In the last Nikon links section I posted the results of an international study commissioned by Nikon: “47% of Britons can remember the scent associated with the photograph” (see original article at DailyMail dated March 24th). Today Kodak made it official: they announced Aromatography, a breakthrough in digital image processing. See the details at the official kodak.com […]
Nikon USA has suspended all product deliveries to dealers for the next 10 days because of their yearly inventory count (March 31 is the end of the fiscal year for Nikon). This will also explain why the new 24mm f/1.4 lens was available in very limited quantities in the US (it was suppose to be […]
Update: Nikon confirmed the investigation. This just in: Associated Press reports that Nikon AG in Switzerland (subsidiary of Nikon Corp. in Japan) has been investigated for “preventing other companies from importing some of its photography products.” Read the whole story here.
After a report from a reader that Nikon SB-600 may be discontinued at Staples, I decided to contact them and find out about the current availability (the SB-600 is currently listed as out-of-stock). The exact explanation given to me on the phone and during the chat session was that the SB-600 was “put on hold […]
The winner of the ThinkTank backpack giveaway is Tom V. from Iowa. Congratulations! I do not have any new rumors to report and I do not want to report questionable rumors. There has been some online chatter about a potential Nikon announcement in April, but at that point I do not know anything about it […]
Update: RobertWhite lists the Coolscan 9000 ED as discontinued. In response to the numerous questions I received from readers about the Nikon Coolscan series in the past few months: In their recent newsletter Grays of Westminster wrote: “Most Nikon Coolscans have been discontinued” Nikon Germany lists the Coolscan IV, V, 4000 and 5000 in their archive section – […]
The giveaway is closed now. The winner will be announced shortly. What can I win? Today I have a ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack valued @ $249 to give away (click on image for larger view): More info on this backpack can be found here. How do I win? The rules are simple – just leave […]
