Urban exploration in Korea with Nikon D7000 and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8

By [NR] admin | Published: December 8, 2013

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In this guest post Jackson Hung describes his documentary project on urban exploration in Korea he did two years ago with a Nikon D7000 camera and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens:

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Guest post: The hunt for Aurora Borealis

By [NR] admin | Published: December 8, 2013

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This aurora time lapse movie and VR experience guest post is by Göran Strand (Web | Facebook | Twitter):

My name is Göran Strand and I work as a photographer in Östersund, Sweden. My main area of photography is astrophotography and landscape photography. I’ve been hunting auroras for several years and on March 17 I had one of the greatest aurora experiences ever.

That night I actually went out to take photos of the lovely comet PanStarrs with my small refractor telescope and my Nikon D800E camera. Here you can see a shoot of the location from that night, out on the ice on Sweden 5th largest lake Storsjön. In the foreground you can see my gear for doing astrophotography, a Celestron CGEM mount with a small William Optics Megrez 72 telescope mounted on top:

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The Polaroid iM1836 copycat camera is now gone

By [NR] admin | Published: December 5, 2013


Nikon published an update on the lawsuit against Sakar over the Polaroid iM1836 digital mirrorless camera – the court issued consent injunction and both parties agreed that “Sakar will no longer manufacture, import, advertise, promote, offer for sale, sell, or ship the Polaroid iM1836 digital camera in its present configuration“:

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Nikon AF-S 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR lens now in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: December 4, 2013

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Nikon Nikkor AF-S 800mm f-5.6E FL ED VR lens
The Nikon AF-S 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR Lens is currently in stock at B&H for $17,896.95 with free shipping and 2% in rewards.

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Some Sigma lenses have AF and OS issues with the Nikon Df, firmware update coming soon

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2013

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Sigma reported another issue with some of their lenses when used with the Nikon Df (the previous one was for the Nikon D5300). A new firmware to address the problem will be released shortly. If your Sigma lens is not compatible with the USB dock, you will have to contact your nearest Sigma service center in order to get the update. Here is the full text from Sigma:

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for November 2013

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2013

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These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for November 2013 – it was all about the Nikon Df:

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Nikon D800 grey market for $2,200

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2013

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A new grey market/imported Nikon D800 camera is currently listed for $2,199.99 on eBay (free shipping through bigvalueinc). Please note that you will not get USA warranty, instead you will receive 1 year warranty from the BigValueInc store (see all of their Nikon listings).

A grey market/imported Nikon D7100 is listed for $845.

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