Weekly Nikon news flash #261

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Four TIPA awards for Nikon in 2014: ‘Best D-SLR Entry-level’ to the Nikon D3300, ‘Best D-SLR Professional’ to the Nikon D4S, ‘Best Rugged Camera’ to the Nikon 1 AW 1 and ‘Best Premium Camera’ to the Nikon Df.

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→ The user’s manual for the delayed Nikon WR-1 wireless remote controller ($549.95) is now available online.

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→ New $100 price drop on the Nikon D7100 (the new body only price is $1,096.95 at Amazon, Adorama and B&H).

→ The price of the D3300 also dropped by $50 (the new body only price is $596.95 at Amazon, Adorama and B&H).

→ Here are also the latests price drops on refurbished Nikon gear: Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 lens for $999.95 (reg: $1,296.95); Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens for $389 (reg: $439); Nikon WU-1b wireless mobile adapter for $32.95 (reg: $46.95).

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→ New Nikon UK summer cashback program.

→ Nikon at Milano Design Week 2014:

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Nikon’s Video Remote Control System from 1962

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In 1962 Nikon produced the Video Remote Control System that could capture images on film and record video signal. This was a combination of a still and video camera into one (similar to the modern DSLRs today). The system even had an early type of ‘live view’ system with 800-line high-resolution 2:1 interlaced closed-circuit television system:

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NikonRumors is 6 years old

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Does anyone remember the old [NR] design? This is a screenshot from June 14, 2008. The pictured camera is still not announced 🙂

I almost forgot – yesterday NikonRumors.com turned 6 years old – the first blog post went live on May 1st, 2008 (you can see more old [NR] screenshots at web.archive.org).

Since then we had another 3,535 posts and 336,949 comments!

Stay tuned – we will have an interesting Photokina summer ahead of us and thanks for being a reader!

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for April 2014

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These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for April 2014:

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Nikon answers questions about the new Capture NX-D software

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Nikon answered several question regarding their new Capture NX-D software (you can give Nikon your feedback or ask a question here):

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The new Nikon Quick-Draw Strap is now shipping

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The new Nikon Quick-Draw Strap is now shipping and is currently in stock at B&H. The strap was announced with the D4s in February and was developed in cooperation with BlackRapid. Product description:

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Nikon Philippines is promising an “important announcements in the days ahead”

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Nikon Philippines is promising on Twitter and Facebook an “important announcements in the days ahead“. I expect the Nikon 1 S2, Coolpix P800 and P700 to be the next camera announcements from Nikon. This could of course be just a local for the Philippines announcement.

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