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Weekly Nikon news flash #182

   What’s up with the price of the Nikon 1 V1 mirrorless camera? It now costs less than the J1. The Android based Nikon Coolpix S800c camera is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock at Amazon. New Metz flash with touchscreen announced (compatible with Nikon i-TTL/BL). More Nikons in space. Images from NASA on flickr. Adobe […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #181

Apples’s iPhoto 1.1 for iOS can now support  36.5MP image files (D800). Nikon Camera Control Pro version 2.12.0 released. Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM lens leaked at Photokina presentation. SanDisk will not produce XQD memory cards. Dpreview interview with Nikon representative at Photokina. Nikon patent for focus peaking (focus peaking was also discussed in […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #180

More Nikon cameras in space. See all images in NASA’s flickr account. Deal: refurbished Nikon 1 J1 camera with 10-30mm lens for $329 (available also in red and white) Nikon reopened Service Center Fukuoka, Japan. From the LOL files: this Nikon 1 J1 camera comes with a built-in PC (4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, Intel Core […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #179

Voigtländer 28mm f/2.8 Color Skopar SLII lens (Nikon mount) is now available for pre-order. Mosaic Engineering now offers VAF-D800 anti-aliasing/anti-moiré filter for Nikon D800. Nikon D7000 price drop on Amazon Germany: €789 from €849 (at one point the price was €769). Che Guevara’s Nikon camera. Picture taken by a reader in a small museum at the “Cabaña” in […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #178

The “original Nikon 1 camera” selling for $32,000 on eBay. This is the first image of the upcoming Samyang 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift lens which will most likely come also with a Nikon F mount. Check out this rare Nikkor CRT 58mm f/1.0 lens at the Shinjuku camera fair. There could only be 6 of those lenses in existence DxO Optics Pro […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #177

BlackRapid LensBling rear cap for Nikon lenses now available at Adorama. Here is a glimpse of the new Nikon instant rebates for September. New Nikon 1 lens adapter for Micro Four Thirds lenses from Kenko. New industrial lens from Nikon: Rayfact VF 91.7mm f/4 /5.6/8 (used for visual inspections). Nikon released v1.2.0 of the Short Movie Creator. Short Movie Creator can […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #176

  The president of Nikon UK Michio Miwa will be leaving the company at the end of September “to take up another assignment”. The Better Business Bureau has a F rating for Nikon Inc. Nikon UK announced as camera sponsor of Reading Festival. Smart Shooter v.2.0 is out with D4 and D800 support (remote camera control and […]

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