Nikon USA to stop selling camera parts to independent repair shops

Nikon USA sent a letter to all independent camera repair shops in the US that they will no longer be able to order parts from Nikon USA. Nikon will continue to supply parts to authorized repair centers.

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Nikon D4 updates

Still catching up on the latest D4 updates while I was at CES last week. I will just present everything here in one post:

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More on the upcoming Nikon announcement

The current Nikon Coolpix camera lineup

Last week I posted about an upcoming Nikon event on February 7th, 2012. I received another tip from a different country about a Nikon event scheduled for January 25th, 2012. There are several possibilities here:

  • there could be more than one Nikon announcement
  • in some countries new product presentations sometimes happen after the product is already announced
  • one of those dates could be for a “closed door” presentation to the press

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Weekly Nikon news flash #145

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A store in Houston is taking Nikon D800 pre-orders for $2,699.99

A camera store in Houston is taking pre-orders for the 36MP D800 camera for $2,699.99. I personally believe the D800 will be more expensive.

Via Nikonistas

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What product was secretly unveiled in this armored truck during CES?

Valentin Sama from DSLR Magazine mentioned on his blog that after signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) he was invited to this armored truck during CES with some other journalists to see a new “secret” product.

The limo company used was 24-7 Limousines out of Las Vegas. Does anyone know more about this truck and what was inside? Maybe somebody knows who hired it during CES? You can contact me anonymously here.

This is how the armored truck looks like – it’s bullet proof and “even a C4 explosion won’t dent the shell“:

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Another Nikon D800 book scheduled for release in March 2012

The German publisher Franzis announced a new D800 book scheduled for March 2012 release. The D800 image is different from what I think the camera will look like. This seems to be the second D800 book – the first one is listed on Amazon UK for over a year now.

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Nikon files patent for a 35mm f/2.8 VR full frame lens

Nikon filed patent 2012-8264 in Japan for a 35mm f/2.8 VR full frame lens:

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