Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon Denmark press invitation

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2011

This is the press invitation sent by Nikon Denmark. The text says something like: “Nikon is inviting you to a press meeting with exclusive beforehand showing“. The event is scheduled for two hours. Can any native speakers spot some more clues?

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Another Nikon day in Slovakia on August 26th

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2011

There is a another “Day with Nikon” event scheduled on August 26th, 2011 in a photo store in Slovakia. Full translation: Photo equipment Presentation Day with Nikon ….News, technical information, tips and advices 26.8.2011 10am-6pm I just want to remind you that the last time I reported a “Nikon Day” in Slovakia, the Nikon D5100 was announced. The […]

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LockCircle F-Mount body cap

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2011

LockCircle released the Nikon version of their aluminum body cap that is available in three different colors and costs $79:

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Another time-lapse landscape video from Christoph Malin

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011

Do you remember the guest post on Time-lapse Landscape Astrophotography from Christoph Malin? He just sent me his latest video. Enjoy: Teaser: “The Island” – La Palma Time Lapse Video from Christoph Malin on Vimeo. Now on National Geographic/ thanks to NG, awesome! Imagine the world’s largest volcanic erosion crater. Then imagine an island with an […]

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For you car racing fans

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011

Nikon will be the main sponsor for Dario Franchitti of the Indy Car series in this weekend race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The race will be broadcast by ABC on Sunday at 3:00pm. Franchitti is currently the points leader. Here are some images of the car and corresponding links for more info: Source: Indycar

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Nikon’s Tetsuro Goto at Ricoh GR camera party in Tokyo

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011

DCwatch reports that Tetsuro Goto (Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan) made a surprise appearance and created “lot of excitement” at a recent Ricoh GR party in Tokyo celebrating the camera’s 5th anniversary. After blowing out the birthday cake candles, Mr. Goto said (Google translation): “GR Digital camera is like a jealous love, I am afraid of go […]

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Rumors: laser AF was one of the projects recently cancelled by Nikon; next wave of DSLRs will have new and improved phase-detection AF

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2011

I received this email describing recently canceled Nikon projects: Nikon were working on a method of embedding camera motion data, as detected by VRII lens data, in a video file. The idea was to record .nev video at resolutions higher than standard (upwards of 500 pixels on all 4 sides) and remove motion shifts by extrapolating the […]

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