Category Archives: Nikon Flashes

Nikon SB-600 discontinued?

By [NR] admin | Published: April 2, 2009

Yes, according to Amazon – “Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes“ Update: Amazon removed the “Discontinued by manufacturer: yes” text from the Nikon SB-600 listings.

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Amazon stopped taking pre-orders, Adorama still is (Nikon 35mm f/1.8G DX)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 13, 2009

Amazon stopped taking pre-orders for the new Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX lens. The good news is that now Adorama has it on their website for pre-order: Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX from Adorama.

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Online petition

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2008

Nikon’s latest DVD Creative Lighting System (hands-on guide) is only available in the US. A reader from Canada contacted Nikon on this matter and this is the response he got: Hello xxxx, … It is not that Nikon Canada won’t sell the DVD, we can’t sell it as we do not have distribution rights. … […]

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New flash?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2008

The Australian web site that posted info about the Nikon event on December 1st, has an update in their what’s new section: New flash? SB-700? Maybe they just have a good sense of humor.

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New firmware for Nikon SB-900 released

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2008

As reported earlier, the SB-900 firmware update was released in Europe (this is the NPS email sent in Europe): New firmware for SB-900 Today we release a new firmware for the SB-900 speedlight. Firmware update is performed via a CF card and the flash mounted on a D3, D700 or a D300 (FW 1.10). For […]

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Nikon school speedlight educational DVD

By [NR] admin | Published: November 14, 2008

Nikon School Speedlight Educational DVD is now available for purchase. You can see a preview of the DVD here.

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Nikon SB-900 Firmware update coming soon

By [NR] admin | Published: November 5, 2008

According to a Nikon rep, we should soon see a new firmware update for the SB-900 flash unit. The new firmware is suppose to have a fix for the temperature cut-off problem. This problem was reported on several forums already – basically the thermal cut-off is set too low and the flash can be cut-off […]

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Nikon drops SB-800 flash

By [NR] admin | Published: October 27, 2008

Thom Hogan has noted on his web site that Nikon SB-800 flash is now officially discontinued and Nikon USA has canceled all dealer back orders. Few weeks ago Best Buy was cleaning up its inventory and was selling the SB-800 dirt cheap – in some locations for $200. Quick online check shows that Amazon still […]

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