story

By [NR] admin | Published: March 31, 2010

CompUSA currently doesn’t have the Nikon SB-600 listed on their website. I called them up and the SB-600 is not listed in their inventory system. On the phone they could not confirm whether the SB-600 is discontinued or they just dropped it from their catalog. Here is a live support chat session that I found […]

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New TTL flash gun trigger for Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: November 22, 2009

Strobist reports about a new TTL remote for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The “speculations” came from the Strobist flickr group. Here are specs: TR-331 is using FSK 2.4GHz frequency channel, 15 specific channels . Operating distance range is 65M or above. The display is protected by coating; it’s not easy to get scratch. LCD is […]

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Nikon SB-700

By [NR] admin | Published: August 31, 2009

Alibaba is selling digital camera flash tubes for Nikon SB-700 flash unit: At the same time you can make a search for any unreleased Nikon model on this site and you will find several matches: Nikon D800, Nikon D400, etc. The flash tubes however could be real.

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More Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2009

More Nikon patent applications became public in the past few days. Here is what I found to be interesting : Illuminating device for photographing and camera – a LED based flash? “An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting elements with axes of illuminating light fluxes from the plurality of light emitting elements different […]

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