Category Archives: Weird

Check out these Nikon cameras

→ Another Nikon F3 NASA camera on eBay. → This is it – the best Nikon camera: it costs only $36 and is made out of… chocolate. Spotted by Arnaud Zufferey in Vienna, Austria. → Check out also this mini-Nikon on flickr.

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Nikon’s project Helix 360 at CES 2016

I am catching up on few stories from last week: at the 2016 CES show Nikon had 96 D750 cameras with a 20mm lens setup in a circle for taking 360°, holographic or slo-motion photos (Project Helix 360):

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Zombie wedding project

This Zombie Wedding Project is by Irina Skripnik (website | Facebook | Instagram | Vimeo | YouTube): Four days before Halloween 2015 me and my husband had a regular conversation, sitting on our couch. We talked about future photo sessions and tried to find out what project we should do to show my photography and post-processing skills, because I am developing […]

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Korean “comfort women” photographer wins lawsuit against Nikon

Daily Mail: Korean “comfort women” photographer wins lawsuit against Nikon (more on that story from 2012):

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The incredible story of a Nikon D5 camera forgotten in a display window

Chassimages (Google translation) posted a story on the Nikon D5 camera that was apparently forgotten in a store’s display case/window (see this post): “The only seller is so busy store drawers behind the counter, so I must insist to make him raise his head, and asks if I can see and touch the D5. Very gently […]

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Nikon also denies rumors about purchasing Samsung’s camera division

  Nikon EU confirmed with “confidence” that the rumors about Nikon purchasing Samsung NX are not true (what I have been saying for almost a week now). Samsung had a similar response last week. I have never heard Nikon commenting on a rumor before. Ever. Here is a quote from the Spanish website Quesabesde (Google translation):

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Samsung officially denied all rumors about Nikon buying their NX mirrorless technology

Just a quick update on my Samsung post from yesterday:  Samsung officially denied all rumors about Nikon buying their NX mirrorless technology to AmateurPhotographer. If you have ever worked with a PR person/agency you know that this doesn’t mean much, but I am still surprised because the standard response to such inquiries is usually “no comments” or “we […]

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Rare Nikon cameras and lenses at the upcoming Westlicht Camera Auction

  Here are Nikon highlights from the upcoming Westlicht Camera Auction that will take place on November 21st, 2015 in Vienna, Austria (the complete and detailed catalogue will be published 3-4 weeks prior to the auction date):

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