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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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Weekly Nikon related news/links #97 (incl. new DxOMark F-mount Zeiss lens test data)

Voigtländer announced a new SL II Heliar Classic 1,8/75mm lens with Nikon mount: Another Nikon 300mm f/2.0 lens for sale in Germany. No more free lunch – Nikon Switzerland will discontinue its free sensor cleaning service on June 1st, 2011. The first Nikon D3s price drop also comes from Switzerland. In the US the price of […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #96

Sigma dropped the price of their 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM (Nikon mount) lens to $1,399 (from $1699). Kenko will provide a Nikon F mount adapter for their t new interchangeable lenses digital camera (C-mount). New version v1.1 of the free Nikontrol 3K is out (discussed previously here). DIY GPS tracking for Nikon DSLR with Android phone. Nikon […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #95

Those are the Nikon related links from last week: Another report from a store in Belgium  (email sent to customers) that the Nikon D700 is discontinued. I received similar report from a major US retail chain that is currently out of stock and have no future plans on ordering new D700 units. Nikon rebates are expiring at the end […]

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #94

PocketWizard MiniTT1 & FlexTT5 now shipping in the US. B&H has the FlexTT5 in stock (update: sold out now). Nikon 135mm f/2.0D AF DC lens is now in stock. What is this: Bausch and Lomb Baltar 75mm f/2.3 modified Nikon AF

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