The Italian website fotosub-shop.it currently has two listings for a Nikon D5000 underwater housing, one of them is marked as “NEW”:
This alone is not really a convincing rumor, but if you search Google’s cache, you will see that one of those products was previously labeled as “Ikelite for Nikon D5100“:
This is the review an Amazon customer wrote for the Nikon F6:
The best part – 35 out of 180 people found this review helpful…
From the same source (thanks ”Bro”) who sent me the camera box picture come the first Nikon D5100 specs:
If this rumor is correct, Nikon has decided to use the 14.2MP DX CMOS sensor from the D3100 in the upcoming D5100 model:
The first report of the Nikon f/1.4 limited edition box came from Belgium. Now it appears that the exclusive set will be available for sale in Sweden as well. Only 100 pieces were produced.
More images:
I already mentioned that the Nikon D5100 will be the first DSLR announced in 2011 and according to the picture above, it seems that the camera is ready to be shipped. The D5100 will be the logical update of the Nikon D5000 (already discontinued) and will be placed between the D3100 and the D7000 models.
Here is a close up of the label – do you see any traces of PS manipulation?
Today Nikon released distortion control data upgrade for the D90 and D5000 cameras:
“The Distortion Control Data firmware upgrade is available for Nikon D90 and D5000 cameras only. This is used to correct barrel and pincushion distortion during shooting and editing. This may be loaded into cameras that support distortion control.”
Detailed instructions on how to upgrade your camera can be found here.
Giugiaro designed Nikon cameras in the past, will the D4 follow?
I received a tip that Giorgetto Giugiaro is/was involved in the design of a new Nikon camera that will be released later this year. His company Italdesign has designed almost every high end Pro Nikon camera since 1980 (F3, F4, F5, F6, D3). We know that Nikon is conservative and likes to work with the same people they have used in the past. I will give this rumor 80% probability.
