Nikon D300s price drop

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2009

In the US the Nikon D300s now sells for $1,619.86 @Amazon; $1,599.95 @B&H and Adorama (add to cart to see final price).

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Nikon-Rumor mills from around the web

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2009

Bits and pieces of Nikon rumors from around the web:

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“More fast wide angle prime lenses are definitely in the pipeline, but I can’t say more than that.” (from Oct 29, 2009, 09:53 am).

If you read his first comment on this thread, Mr. Vener had the opportunity to shoot with the Nikon D3s almost right after it was released, so I would assume that he does have some insider information.

  • Interesting comment on dpreview: in 2010 we should get:

– D500 (DX)
– D800 (not D700x) with 18MP (not 24MP)
– A new wide angle prime lens
– A new mid range zoom lens with VR
– A super tele zoom lens with VR (all lenses expected by February, 2010 – for details see older post)

This is pretty much nothing new (it seems that we now have a rumor consensus for all those lenses), except the 18MP sensor. Two weeks ago I received a tip that Nikon has been actively working on a 16MP full frame sensor – maybe they redesigned the 16MP chip and turned in into a 18MP?

  • Zeiss will be releasing some new ZF lenses: “around a 180, 135 focal length (the 180 will probably be macro)“

f = 35.863, FNO = 1.45 and the lens diagram:

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Not clear yet if the rumored wide angle prime will be 24mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4 or maybe both?

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Nikon price reduction in Australia

By [NR] admin | Published: November 3, 2009

I didn’t think I would ever write this headline…

I initially received a tip for this Nikon price reduction in Australia last week. The online store ECS also shows this news on their website:

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Nikon rebates (Part 2)

By [NR] admin | Published: November 1, 2009

nikon-rebatesOk, lets start with Germany: 10% off accessories when you buy a Nikon DSLR (full pdf available here).

Nikon UK have announced to dealers that there will be rebates of £50 on D5000 and £30 on D3000 from 5 Nov to 10 Jan, 2009 (Jessops has some Nikon D90 bundle deals and £10 off Nikon D5000 lens kit on their website, but I don’t think they are part of Nikon’s rebates program).

In the US rebates are announced just a short time in advance. For example few days ago, US Nikon dealers received their rebates schedule for Nov 1 through Nov 21 (I am still working on getting the full details on this rebate schedule). The rebates are mainly for Coolpix cameras and entry level DLSRs (D3000/D5000). I was told not to hold my breath for rebates on PRO level DSLR or lenses.

Right now Ritz Online has a $50 “Nikon instant saving” on the D3000 and $20 on some Coolpix models on their front page.

Adorama has $30 instant rebates on the Nikon D5000 and $50 for D5000 lens kit. Nikon D3000 with 2 lens kit has a $100 instant rebate.

Previous Nikon rebates post.

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Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: October 31, 2009

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  • Ever heard of Nikon C mount or Nikon DS digital cameras? Yes, it does exists: Nikon just announced a SMZ-745T trinocular stereo microscope that comes equipped with a built-in 0.55x c-mount adapter permitting direct mounting of Nikon DS series digital cameras. The cameras looks like that:

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Nikon patents for this week

By [NR] admin | Published: October 29, 2009

Nikon patent applications published (made available to the public) this week:

  • Lens system: if I am not mistaken this patent appears to be for a zoom lens with 7-24mm focal length, maybe for a point and shoot camera:

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Nikon signed a multi-year license agreement for access to WiLAN

By [NR] admin | Published: October 29, 2009

wi-fiNikon is probably planing to push built-in Wi-Fi to new camera models – they just signed a multi-year license agreement with WiLAN which will provide Nikon with access to WiLAN technology for use in Wi-Fi-enabled products. Several Nikon Coolpix models already have built-in Wi-Fi (for example the Coolpix  S50c). It is interesting to see if Nikon will add Wi-Fi to their DSLR models.

For the full press release, click the link below:

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