Today’s guest post on aerial photography is by Matt McCarthy (more aerial photos can be found on flickr): We may not all get the chance (or want the chance) to shoot from a small plane someday, but if the opportunity ever presents itself, it will probably be over before you know it and there will be a […]
The best selling mirrorless camera in Japan for 2012 according to BCNranking is the Nikon 1 J1. The data is based on actual sales from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores. In the DSLR ranking, Canon has the #1 spot followed by the Nikon D5100 and D3100. The D7000 got the number 5 spot with a total of three Nikon […]
The Nikon Rumors Forum is now running on a new platform. The old forum is still available online in read-only mode until I figure out how to transfer everything over. The new forum offers several useful features, including the “Ask a question” option which I believe will also be helpful for many blog readers:
In today’s guest post Christoph Malin (see previous articles) talks about his journey during the making of the short documentary film Island in the Sky shot at the Island of La Palma, near the coast of Morocco (click on images for larger view): Imagine yourself resting on a lonesome hiking trail in the middle of an island, 2000 m […]
Steve McCurry (bibliography) shot the 2013 Pirelli calendar with Nikon (and Hasselblad) cameras. The big surprise this year was that the models are actually wearing clothes:
Several news media outlets reported last month on the boycott of Japanese products in China caused by the recent Japanese government’s purchase of some of the Diaoyu islands which are claimed also by China. It seems that the issue is serious enough that Nikon mentioned it in their latest Q&A session for the Q2 financial results […]
Enlight Photo released ioShutter for Nikon cameras. ioShutter contains two parts: an iPhone/iPad app and a special cable that connects your iPhone to the camera in order to control the shutter: A simple-to-use and versatile shutter release appcessory for SLRs, ioShutter connects a photographer’s iPhone, iPod touch or iPad direct to their SLR. The ioShutter app then offers extensive […]
