Weekly Nikon news flash #102

By [NR] admin | Published: March 20, 2011
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DxOMark also speculates on the upcoming Nikon D5100 camera

By [NR] admin | Published: March 20, 2011

Update: DxOMark removed the Nikon D5100 reference from their website.

DxOMark included the Nikon D5100 in the conclusion section of their Canon EOS 600D review:

“The new EOS 600D brings no improvement over the 550D other than a few features. The two sensors perform exactly the same, and show the same persistent noise problem in dark areas at low ISO speeds, preventing it from achieving good dynamic range metrics. By contrast, Sony’s new sensors have efficiently solved this issue, and it will be interesting to see how Nikon’s D5100 performs. Competition may be tough between Sony and Nikon, but Canon continues to lag behind them both.”

Maybe they are already testing the D5100? They included the D5100 also in the introduction section:

“On the other hand, the Nikon D5000 could stand against the 600D, but it is slated to be replaced by the newer D5100 very soon.”

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Nikon moves body mount production to Notion VTEC

By [NR] admin | Published: March 19, 2011

After the initial news that Nikon is planning to move part of its production outside Japan, Notion VTEC announced yesterday that they will start manufacturing Nikon camera mounts immediately. The raw materials will be supplied by Nikon, the finished mounts will then be transported to Thailand for assembly. Notion’s understanding is that this is a long term solution.

Here are the parts of the announcement that refer to Nikon:

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Nikon may relocate some production from Sendai to Malaysia

By [NR] admin | Published: March 18, 2011

Bloomberg reports that Nikon is currently discussing with Notion Vtec the possibility of relocating some of the production from Sendai to Malaysia.

Back in January of 2010 Nikon made a major investment in Notion Vtec (Nikon acquired 10% of the company).

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Nikon files patents for hybrid viewfinder

By [NR] admin | Published: March 17, 2011

Few weeks ago I reported on a Nikon patent about a light meter built into the prism. Nikon has filed a series of related patents. One of them is 7876373 which describes a camera with a hybrid viewfinder:

“One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a means capable of confirming the state of field and the photographing area of an image pickup section in a camera capable of observing an electronic image through an optical viewfinder.

Moreover, one of the objects of the present invention is, in a camera capable of observing an electronic image through an optical viewfinder, to provide a means capable of acquiring various kinds of information depending on the situation without detaching eyes from the viewfinder.”

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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G lens now in stock

By [NR] admin | Published: March 17, 2011

B&H currently has the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G lens (imported) in stock for $1699. Please note that this is a grey market product and it does not come with a Nikon USA warranty:

Amazon has the “regular” version for 1799,95:

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The winner of the Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB SDHC memory card is…

By [NR] admin | Published: March 16, 2011

The winner of the 13th [NR] giveaway for a free Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB SDHC memory card is Jared Freeden. Congratulations!

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