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All I got is some Coolpix specs

From what I hear, there will be no “serious” Coolpix camera announced this time: Coolpix S8000 will be the slimmest 10x zoom with HD video available to date Coolpix P100 has a back-illuminated sensor (Nikon’s first?), 26x zoom In the next few weeks before PMA, new compact cameras are expected from Olympus, Ricoh, Panasonic (new […]

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Nikon Coolpix S3000 and Coolpix S8000 will also be announced

In addition to the P100 and L110, Nikon will also announce Coolpix S3000 and Coolpix S8000 cameras. I am still expecting more details in the next few days. I am sorry I keep bringing up compact cameras, but I think this is what the February 3rd announcement will be about. I now strongly believe that […]

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Nikon Coolpix P100, Coolpix L110 expected

Nikon Coolpix P100 (P90 replacement) and Coolpix L110 (L100 replacement) are expected on February 3rd. Those will not be the only Coolpix cameras that will be announced. I will rate this rumor @ 80% today since I expect more details tomorrow. Still no word of DSLR or lenses announcements. Pictures of the current Coolpix models that […]

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Nikon press conference scheduled for February 3rd, 2010

Nikon press conference is scheduled for February 3rd, 2010 – I am saying this with 100% confidence. As I mention before, this time I will not specify the country and location. This date also matches with the expected release of new Coolpix cameras on February 2nd. In the past Nikon has not scheduled press conferences for […]

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New Nikon Coolpix cameras on February 2nd

I know many readers here do not care about Coolpix cameras. I expect that Nikon will deliver at least one unique and innovative point and shoot camera – maybe built-in GPS, email, etc. – they have filed multiple patents applications in this area. The interesting part of this announcement will be the high end Coolpix […]

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Your next Coolpix may be sending/receiving emails (Nikon patent)

Update: Similar camera to the one described in this patent is just to be announced by Samsung. According to patent applications 20090307322 Nikon is thinking about integrating an email client into a point and shoot camera: “A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a […]

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What to expect from Nikon next week

UPDATE: Nikon Germany and Nikon Sweden websites are/were down today. The “Presse” link has some serious errors on nikon.de & nikon.se. Same on nikon-europe.com. Problems with the new press release(s)? Nikon D3s should be a sure thing. This is a collection of the rumored Nikon D3s specs: ISO 200-12800 New ISO range HI-3 at 102,400 ISO […]

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