NR @ the 2008 Weblog Awards

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2008

Update: WOW! Just in the few hours since I posted this, we surpassed Gizmodo (our score is now 152, Gizmodo is 91)! Unfortunately, I was late to register for some of the other categories, where I am sure we would have some tougher competition. Voting for selected finalists is scheduled to begin December 8, 2008. Finalists will be announced several days before voting begins. Stay tuned and thanks again for your support!

If you like NR, please cast your vote for the 2008 Weblog Awards by going to this link, scroll down to the NikonRumors.com entry and click the green + score sign under the NikonRumors nomination (Best Small Major Blog category):

Thanks!

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Nikon’s Black Friday sale reveal a new lens?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2008

Go to http://www.nikonusa.com/blackfriday/ and look at the lower right (those are btw Nikon’s Black Friday specials – US only):

16-185 VR? I say this is a typo – 16-85 VR is an existing lens (and this is actually a good deal). If you open the pdf file, the lens is listed as 16-85 VR.

Posted in Deals, Nikon Lenses| 15 Comments

Intel & Nikon photo competition – AF-S 50mm f/1.4G with Nano?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2008

Intel & Nikon “Build for Speed” photo competition from down under is now ongoing – here is the link (thanks GT).

This promotion provides also a series of tutorials. Of course I watched them all and I found something interesting in the first video: Jasin Boland shows his new Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.4G lens and he clearly says “with Nano Crystal” (half way trough the first video). The official press release did not mention anything about this lens being a “N” lens (with Nano Crystal Coat). A mistake or a new lens?

Posted in Nikon Lenses| 21 Comments

Online petition

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2008

Nikon’s latest DVD Creative Lighting System (hands-on guide) is only available in the US. A reader from Canada contacted Nikon on this matter and this is the response he got:

Hello xxxx, … It is not that Nikon Canada won’t sell the DVD, we can’t sell it as we do not have distribution rights. … Regards, xxxx.

What? I thought Nikon is a global company. In today’s economic crisis it is hard for me to believe that they will pass on the extra revenue.

NikonRumors has readers from all over the world and I cannot accept the fact that they will not have access to this excellent product (I ordered mine already). Few days ago I started an online petition to distribute the Creative Lighting System (hands-on guide) world wide. It is very important to note that I (we) do not want to hurt the company we love, so let’s make sure we keep it civilized and stick only to the online petition. I will try to contact Nikon and see if I can get an official response. Few other sites/blogs have also raised their concern on that topic – I will contact them to join this petition.

Anyway, sorry for the long post – here is the petition (facebook sign-up also available). Please sign it and spread the word – the direct petition link is:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/NikonDVD

Update: Strobist has expressed similar concerns about the distribution of this video.
Update #2: Please don’t post any bittorrent links. I do consider bittorrent illegal (not to mention unethical) and I will not host any related links. Thanks for your understanding.
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Capture NX 2 Free Upgrade Offer from Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2008

You still have more than a month left to take advantage of this offer from Nikon (US only):

Purchase Capture NX Version 1 from a Nikon Inc. authorized reseller, (Product number 25338) between May 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008 to receive a FREE Capture NX 2 Upgrade directly from Nikon. Simply call 800-Nikon-UX with your product key and provide a copy of your proof of purchase to receive a Capture NX 2 key code free of charge.

Currently Capture NX Version 1 sells for $102.33 @ Amazon – so you can safe about $40, since Capture NX2 goes for $145.47.

In the UK, you can still get version 2 for free with a purchase of D700.

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Nikon double gold medalist at DIWA awards

By [NR] admin | Published: November 22, 2008

“DIWA, or Digital Imaging Websites Association, is an international network of independent websites focusing on digital imaging. Its awards are chosen by professional photography websites and are based on unique test samples and evaluations of more than 200 functions and features in a standardised testing scoreboard. Nikon was awarded Gold in the categories Semi-Professional D-SLR (Nikon D300) and Consumer D-SLR (Nikon D60).”

Source

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Today’s updates

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2008
  • The price of D3x should be 7,000 Euros (around US$8,700???).
  • A well respected dpreview member (Iliah Borg) claims to have processed raw files from a new Nikon camera (no details provided at that point).
  • Nikon Thailand laid off 1500 employees. More lay offs may follow. Sad.
Posted in Nikon D3x| 43 Comments