Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Urban exploration in Korea with Nikon D7000 and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8

By [NR] admin | Published: December 8, 2013

In this guest post Jackson Hung describes his documentary project on urban exploration in Korea he did two years ago with a Nikon D7000 camera and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens:

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Guest post: The hunt for Aurora Borealis

By [NR] admin | Published: December 8, 2013

This aurora time lapse movie and VR experience guest post is by Göran Strand (Web | Facebook | Twitter): My name is Göran Strand and I work as a photographer in Östersund, Sweden. My main area of photography is astrophotography and landscape photography. I’ve been hunting auroras for several years and on March 17 I had one of the greatest aurora […]

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Nikon stock down 23.6%, the worst underperformer in the Nikkei this year

By [NR] admin | Published: November 27, 2013

Just saw this report on Reuters: “Nikon is down 23.6 percent year-to-date and is the worst underperformer in the Nikkei this year, while the benchmark has rallied nearly 49 percent.” Nikon had to cut their financial forecasts multiple times in the past few months.

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Guest post: Portraits of the Homies

By [NR] admin | Published: November 25, 2013

Ernest Wright spent some time working with Homeboy Industries, a gang rehabilitation charity in Los Angeles, to create this series of portraits of former gang members seeking out a new life free of crime:

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Guest post: Photographing Cambodia

By [NR] admin | Published: November 20, 2013

I am way behind on publishing guest posts. I will try to catch up in the next few weeks. Here is a quick write-up on photographing Cambodia by JonBauer (click on images for larger view):

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Nikon quietly announced two new rain covers *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2013

Few weeks ago Nikon quietly announced two new lens rain covers. No other details are available except those product listings at Adorama: Medium size for 200mm, 300mm and 200-400mm f/4 lenses (price: $124.95) Large size for 400mm, 500mm, 600mm and 800mm lenses (price: $129.95) Update: here are some pictures of the new Nikon rain covers: […]

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Nikon Q&A: low inventory, high profit margins, cost cutting, fewer models

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2013

Extremely low DSLR inventory,  shift to new products that will have higher profit margins (that probably explains the Df price), cost cutting, achieve profitability by reducing the number of models – this is how Nikon describes the current situation and their plans for the rest of the current financial year ending March 31, 2014:

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