Nikon Rumors

Weekly Nikon news flash #221

By [NR] admin | Published: July 6, 2013

The new Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS lens for Nikon DSLR cameras is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock (the same lens is also available under the Rokinon brand).

Metabones introduced new Nikon G Speed Booster lens adapter for Micro Four Thirds and Sony NEX cameras that has an aperture ring. The US price is $99-$109.

This Nikon F camera saved photographer Don McCullin’s life.

Last chance: the entire Topas Labs plugin bundle is now $100 off (use coupon code july4). The suite includes Adjust, DeNoise, B&W Effects, ReMask, Lens Effects, Detail, Simplify, Clean, InFocus and DeJPEG products. This offer will expire tomorrow (July 7th).

An interesting article by Trey Ratcliff on why he switched from Nikon D800 to Sony NEX.

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Nikon D7000 hacked to record LiveView RAW video

By [NR] admin | Published: July 6, 2013

The latest version of NTool (patching software) can be downloaded here

Last weekend I posted a link in the weekly recap that Nikon D7100 firmware has been decoded by Vitaliy Kiselev who found out that the camera can output LiveView RAW video. At the same time Simeon Pilgrim posted a short video demo of the “Live View Silent Raw” recording on a Nikon D7000 camera:

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Nikon patents removable heat storage for cameras

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

The latest Nikon patents filed in Japan: in order to prevent camera overheating, one of the patents describes a removable/interchangeable heat storage that will absorb the heat produced by the sensor (Peltier effect). The heat storage can be replaced, similar to to the camera’s battery and memory card. This will be especially helpful during long video recordings. One of the related patents described the removable heat storage being located behind the LCD screen which provides a close contact to the sensor through a dedicated heat conductor.

From the patent description (machine translation):

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Design of Nikon (video)

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

Nikon published this new video that gives gives an inside look of the design process of various Nikon products (unfortunately I cannot embed the video on the blog, so you have to watch it on this link).