Nikon related news/links

Leica day is over, catching up on what happend in Nikon’s world during the past 4 days:

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Nikon doing well, better than Canon in the past two years (2008 vs 2006)

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Is the Nikon D3 next to go?

Nikon D300 is now officially discontinued. The Nikon D3 was released on the same day as the D300. And then we have all of this:

  • Nikon D3 is back ordered everywhere: AdoramaB&H and even Amazon (only one overpriced reseller).
  • Ritz Camera will no longer be stocking the D3 for their employee purchase program. Along with that camera, the d40 kit, d60 kit, d300 body, and s60 and s560 are no longer available for the employee purchase program. Interestingly enough all of those models, except the D3, are listed as discontinued.
  • Nikon D3 rebate in Romania is now active (500 EUR).

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The D3 could be the next camera to be discontinued.

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USB Driver for Nikon GP-1 GPS now available

nikon-gp-1USB Driver for Nikon GP-1 GPS now available in Japan – this driver will let you connect the GP-1 to a Windows based computer and get location coordinates directly from the device.

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Nikon D300 officially discontinued

Nikon D300 is now officially discontinued according to Nikon Japan (English translation).

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Your feedback

The next few days will be all about the Leica M9 and Leica X1. I will use this opportunity to check the pulse of NikonRumors. This is the time where I am going to ask you for ideas, suggestion, critique, etc. Based on your previous feedback, I have started the NikonRumors forum (now 1172 users strong), the Nikon Price Watch section, introduced the post rating system and organized a giveaway. The latest project is a NR Photo Wiki (still in beta) which was requested by some folks from the forum.

How about the background color? I am aware of this issue and unfortunately the solution I had did not work so well. I am currently exploring some other options, but it will be a while until I find a good soliution. In the mean time you can read the full text RSS feeds on white background:

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/NikonRumors

and the all the comments:

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/NikonRumorsComments

You can also get an email subcription of the full text posts:

http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=NikonRumors

The main problem for now is the server/database performance. I am sure some of you have noticed the “cannot establish database connection” error. I am working with my host to resolve this issue.

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Nikon related news/links

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