Category Archives: Other Nikon stuff

More new Nikon trademarks: “PLENA” and “NX READY”

By [NR] admin | Published: March 22, 2023

In addition to the new logo I reported about a few weeks ago, Nikon has a few other new recently filed trademarks:

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RIP Dpreview

By [NR] admin | Published: March 21, 2023

You probably already saw the sad news that Dpreview is shutting down. I have to say that I am not surprised. Amazon would not keep an entity alive if they do not contribute to the bottom line. I was actually expecting this to happen much earlier when the camera industry started to go south. With […]

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A dream for the future Nikon Z camera: a dynamic white-balance sensor that measures color temperature independently in the different parts of the image

By [NR] admin | Published: March 18, 2023

Stoph Sauter (Instagram | Tumblr | Tumblr 2) shares his idea and hope for a dynamic white-balance sensor that measures color temperature independently (dynamic white-balance in one shot – for multiple sections of the images, just like AF):

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The Benro Theta self-leveling intelligent modular tripod is now available on Kickstarter

By [NR] admin | Published: March 7, 2023

The previously reported Benro Theta self-leveling intelligent modular tripod is already listed for fundraising on Kickstarter. Here are the details: Update: in just a few hours the Benro auto-leveling tripod raised almost $400k on Kickstarter (from a $50k goal).

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CIPA January 2023 numbers: every category was down

By [NR] admin | Published: March 3, 2023

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2023, black: 2022, blue: 2021):

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Migrating to a new server, expect some hiccups this weekend

By [NR] admin | Published: March 3, 2023

NikonRumors will be migrating to a new server this weekend (starting at 10 pm EST tonight). With the increased traffic and a large number of posts (over 9,000 posts, 33,000 photos, and 800,00 comments), it is time to move to a server with a new generation of processors. We have to also get ready for […]

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Nikon trademarked a new logo – what do you think it is for?

By [NR] admin | Published: March 1, 2023

Nikon trademarked a new logo in Japan: Some of the linked classification documents (16.3.1) are labeled as “Photographic or cinematographic apparatus, projection apparatus and lanterns including video cameras and photographic lenses“. The detailed description is very broad:

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