Hello world!

By [NR] admin | Published: October 18, 2008

Welcome to WordPress. I love it! I am not 100% done and still have to make some small changes to the design.

The most important thing is that all 327 posts, 5041 comments and 157 trackbacks got imported successfully and are available.

The bad news is that some links are broken and f#%&ing godaddy exported also the already deleted spam… Now I have an additional 3000 spam comments online! WTF? Why did they include them in the export file? I am glad I am out of there. If you see some weird comments, please be patient until I fix this mess.

If anyone is using some cool WP plugins let me know – drop me a line at nikonrumors [at] gmail [dot] com or just post a comment.

RSS feed and email will be available shortly.

Oh, I forgot to mention – I will be adding some red to the yellow 🙂 Is the red triangle a trademark/tradedress of Nikon?

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Last post on this blog

By [NR] admin | Published: October 17, 2008
The magic will happen tonight – I will be moving NR to a new home. You may experience some down time and the email system may not be working for few hours. Be patient – it can only get better.
I have been working on the blog transfer in the past few days and have not followed up on some of the latest rumors. This is what you missed:
  • Prices of Nikon DSLR went up @ B&H. In the new blog I will have a whole new section of price tracking.
  • I got few confirmations from new owners on new D300 firmware ver. 1.10.
  • A lot of buzz about Nikon D3x due this December. Links: here and here.
  • Email from a reader: “my Nikon Dealer ask me today if 12 MP are enough for me or if I want to get more, like 24 MP. The new cam will be announced soon and that time the first samples shall be available too …. and luck me, I am already listed as one of the preferred customer to get my hands on on one of this samples“.
  • I got some hints about the possibility of a new digital Nikonos, but it seems that this is still in early development and we may not see it any time soon. At that point I would not consider this as a serious rumor – this is like 3rd hand information.
  • Costco apparently dropped Nikon D300 from their inventory (source). Why would they do this before the holiday shopping season (or they may not be one this year)?
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Firmware update 1.10 for Nikon D300?

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2008

Someone @ Nikonians claims to have a brand new Nikon D300 with firmware version 1.10. The question is what does this update contain?

Source

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Nikon press conference got moved to November 20th, now a world-wide event

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2008

From “Kamera & Bild” magazine: the initially scheduled for October 22nd event has been moved to November 20th and it will be a world-wide press conference. No details were given about the reasons for the delay but I am sure we will be getting some good leaks soon.

“Why the date of the press conference changed, we have not been told. Perhaps the product has been delayed, or the Nikon in Denmark had the time wrong.
The new date is in force on November 20 under Nikon’s public relations agency in Denmark. The date will apply to the whole world.”

(google translation)

Apple Online Store

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Admin stuff – need your feedback please

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2008
I am looking into the possibility of transferring this blog to WordPress (currently I am using QuickBlogCast from GoDaddy, don’t ask me why). QuickBlogCast has many limitation – it was a good start, but I think now we have to move on to something better. I am also looking for a better hosting site. To make those decisions easier, I will need your help and feedback – after all, I am making those changes for you, the reader.
Here are some questions – you can reply in the comments section or email me directly:
  1. Any suggestions on a new NikonRumors logo/banner (if you are a graphic designer with an idea, I can give you a plug).
  2. Any suggestions for a WordPress template.
  3. Any suggestions for a hosting site.
  4. General feedback, comments, suggestions, anything is appreciated.

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What is it going to be on October 22nd?

By [NR] admin | Published: October 13, 2008

This is what I am getting through the grapevine for the October 22nd release:

  • A new Software suite, something in between NikonView and Capture NX2, in between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. An advanced suite, that will take into account your ‘program’ setting on your Coolpix or low-end DSLR when processing pictures – something that so far no one does… It notices the camera presets and post-processes accordingly, giving you superior end results, making your results look more ‘pro’. This may be related to this recent and official Nikon news.
  • There may be an OEM Nikon badged HP printer too, but no more than A3 size. Again, going back to old news: remember the Nikon and HP press release from 3 weeks ago? How about Mr. Rockwell prediction about a new printer?

  • Definitely no D3x, MX or Nikon digital rangefinder yet.

I also wanted to emphasize on the importance of some of the posts in this blog – they may not be “real rumors” but they are definitely pieces of the puzzle and should not be ignored. The above links are a good example of that. Sometimes I get criticized that I am posting BS news, but sooner or later it all makes sense. And to prove my point I will give you another one: remember the Microsoft and Nikon patent cross-license agreement? Well the Nikon D90 video output is in AVI format. I have an old Nikon p&s that outputs MOV videos. Why did Nikon switch to Microsoft format? And to put some oil into the fire: the Apple store doesn’t sell any Nikon products – only Canons. Oh, and one more thing – Nikon provides only Windows based software for the RAW files of the new Nikon P6000 (which btw now sells for $449).


Sponsor: Check the new Apple MacBook “brick” models – they will be released tomorrow (Oct 14th)!

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Nikon ready for another news on October 22

By [NR] admin | Published: October 12, 2008

Google translation:

Svirrer rumors about an upcoming MX format from Nikon. One could suggest that it is true.  Anyway, the press bid to court with a fashion photographer Wednesday 22  October.

Engentlig there are two things. Either an MX format as the big brother to the FX format. So larger than full frame. But there may also be an upgrade of the D3 to D3x – with a sensor with 25 million pixels.

Either way, is the waiting end Wednesday 22  October.  Since the Nikon is ready to be unveiled by the model in question.  There is just tikket an invitation to the press in the door which reads as follows:

“Nikon now launching a new product, which will run until Wednesday 22 October in Steen Evald photo studio. The strategy of making all Danes – all from the Coolpix users to fashion photographers – to better photographers is also evident with the launch of this new product.
World news launched on 22  October in the well-known fashion photographer Steen Evald studio in Copenhagen.  Steen Evald is one of Denmark’s best photographers.  He has taken pictures of everything from King Hall to the famous Danes as Cecilie Frøkjær, Casper Christensen, Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen Morten resen and many others.  Nikon product specialist Thomas Lorenzen will introduce the new product for selected Nikon partners and the press. “

We estimate a brand new camera with a number of megapixels on the other side of 30 …

Via Zoom (translated by Google)

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