Official Nikon Store in Sweden sells only 5 DSLR models

By [NR] admin | Published: May 21, 2009

nikon-store

Just another confirmation on the previous reports that the D60 and D300 are being discontinued (link).

Posted in Nikon D3100, Nikon D400| 67 Comments

Another D400 rumor from Germany

By [NR] admin | Published: May 21, 2009

This Nikon D400 rumor is coming from the Nikon Solutions show in Cologne, Germany (May 15-16, 2009):

  • new D400 EXPEED II
  • HD movie function with stereo
  • tiltable display with continuous AF
  • 16-18 MP sensor
  • as well as some new DX lenses

Original German language source | Google translated text

I attempted to email the owner of the site, but his contact form seems to be broken. I am speculating that he received that info from somebody on this Nikon Solutions show. Let me just say that Europe, especially Germany is much more relaxed in terms of “leaking” info before an official release – we have received many good stories from Schland, so I would not be surprised if this one turns out to be true. 

NR rating system: 60%

Here are some pics from the show:

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Limited Edition, White Nikon – will we ever see one?

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

Nikon D3 weeding photographer edition

Here is a good way for Nikon to start making some extra money – start selling all white, limited edition Nikon cameras for 40% price premium.  Pentax did it few months ago and Leica is charging almost double for its limited edition all-white Leica M8.

And when there, why stop with white – I am sure there will be buyers for a red, camouflage and even Bruce Lee versions of the Nikon D3.

Nikon D3 Bruce Lee paint

NR rating system: 1%

Posted in Weird| Tagged | 76 Comments

Kamera & Bild confirmed: Nikon D60 is gone, D300 is next?

By [NR] admin | Published: May 18, 2009

Following up on my previous post about the Nikon D60 being discontinued – this is a Google translation from Kamera & Bild that was just posted online:

“At our monthly update of rekpriserna on the market, we received news that Nikon D60 is sold out and that the D300 deleted. We called up Björn Nordgren at Nikon Nordic to get this confirmed. 
– Yes it is true. D60 is sold out. We will get a splash with the D300’s and then it is also the end.”

here is a better translation from a  reader:

“At our monthly update of the recommended prices on the market, we received news that Nikon D60 is sold out and that the D300 is discontinued. We called Björn Nordgren at Nikon Nordic to get this confirmed. 
– Yes it is true. D60 is sold out. We will get a bunch of  D300’s but then it is sold out too.”

If you have a better translation – please post it.

NR rating system: 99% (99% because the D300 situation/translation is not very clear to me, so I cannot go with 100%)

Posted in Nikon D3100, Nikon D400| Tagged , | 47 Comments

Nikon D60 next to be discontinued?

By [NR] admin | Published: May 18, 2009

Nikon D40 is already discontinued. I also got multiple reports that the Nikon D60 is low in stock, not available or discontinued in some online retailers (the reports were mainly from Europe). Quick check in the US: 

B&H is out of stock:

nikon-d60-discontinued-bh

Adorama is out of stock:

nikon-d60-discontinued-adorama

Amazon still has it in stock.

NR rating system: 80%

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Punk’d

By [NR] admin | Published: May 18, 2009

Nikon D400 DSLR @ Cannes, France

NR rating system: 0%

Posted in Nikon D400, Nikon Humor Rumor| Tagged | 21 Comments

Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D rumor

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

Back to what we do best – Nikon rumors. This was sent in by a reader:

I know we’ve all heard this a 1000x but I was at my local camera store on Saturday and asked them if the Nikon rep had mentioned any new releases from Nikon. The salesman told me that the rep told him that Nikon had the updated 80-400mm VR coming soon. When I asked how soon was soon, he said the rep didn’t mention any release date.

FYI the current Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D was released back in 2000.

NR rating system: 60%

I will start giving probability % on each of the rumors I post – I find this to be a better system and many readers have asked for it. This number will reflect the reliability of the source, the number of times I have received this rumors, some common sense and my personal gut feeling, which should improve over time. Each of the percentage groups will be included as a tag for easy access and filtering.
Posted in Nikon Lenses| Tagged | 16 Comments

Nikon D90 FATBOX now official

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

After several leaks in German sites (link) today Nikon officially announced the  Nikon D90 FATBOX:

nikon-d90-fatbox

Posted in Nikon D90| 14 Comments

Polls – NR feedback, please vote

By [NR] admin | Published: May 16, 2009

My post about the Thom Hogan’s “special surprise book” caused some controversy (you can read all the comments if you have the time). Everything boils down to the same old question:  should I post any Nikon rumor (basically what I have been doing so far) or should I write only about info from verified, trusted sources? I just went through another one of those “I should have posted that” – Sony just released 3 new DSLR… with SD/SDHC media support. I had this info few weeks ago, did not believe it and did not post it. Now it is a fact. Now you know why I post every Nikon rumor I find.

Here is the first polls:


and another, more general poll about the future of NR:

 

 

  

 

 

Please vote responsibly, I will change my way of posting based on those polls. Feel free to leave any feedback in the comments section. Thanks!

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Nikon related links/news

By [NR] admin | Published: May 16, 2009

Those are Nikon related news that were not important enough to get their own post during the week – they will get dump here every weekend (I have been doing this for the past few months already):

nikon-lens-patent

Posted in Other Nikon stuff| 4 Comments