Nikon Black Friday deals

By [NR] admin | Published: November 19, 2013

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Nikon will have some new instant rebates for Black Friday that will include many high-end lenses (the current rebate program offers mainly low-end lenses). The savings will be similar to the rebates offered back in September. You still will have to buy a DSLR body in order to qualify. There is a very good chance the new Nikon Df will be part of the upcoming rebate program, the problem is that shipment will most likely be delayed by at least few weeks. I will publish the new Nikon Black Friday deals on November 24th (Sunday) and they will be valid till November 30th.

Best Buy will also run some specials – for example Nikon D7000 with the new 18-140mm lens for $799.99 (original price: $1599.99). You can see all Black Friday Best Buy deals here.

More Black Friday deals and current rebates can be found on this page.

The price of a refurbished Nikon D600 is now down to $1,399.95, while a refurbished D7100 is now selling for $849.99.

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Sigma will release firmware update to fix AF issues with the Nikon D5300

By [NR] admin | Published: November 19, 2013

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Sigma reported AF issues when using their lenses with the Nikon D5300 camera. A new firmware update to address those problems will be released tomorrow. 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.

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Nikon D3300 coming soon as well?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2013

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A anonymous tipster sent me this picture of what appears to be a new Nikon D3300 DSLR camera. I have no other information and I cannot tell if the picture is real. I do not expect the D3300 to be announced this year. For comparison, here is a the D3200:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #238

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2013

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→ Good deal: refurbished Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR lens for $349.

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→ Few sample images taken with the new Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens (Canon version) can be found here.

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→ If you are using a Nikon D4 with any of the SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro CF 160MB/s memory cards and a Sony XQD card in the other slot, you will get an error message. Apparently SanDisk and Nikon are aware of the issue (see here and here)

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→ Camera Control Pro 2.16.0 ($139) released with support for the Nikon D5300 and Df cameras (download link).

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Nikon quietly announced two new rain covers *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: November 17, 2013

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Few weeks ago Nikon quietly announced two new lens rain covers. No other details are available except those product listings at Adorama:

Update: here are some pictures of the new Nikon rain covers:
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My guess is that the rain covers will look something like that:

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Nikon Q&A: low inventory, high profit margins, cost cutting, fewer models

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2013

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Extremely low DSLR inventory,  shift to new products that will have higher profit margins (that probably explains the Df price), cost cutting, achieve profitability by reducing the number of models – this is how Nikon describes the current situation and their plans for the rest of the current financial year ending March 31, 2014:

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Nikon NEF Codec 1.20.0 released

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2013

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Nikon NEF Codec 1.20.0 is now released with support for the latest Nikon cameras:

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