This is the digital Nikon F3 everybody wants

By [NR] admin | Published: April 2, 2011

This is a Nikon F3 camera with a Kodak DCS100 digital back currently listed on eBay:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon Ebay Madness| 52 Comments

Top 10 posts for March, 2011

By [NR] admin | Published: April 2, 2011

Those are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for March 2011:

  1. Satellite images of Nikon Sendai plant before and after earthquake.
  2. Did Nikon Korea just leak the Nikon D5100?
  3. Rumor: Nikon’s mirrorless camera will be targeting professionals, to be released in few weeks.
  4. Nikon’s official statement on the disaster in Japan.
  5. How to take a Nikon D7000 apart.
  6. Rumor: Nikon D5100 to have 11 AF points.
  7. Nikon D3s camera falls from a motorcycle, continues to shoot.
  8. Auto-focus accuracy: a scientific cross brand analysis.
  9. Nikon plants in Sendai “virtually impossible to resume operations in 14 days”.
  10. Potential Nikon announcement: late March, early April.
Posted in Top 10 Posts| 8 Comments

Nikon D5100 box again

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

Here is another appearance of the Nikon D5100 camera box (see previous picture of the box). You can go to ed-oorklep’s flickr stream for high resolution version of the images:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon D5100| 113 Comments

Nikon to introduce new NIKKORNER product line

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

Together with the D5100, Nikon will also introduce a revolutionary new brand called NIKKORNER which will include products from the Imaging and Sports Optics divisions. In the Imaging division, Nikon will be announcing a new lens that can take pictures around corners and protect photojournalists when working in dangerous areas. The lens will be available also in camouflage pattern/colors.

In the Sport Optics division, Nikon will introduce a new riflescope, specially designed for the CornerShot weapon system, that will eliminate the need of the LCD screen (currently embedded in all CornerShot products). The main complains of the CS-APR 5.56 rifle has been short battery life, low resolution and ISO performance and with the new NIKKORNER optics those problems will be solved.

Read More »

Posted in Nikon Humor Rumor, Nikon Lenses| Tagged | 110 Comments

Another picture of the Nikon D5100

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

A reader sent me another picture of the Nikon D5100 from the PR event held by Nikon Korea few weeks ago (thanks brieltothev):

You can clearly see that the LCD screen swivels to the side and not to the bottom like the current Nikon D5000:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon D5100| 44 Comments

Nikon Day on April 7th in Bratislava promises to be full of surprises

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

Update #2: the surprise of the event was the Nikon D5100.

Update: the post is now updated and the surprise is the Nikon D5100.

There will be a Nikon Day on April 7th, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia and one of the organizers promises an event “full of surprises“:

The Nikon D5100 is expected to be released on or around April 4th, 2011.

Posted in Nikon D5100| 43 Comments

Nikon issues third update after the earthquake in Japan

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

Nikon just published a third notice on the impact by the earthquake in Japan (see #1 and #2). Nikon basically warns again that they will not be able to meet customers’ demand in the near future:

“The Nikon Group would express our deepest condolences to the victims of the earthquake and extend our profound sympathy and heartfelt concern to those individuals and families suffering from the disaster.

The following is an update regarding Nikon Corporation and its group manufacturing facilities.

1. Safety of the employees
As have previously informed, to our deepest regret, death of one employee of Sendai Nikon Corporation has been confirmed and safety of three employees is not yet confirmed in the area of Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture.

2. Reopen of operation at the manufacturing facilities and outlook on the future production
One of our own plants and seven of our manufacturing subsidiaries are located in the disastrous region of Miyagi Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture *. All of these facilities have resumed their operation now with reopen by yesterday, March 30 of Sendai Nikon Corporation and Miyagi Nikon Precision Co., Ltd.

Read More »

Posted in Other Nikon stuff| Tagged | 75 Comments