Nikon’s new mirrorless lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2011

Nikon is expected to announce four new lenses with their mirrorless interchangeable lens camera on September 21st. The first three of those lenses are:

  • 10mm f/2.8 pancake lens (could not find a related patent).
  • 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens that is expected to be very short and portable (see patent):

  • 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR super zoom lens (see patent). Expect the zoom lenses to have an electronic zoom button (see patent).

I believe the fourth lens will be a macro, but I do not have any details on the focal length and aperture.

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The first underwater housing for Nikon Coolpix P7100 (Fantasea FP7100)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2011

Fantasea announced the FP7100 underwater housing for Nikon Coolpix P7100 camera with a depth rating of 60m/200 feet. The estimated release date is the beginning of 2012. The new housing will be compatible with the accessories from the previous FP7000 model.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #126

By [NR] admin | Published: September 3, 2011

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Top 10 posts for August 2011

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2011

These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for August 2011:

  1. First mockups of Nikon’s mirrorless interchangeable lens camera
  2. What could the Nikon D400 sensor be like?
  3. Recap of what’s next
  4. “Nikon in White” mirrorless camera event in Vienna on September 21st
  5. Nikon press release: Joe McNally was using “the latest Nikon cameras” for his new exhibition
  6. Nikon rep: customers aren’t really asking us for a mirrorless camera
  7. Two more Nikon announcements in September
  8. Another coincidence
  9. Nikon’s mirrorless: not a “pro” camera but with few very innovative features
  10. Nikon’s mirrorless camera recap

 

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Nikon Italy plans “extraordinary” anniversary party on September 21st

By [NR] admin | Published: August 31, 2011

Nikon Italy (Nital is the official import company) sent out invitations for their 20th anniversary celebration that will take place on… September 21st in Milan, the same date as the “Nikon in White” event in Vienna. “Evento straordinario” from the invitation means “extraordinary event”. The invitation is also available online.

Maybe just another coincidence, but September 21st is rumored to be the announcement date for Nikon’s new mirrorless system.

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: August 30, 2011

Photogrpahybay found this US patent application 20110205636 from Nikon for a 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR lens (27-270mm equivalent) which is probably the super zoom that will be announced with the new mirrorless camera:

Patent 2011-085674 filed by Nikon in Japan is for GPS enabled battery grip (there were some rumors several months ago that the D700 replacement may have such GPS enabled grip):

Problem to be solved: To provide a device with a built-in positioning function capable of receiving a positioning signal from a positioning satellite with good sensitivity and having high accuracy of positioning.

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Some thoughts on the Nikon mirrorless camera from a reader

By [NR] admin | Published: August 30, 2011

I do not have any new updates today. Here are some thoughts on the Nikon mirrorless camera I received from a [NR] reader:

The only substantial fact we have so far is a photograph of a supposed to be new Nikon mount. Previously we had some assumptions on the mount and sensor size based on this single image but without taking into account distortion and if we do correct this and straighten up the image the size would be more like this:

Compared to µ4/3 it appears to be almost exactly the same except for the sensor size and the fact that Nikon sensor has 2/3 ratio instead of 4/3. Also we see that alleged Nikon mount has even more contacts than µ4/3 (12 compared to 11) and we could assume that this will be used for aperture, focus and zoom electronic controls so the new lenses might not have focus and zoom rings at all.

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