The guest post “Different angles of Mademoiselle Eiffel” is by Patrik Banas (Web | Blog | Facebook):
If you have only a limited opportunity to take pictures during your occasional travels, do not hesitate and take this as a possibility to train your eye, find more angles, try something new… aka “work it, work it, work it”. Even one and very same object, can be taken in the numerous different ways. Let me share examples from my summer, very short trip to Paris.
In a recent interview with AP, Nikon ensured their commitment to the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera system:
Despite the challenging market, Nikon says it remains committed to the CSC format.
‘I think you can say from the launch of the AW version of the Nikon 1 that we are committed to investing in what could be seen as a niche market,’ continued Gilbert.
‘So, within the flexibility of the Nikon 1 platform we are able to produce products for [different] sectors.’
However, Tanaka would not be drawn on Nikon’s plans for CSC in 2014, only saying that the firm will continue to support this area.
In the latest press release for the production of 85 million Nikkor lenses, Nikon also mentioned their commitment to the Nikon 1 system:
The 32GB and 64GB Lexar XDQ Pro 1100x memory cards are currently listed as discontinued at B&H. Lexar’s XQD cards were just one year old. During the 2014 CES the company did not introduce any new XQD models, but they announced the world’s fastest CFast 2.0 memory card that can reach read transfer speeds up to 500MB/s and capacities up to 256GB. Lexar XQD cards are still listed on their own website, Adorama and Amazon.
Nikon announced the production of 85 million Nikkor lenses. This time it took them almost seven months to produce 5 million lenses (compared to 5 months back in 2012):
Press release:
It seems that many readers have missed my previous post with the rumored Nikon D4s camera specifications, so I am posting them again:
The Indonesian Communication Agency has filings for several new Coolpix cameras: AW120, P600, P340, S9600 and S9700. The AW120 will update the current waterproof AW110, the P340 will replace the P330, the S9600 and S9700 will be new entry level cameras (similar to the Coolpix S9500). The P600 seems to be a replacement for the P520 as I already reported before. The official announcement should be during the CP+ show in Japan (February 13-16, 2014).
Via digicame-info
→ The new Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM lens for Nikon is available for pre-order.
→ Price drop: Pro Optic 85mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon is now $249 (from $319).
→ New Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G lens (grey market) for sale on eBay for $1,623.93. The same reseller still has Nikon D800 cameras for $2,332.82.
→ The Russian company Gfoto offers an add-on chip designed for Nikon 1 cameras (the chip is glued to the adapter) that offers focus-assist and automatic exposure in A mode for manual lenses. Update: the chip is now available on eBay (see also the Gfoto store).
→ Those are the latest Nikon instant rebates for the US (available also on Amazon).
→ Nikon Df camera finally listed on Amazon Germany (still missing on Amazon UK for some reason).
