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Weekly Nikon news flash #103

Zeiss is now shipping Compact Prime CP.2 F lenses. Some Nikon mirrorless camera design concepts on flickr. There is a new and redesigned version of the Holga lens for Nikon SLR cameras with an increased level of ‘Holga-ness’: Rare Nikon lens – Nikkor-O 4/2,1 cm for Nikon F, c. 1960 (read more about this lens at nikon.com): Don McCullin’s […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #102

Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM lens (Nikon mount) now in stock. White Nikkor lenses are still available for sale. Nikon India to double its marketing budget, appoints former Miss World Priyanka Chopra as a brand ambassador (some images available here). Apple’s digital camera RAW compatibility update 3.6 addresses some processing issues for the Nikon D7000 […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #101

Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4G lens now in stock. Think Tank Photo is offering 20% on their Speed Demon, Speed Freak and  Speed Racer belt packs. Nikon has scheduled several events at SXSW in Austin. Nikon Coolpix P300 review with sample images (this is the new compact camera with fast f/1.8 aperture). Interesting image comparison between the Fuji X100 and […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #100

This weekend is the 100th week anniversary of the weekly Nikon news flash – I will celebrate it with another giveaway next week. Here are the news for this week: Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens (also available in Nikon mount) gets a focusing scale, red ring and a new lens hood: Nikon Malaysia is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #99

Memory cards deals: Lexar CF 32GB for $119, Lexar SD 16GB for $40/95, SanDisk 32GB SD card for $159.95, SanDisk 16GB SD card for 79.95, Sandisk 8GB SD card for 39.95. This new product from Japan keeps the moisture out of your lenses and cameras – the cartridges have silica gel inside and attach to both […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #98

Nikon filed a patent application in Japan for a sensor cooling fan: The drawings appears to be of a mirrorless camera. FYI: few months Sony issued a statement about their sensor overheating during video recording in the a33 and a55 cameras. <a target=”_blank” href=”http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&#038;pub=5574663212&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5335893884&#038;customid=&#038;icep_item=260737913231&#038;ipn=psmain&#038;icep_vectorid=229466&#038;kwid=902099&#038;mtid=824&#038;kw=lg”>Two gold &#038; crocodile Tokina lenses (F-mount)</a><img style=”text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;” src=”http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&#038;pub=5574663212&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5335893884&#038;customid=&#038;item=260737913231&#038;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]”>for sale on eBay […]

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Nikon turned down Photoshop, D700 price drop, F3 used in the filming of Indiana Jones

This is the last part of this week’s Nikon news/links: Nikonweb.com is one of my favorite Nikon related sites on the Web. They are not a big website, but their articles are unique and worth reading. You may remember my previous reports on the Nikon prototype made by Panasonic or the Nikon digital underwater camera made for the […]

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