Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

An update on the latest Nikon patents

We’ve seen in the past that Nikon files for patents of new products few months before the official announcement (this is the general trend, of course there are exceptions and the patents discussed in this post may or may not turn into real products). I am monitoring Nikon patents on a weekly bases and here […]

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Nikon doing well, better than Canon in the past two years (2008 vs 2006)

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Nikon D300 officially discontinued

Nikon D300 is now officially discontinued according to Nikon Japan (English translation).

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Your feedback

The next few days will be all about the Leica M9 and Leica X1. I will use this opportunity to check the pulse of NikonRumors. This is the time where I am going to ask you for ideas, suggestion, critique, etc. Based on your previous feedback, I have started the NikonRumors forum (now 1172 users […]

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Hot Nikon news that might have lots of Canon gear going cheap (Nikon D700x)

Christian Fletcher is a well known professional photographer from Western Australia and has been a Canon fan for many years – his camera is a Canon 5D MKII. He shoots mainly landscape / panorama. This is what he wrote on his blog a week ago (direct post link): Note that his post is labeled with […]

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Which one is it going to be? (Nikon D700s or Nikon D700x)

At, that point it seems that the chances of a Nikon D700s (D700+video) are higher than a new Nikon D700x (D700 + 24 MP sensor). Nikon Australia seems to think so – a technical rep said to a dpreview reader “We’ve just heard, there will be no D700x“. PhotographyBay caught another tip from Southern Photo […]

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Nikon D700 no longer available at Best Buy

Update: Nikon D700 is listed as backordered on bestbuy.com. Best Buy discontinued the Nikon D300 approximately 3 months before the D300s was announced. Two weeks ago I received a tip that Best Buy has discontinued the Nikon D700. Today a NikonCafe member (registration required) confirmed that. He was told by the Best Buy manager that […]

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