Nikon D800 goes to Hollywood

By [NR] admin | Published: September 7, 2012

 

Nikon USA issued a press release that the Nikon D800 camera has been used in the shooting of the television series “Wilfred” and “Dexter” by the TV networks FX and Showtime:

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Two new lenses with Nikon F mount: Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 and Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC

By [NR] admin | Published: September 7, 2012

Two new lenses with Nikon F mount got announced today:

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Nikon D4/D800 in stock, D800E still hard to find

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2012

Before we start tracking the D600, here is a quick in-stock update on the Nikon D4/D800/D800E cameras. The D4 and D800 are freely available in most retailers, but the D800E is still hard to get:

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New for Photokina: Zeiss Distagon T* 55mm f/1.4 ZF.2 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2012

Zeiss will announce a new Distagon 55mm f/1.4 ZF.2 lens (Nikon mount) at Photokina. The lens will be available for sale in the second half of 2013. Zeiss already has two 50mm lenses in their lineup: Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZF.2 and Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZF.2 (check this comparison of seven 50mm prime lenses for Nikon F-mount).

The company also announced plans to produce lenses for mirrorless cameras. No other details were given at that point – it will be interesting to see if Nikon 1 will be included.

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Nikon press conference in Thailand on September 13th

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2012

If anyone still has a doubt about the Nikon announcement on September 13, here is the invitation from Nikon Thailand:

“Nikon Sales Thailand Co.,Ltd pleased to invite the media attended the press conference Thursday, September 13, 2012.”

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Nikon NEF Codec v1.15.0 released

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2012

Another software update: Nikon NEF Codec v1.15.0 is now available for download and includes support for the latest Nikon 1 J2 camera (Windows only).

Nikon NEF Codec makes Nikon RAW (.NEF) files as easy to work in a Windows environment (similar to JPEG and TIFF images).

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Nikon Capture NX 2.3.4 released with J2, P7700 support

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2012

Today Nikon announced v2.3.4 of their photo editing software Capture NX2 ($135). The modifications in this version are:

  • Support for RAW images captured with the Nikon 1 J2 (now shipping) and Coolpix P7700 has been added.
  • When RAW images captured with a camera’s Auto distortion control function enabled were opened or edited, Capture NX 2 sometimes quit unexpectedly. This issue has been resolved
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