A new Ihagee Elbaflex film SLR with Nikon F-mount will be launched next week on Kickstarter. Ihagee is an old German brand and somebody is trying to bring it back to life on Kickstarter (just like the recent Yashica, Oprema Jena, Meyer Optik, Emil Busch crowdfunding projects). Here are the details: Update: additional information on this Kickstarter project can […]
There is a new project on Kickstarter that promises a low cost digital back for 35mm analog cameras:
The Nikon D850 makes a nice doorstop 🙂 For the full story behind this cameras, please see this post: The story behind the Nikon D850 doorstop (or how I destroyed a D850 camera in Alaska) Pictures via Stavangerfoto
To start your Friday, here is a video of a tiger chewing a Nikon KeyMission 360 camera ($496.95) recorded by RSE Photography (Facebook | Instagram| Twitter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF7SKzehDDc&feature=youtu.be “After capturing some great images of the Sumatran tigers, we decided to try and get some 360 footage of the big cats eating their food. We put the Nikon KM360 […]
The pictured above Nikon collections is currently listed for sale on eBay for $53k. The collection includes several new and unopened items. Recently there was another Nikon collection listed for sale for a similar price. Additional pictures:
Nikon created the biggest human camera to celebrate their centenary (previously reported here). The photo made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the “largest human image of a camera”. The event was created in collaboration between Nital and Media Italia. Additional details can be found here. Press release:
The Belgian photo store PCH sent me this story of a Nikon D500 camera being chewed by a German Shepherd named Rex. While some of the plastic is gone, the dog could not damage the magnesium alloy frame and the camera is still working as you can see in the video:
The Nikon 100th anniversary exhibition on prototype cameras held at the Nikon Museum is now ongoing. Here are some of the models on display:
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