Nikon 1 V3 camera doing 20 fps burst (video)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 12, 2014

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Here is a short video of the Nikon 1 V3 mirrorless camera doing 20 fps burst:

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This is the Nikon 1 V3 camera

By [NR] admin | Published: March 12, 2014

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There is always one – a website just published prematurely their Nikon 1 V3 article online:

“The Nikon V3 will be the first mirrorless camera to feature 120fps HD slow-mo at 1280 x 720 resolution. Also available are 400fps and 1200fps at lower resolutions. Nikon have added an electronic stabilisation mode (called EVR) and 1080/60p to round out the spec.”

Nikon 1 V3 with the optional electronic viewfinder DF-N1000 and grip GR-N1010:

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Nikon 1 V3, two lenses and accessories to be announced in few hours

By [NR] admin | Published: March 12, 2014

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In few hours (around midnight EST/early morning GMT) Nikon will announce their new “fast everything” V3 mirrorless camera (see specs) and two new lenses (1 Nikkor VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 and 1 Nikkor VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM). The new V3 will probably be marketed as the fastest camera available on the market today. There will not be a new LED light as previously reported, instead Nikon will announce a new  62mm spring-loaded lens cap. Here is the nomenclature of the additional Nikon 1 accessories that will be announced together with the V3, courtesy of digicame-info:

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New Nikon D600 grey market cameras available for $1,359.99

By [NR] admin | Published: March 12, 2014

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New grey market Nikon D600 cameras (no US warranty) are currently listed on eBay for $1,359.99.

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New video series: “Nikon Behind the Scenes”

By [NR] admin | Published: March 11, 2014

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Nikon introduced a new video series called “Nikon Behind the Scenes”. The first video is already online and features Joe McNally talking about the fundamentals of light and flash photography:

Additional details:

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[NR] exclusive: Nikon D4s high ISO/low light comparison with D4, D3s, D800E and D600 cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: March 10, 2014

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Terry Hansen did a very extensive and detailed high ISO/low light comparisons between the Nikon D4s (including RAW and small RAW files) and the D4, D3s, D600, D800E cameras. In this post I have included only the samples from ISO 6,400 and above, since this is the range where most readers will be interested to see the results. The rest of the test images are available on flickr (direct links: D4s (RAW normal) | D4s RAW small | D4 | D3s | D600 | D800E). Here are the details:

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Nikon awarded $14.5 million from Sigma in VR patent infringement lawsuit

By [NR] admin | Published: March 10, 2014

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The Tokyo district court ordered Sigma to pay 1.5 billion JPY (around 14.5 million dollars) compensation to Nikon as a result of the patent infringement case for lenses with VR technology that was filed back in 2011. The lawsuit was based on six Sigma lenses with image stabilization technology. Initially Nikon was looking for a compensations of 12 billion yen (around 116 million dollars).

Here is the summary of the judgment:

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