10% off coupon at the Nikon Store

With coupon code NikonJBT2011 you can get 10% off all purchases at the official US Nikon Store, including sale and refurbished items, with no minimum purchase required. Offer expires on September 18, 2011. This is an official deal that currently is being advertised on many websites.

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More Nikon camera prototypes *UPDATED*

Update: the first prototype is from Nikon’s Shinjuku showroom. Here is another image of what appears to be 3 in 1 lenses:

Here are some more Nikon camera prototypes from the web that I have not published before:

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Thanks broxibear!

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“Imagine the Nikon D4” contest entries

Here are the current entries for the “Imagine the Nikon D4” contest where you can win a ThinkTankPhoto Airport Airstream roller:

You think you can do better? Send your entry by the end of this week.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #122

  • Two Nikon D3 prototype cameras I have not seen before (from digitalcamera.jp, thanks broxibear):

 

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What could the Nikon D400 sensor be like?

The only D400 traces so far (credit: Anders Relling)

In addition to Nikon’s press event on August 24th, Sony is also expected to announce its new a77 camera on the same date. This is another reason why we may not see a Nikon D300s replacement this month – Sony will want to take all the glory with its new 24MP sensor. Here is what I know about the a77 sensor in case Nikon decides to use it in the D300s replacement later this year:

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Another “photographer of interest”

After Chase Jarvis and Joe McNally here is another suspicious tweet from professional wildlife photographer Andy Rouse:

There is a lot of smoke, but still no fire…

Update: Andy Rouse posted a comment to this post that his meeting with Nikon were about a training he is doing with them.

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Nikon’s mirrorless camera recap

Original source: Wikipedia

The leak of Nikon’s mirrorless camera mount indicates that the camera is finalized and probably already in production/field testing. Based on previous leaks, announcement is imminent in the next few weeks (Nikon will have a major announcement on August 24th). Three new lenses are expected to be announced with the new mirrorless system. As previously reported, the Nikon mirrorless solution will have a 2.6x crop factor with an image diameter of around 17mm. Here are the possible sensor/mount dimensions send by a reader:

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