Category Archives: Nikon Point and Shoot

Nikon SB-300 flash, 18–140mm f/3.5-5.6G lens, Coolpix L620, S6600 cameras announced

By [NR] admin | Published: August 6, 2013

Nikon officially announced the SB-300 Speedlight, Nikkor AF-S DX 18–140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens and Coolpix L620 and S6600 compact cameras. Detailed coverage of the new products:

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Nikon announcement tonight: new SB-300 flash, 18–140mm f/3.5-5.6G lens, Coolpix L620 and S6600 compact cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2013

In addition to the 18–140mm f/3.5-5.6G DX lens, in few hours Nikon will also announce a new SB-300 flash. The 18–140mm f/3.5-5.6G lens will have 17 elements in 12 groups, 4 stops VR, weight: 490g. The Nikon SB-300 flash will have tiltable head (120°) and guide number of 18. You can see the details at digiarena.e15.cz. There will be […]

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Aptina: compact cameras with 1″ sensor to be announced in early 2014

By [NR] admin | Published: August 3, 2013

Dpreview published an interview with Sandor Barna (Vice President and General Manager at Aptina) where he discussed the future of compact cameras and big sensors. He mentioned that Aptina is working with “their current customers” (Nikon?) and new compact cameras with 1″ sensor are expected to be announced at the beginning of next year:

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Nikon concerned about shrinking compact digital camera market

By [NR] admin | Published: July 21, 2013

Nikon published several new articles discussing their future business plan. In a recent Q&A session, Makoto Kimura (President, Member of the Board) raised his concern on the increasing smart phone market share and shrinking compact camera market: For the Imaging Company, it is crucial that we determine how best to adapt our strategies in response to […]

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Nikon Coolpix P7700 firmware update 1.2

By [NR] admin | Published: May 29, 2013

Nikon released firmware update 1.2 for the Coolpix P7700 compact camera (currently listed for $389). The only modification in this release is: “When shooting with shooting mode set to M (manual) with Flash, and the ISO sensitivity set to Auto, ISO 80-200, ISO 80-400, or ISO 80-800, ISO sensitivity was sometimes not locked at ISO […]

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Nikon Coolpix A camera review

By [NR] admin | Published: May 7, 2013

The Nikon Coolpix A ($1,096.95) was announced in early March, 2013 and it was marketed as the world’s smallest compact camera with a DX sized sensor. A month later Ricoh announced their new GR model which is smaller (Ricoh GR: 4.6×2.4×1.4″/117x61x36mm; Coolpix A: 4.4×2.5×1.6″/111×64.3×40.3mm) and lighter (Ricoh GR: 8.6oz/244g; Coolpix A: 10.6oz/301g) and most importantly $300 cheaper. The shutter on the Coolpix […]

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 released with support for D7100, P330, Coolpix A and more

By [NR] admin | Published: April 3, 2013

Adobe released Lightroom 4.4, Camera Raw 7.4 and DNG Converter 7.4 with support and improvements for several Nikon cameras and F-mount lenses. Download links: Lightroom 4.4: Windows | Mac DNG Converter 7.4: Windows | Mac New camera support for: Nikon 1 J3 Nikon 1 S1 Nikon D7100 Nikon Coolpix A Nikon Coolpix P330

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