Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

Nikon video firmware with AF through the sensor in development (Nikon video)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 25, 2009

This is coming from somebody close to Nikon development (new, anonymous and unconfirmed source): “He/she told me that he/she has been working on firmware that only supports video. Namely, his/her area is autofocus through the sensor. He/she told me to think of it as tripod mode in Live View but that it was much more […]

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Nikon Introduces new fieldscope DSLR camera attachment FSA-L2

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2009

Press release: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, is pleased to present Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2 for use exclusively with Nikon EDG Fieldscopes and Nikon D-SLR cameras. The Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2, which has 3.5x zoom and 500-1,750mm (f/5.9-21) focal length, used together with the new EDG Fieldscopes enables […]

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Nikon P6000 starting to disappear – is Nikon P7000 coming soon?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2009

Today Canon announced the PowerShot G11 – the surprise: 10MP sensor, lower resolution than the previous G10 model. Maybe the pixel war is over and finally Nikon will get some serious competition 🙂 Back to Nikon Rumors: the top of the line Nikon P6000 p&s camera is starting to disappear from online retailers, even from […]

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Finally: Nikon Fabre Photo EX microscope available for purchase

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

In February 2009 Nikon announced the Fabre Photo EX microscope which now offers a DSLR attachment (the previous model Nikon EZ-Micro Stereoscopic Microscope could only take a Coolpix camera). The product was not announced in the US and it seems that nobody from Nikon support have heard of it. I had dozens of people asking […]

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Nikon forecasts a record annual loss

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2009

Nikon posted its quarterly results today: Quarterly Loss: 4 billion yen in the first quarter ended June 30 (compared to 18 billion yen profit a year ago). Net loss for 2010 (estimate): 28 billion yen ($295 million) Nikon raised its revenue by 4% to 710 billion yen Source | Nikon.com financial materials Coming up next: more […]

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Nikon & Ritz camera (science fiction essay, part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: July 31, 2009

Disclaimer – since this post involves the finances of a publicly traded company, I want to clarify that this is a science fiction essay that may or may not be the truth or the real representation of the facts. Do not make any decisions or judgments based on this post or anything else in this blog. […]

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Is the new Ritz camera chain now 50% owned by Nikon?

By [NR] admin | Published: July 28, 2009

I already reported the news that David Ritz bought Ritz Camera stores at bankruptcy auction. At the same time I received the first report on this topic and initially did not pay much attention to it. Then a NikonRumors reader wrote this comment on one of the posts: “A friend of mine, who works at a […]

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