Weekly Nikon news flash #191

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2012

 

  • Nikon Switzerland extended the warranty of all products purchased in 2012 from 2 to 3 years:

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for November 2012

By [NR] admin | Published: December 2, 2012

  

   

  

These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for November 2012:

  1. Sample images from the new Zeiss Distagon 55mm f/1.4 lens
  2. Dpreview confirms the dust spots issue on the Nikon D600 sensor
  3. Nikon D600 teardown
  4. Time-lapse video of the Nikon D600 dust accumulation problem
  5. Read this before you upgrade to Windows 8
  6. Nikon D5200 and WR-R10/WR-T10 wireless remote controller announcements
  7. Let’s talk about 2013
  8. This is the new Nikon D5200 (pictures + specs)
  9. Nikon D5200 announcement tomorrow
  10. Nikkor f/1.8 limited edition lens kit
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Nikon D5200 rumored to be released in Canada in the next 2 weeks

By [NR] admin | Published: December 1, 2012

The Nikon D5200 is expected to start shipping in Europe next week. The camera is not yet announced in North America. For the US, the release is expected in January 2013. I received some information that the D5200 will be officially announced in Canada in the next two weeks.

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Nikkor PC-E Micro 24mm f/2.8 lens: typo or a leak?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 30, 2012

Nikkor PC-E Micro 24mm f/2.8 lens

Nikon recently sent out a survey to existing product owners. One of the questions about current lens ownership included also a listing for a Nikkor PC-E Micro 24mm f/2.8 ED lens. Nikon currently has three perspective control lenses and 24mm f/2.8 is not one of them: PC-E 24mm f/3.5D ED, PC-E Micro 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro 85mm f/2.8D. The question remains: typo or a leak? A 24mm Micro lens doesn’t make much sense, but you never know – VR on a wide angle zoom was also strange until the 16-35mm f/4 was announced. Maybe Nikon wants to up the game after Samyang announced their T-S 24mm f/3.5 lens.

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Nikon 1 V2 in stock, eligible for instant rebates

By [NR] admin | Published: November 30, 2012

I don’t think I have ever seen this before – a camera to get an instant rebate the day it is released. This is the case with the Nikon 1 V2 body that started shipping today and is currently in stock at Amazon and B&H with a $50 instant rebate:

The instant saving goes up to $150 when you purchase a lens combo:

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Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: November 30, 2012

The 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens is now shipping in the US and Europe and is currently in stock from third party resellers on Amazon (some listings have premium price). Here are some pictures of the new lens attached to a Nikon D600 sent by Foto Hans Keuzekamp:

The Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens compared to the new 70-200 f/4:

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The Nikon D600 sensor doesn’t get any more oil spots after 3000 shots

By [NR] admin | Published: November 29, 2012

Few updates on the Nikon D600 oil spots issue. The good news is that no new oil spots get accumulated over time as reported today by LensRentals:

“Things are definitely better. Where 20 of 20 cameras required cleaning 6 weeks ago, only 11 of 20 did this time (our average for all SLRs would be about 5 of 20).

Like we did in the first article, I took all 20 images, stacked them in Photoshop using “darken if” to give you a summary of all the dust on all 20 cameras.  Again, 20 cameras, not one single sensor.”

Kyle Clements reported that the magic number seems to be around 3000 shots after which the sensor doesn’t get any dirtier:

“3000 was the magic number posted throughout many of the comments. After 3000 shots, the problem more-or-less goes away.”

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