NikonRumors.com will be down for maintenance tonight

By [NR] admin | Published: September 24, 2011

One dedicated server can no longer handle the NikonRumors traffic. My hosting company will be adding a second server tonight. Two servers with a front-end load balancer should be able to handle the expected traffic spike for the D800/D4 announcement (whenever that would be). Tonight at 11:00 pm (EST) NikonRumors.com will be down for approximately 30 minutes. I have also removed the PhotoRumors and LeicaRumors RSS feeds from the main page – they were significantly slowing the page load time and causing extra server overload. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Last Nikon 1 recap, I promise

By [NR] admin | Published: September 23, 2011

This is the last Nikon 1 recap, I promise:

  • AP:  a senior Nikon official said that Nikon is not worried if Canon announces a mirrorless camera with a larger sensor
  • Nikon expects their new mirrorless cameras to become #1 in Taiwan and Malaysia.
  • All Nikon 1 products are made in China.
  • Nikon J1 is really small – here it is next to a smart phone (from the event in Bulgaria):

  • ISO comparison from 800 to 3,200 between the GF3 and J1 from Cnet Asia:

  • ISO comparisons with different cameras from focus-numerique.
  • DSLRMagazine also has done some Nikon 1 V1 tests.
  • More Nikon J1 image sample comparisons with other mirrorless cameras available at digitalcamerainfo.
  • Some quotes of the imaging-resource interview with Masahiro Suzuki (General Manager, Research & Development Department):

When we started with this development, it was quite some time ago, it was prior to the Micro Four Thirds launch (almost four years ago)

We are quite confident that we achieved almost exactly the same quality as our DSLR

(Oh the Nikon 1 sensor) We developed it; we engineered and developed this sensor inside Nikon. But for the production side, that is done by our partner.

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Nikon Sweden executive: no new full frame cameras in October

By [NR] admin | Published: September 23, 2011

Swedish Nikon executive Lasse Pettersson answered this question during a live Q&A interview yesterday about the new Nikon mirrorless cameras (about 22:45 minutes into this clip):

Reporter: “The question everybody asks; when will the D4 or D800 be released?
Lasse Pettersson: [Jokingly] “Later!”
Reporter: “Will they be announced at the event in October?”
Lasse Pettersson: “No, I do not believe so.”

This is also the info I have been receiving.

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Poll #2: Are you going to buy the new Nikon 1 mirrorless camera?

By [NR] admin | Published: September 22, 2011

Few weeks ago I posted a poll to see what percentage of [NR] readers were planning to buy the Nikon mirrorless camera. Those were the results:

Today I would like to see if some of you have changed their mind after the Nikon 1 is already official:


(Poll direct link)

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Pretty damn close

By [NR] admin | Published: September 22, 2011

The Nikon mirrorless mockups I received few weeks ago were pretty accurate:

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But wait, there is more… next month

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2011

Nikon will have another announcement in October, 2011. I do not have an exact date yet, but the week of 17-21 looks right. Unfortunately, there will probably not be any full frame DSLR cameras introduced next month. I have no idea what’s coming and would like to again lower your expectations by saying that next announcement will not be exciting. If I am wrong, I am sure you will forgive me because you will be busy playing with your new D800/D4. I really prefer this conservative approach which worked pretty well with the red D3100 and the mirrorless camera announcements. If Nikon doesn’t announce a full frame camera next month, the chances are very slim for another new product introduction in late November/December (Nikon has done it in the past).

And always remember: no leaks = no announcement!

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Another Nikon 1 recap

By [NR] admin | Published: September 21, 2011

None of the press images I’ve seen so far included a picture of the back of the Nikon 1. B&H has one on their V1 product listing:

The Nikon 1 V1 model has a metal (magnesium alloy?) body:

The most detailed Nikon 1 announcement coverage so far is from DCWatch. Here are few pictures of some possible future accessories for the Nikon 1 system (see also this list of future lenses):

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