Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon’s “Tanken Camera” prototype designed for shooting insects

By [NR] admin | Published: September 28, 2019

Nikon made a prototype camera for kids called “Exploration Camera” (たんけんカメラ) designed for shooting insects. It’s not yet decided whether it’s going to be a real product:

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Updated list of registered but not yet officially announced Nikon cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: September 27, 2019

Here is an updated list of registered but not yet officially announced Nikon cameras:

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Nikon, Leica and Olympus will not take part in the next 2020 Photokina show

By [NR] admin | Published: September 17, 2019

Photokina sent out an email (in German language) indicating that Nikon, Leica and Olympus will not be part of the next 2020 Photokina show. Here is the English translation (udpated with original press text): “Already with the last photokina, important new exhibitors could be won with this conceptual adjustment. The share of younger visitors has […]

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Working with Nikon cameras as a scientific photographer for 40 years

By [NR] admin | Published: September 14, 2019

“Working with Nikon cameras as a scientific photographer for 40 years” is by Steve Morton: I was 16 years old when my parents bought me my first Nikon F, a used black FTn. After high/secondary school I studied photography at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology for three years. I have spent the past 40 years […]

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Angelbird announced new CFexpress memory cards

By [NR] admin | Published: September 13, 2019

A few days ago Angelbird announced their first CFexpress memory cards that offer read speeds of up to 1700MB/sec and write speeds of up to 1400MB/sec: “The AV PRO CFX is best suited for production work that requires a minimum guaranteed write speed of 550 MB/s, a recording speed still well above the current XQD-400 […]

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Is the DSLR camera dead?

By [NR] admin | Published: September 12, 2019

Some self-proclaimed experts have been talking about the death of the DSLR camera for a while. Maybe this video can put things in perspective:

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The new normal: Nikon has not announced a “real” camera in more than 12 months

By [NR] admin | Published: September 11, 2019

With the exception of three Coolpix point and shoot camera, Nikon has not announced a “real” camera in the past 12 months (the D6 was not a real announcement, we all knew that camera is coming, we have no specs or release date). The last officially announced Nikon cameras were the D3500 on August 30th, […]

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