New Nikon in space video, search NASA’s photo archive and more

By [NR] admin | Published: April 18, 2017

Nikon Europe published a new video:

Nikon in Space video: time-lapse view of the world | Nikon 100th Anniversary

Nikon’s history in Space began with the Nikon Photomic FTN, a modified Nikon F camera that was used aboard the Apollo 15 in 1971 and Nikon cameras have been aboard every manned space flight since. This film, edited by SmugMug Films, is a compiled time-lapse video using thousands of still images. The bright flashes are lightning strikes hitting the earth, watch and enjoy.

This is the first of many remarkable moments, both big and small, which we will be sharing in the lead up to Nikon 100th Anniversary! Stay tuned for more.


NASA launched a new website at images.nasa.gov where you can search their entire photo archive – you can spot a lot of Nikon cameras (via Petapixel).


Nikon will soon start a search for photographs to feature in their special 100th-anniversary film:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #414

By [NR] admin | Published: April 17, 2017

→ This miniature Nikon F model camera is now available for sale on eBay.

→ Nikon introduced new metal hot shoe cover styles in Japan. The also have a new memory card holder (also sold only in Japan). I know, I know…


→ Nikon released a firmware update version 1.1 for the Coolpix A900 camera.

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New server and HTTPS for NikonRumors

By [NR] admin | Published: April 16, 2017


NikonRumors.com was just moved to a new server at HostDuplex. The old server could no longer handle the traffic and an upgrade was necessary. You probably already noticed that NikonRumors is now a “secure” website (HTTPS) which is the industry’s standard today:


Several other changes were also introduced on the back end that should improve the speed of the blog. The comments sync is still ongoing and may take a few more hours. If you see any strange behavior, please add a comment to this post and I will look into it.

PhotoRumors, LeicaRumors and PentaxRumors are also now “secure” websites. FujiAddict will be converted next, followed by SonyAddict and 43addict.

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A detailed report on the Nikon prototype cameras exhibition at the Nikon Museum in Tokyo

By [NR] admin | Published: April 15, 2017

This is an update to my previous post regarding the exhibition of Nikon prototype cameras held at the Nikon Museum in Tokyo for the 100th anniversary of the company: Richard Haw posted a detailed report from the exhibition on this website – for more pictures and additional coverage, please visit the original post here:

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Sony pushed Nikon from the #2 spot in U.S. full-frame interchangeable lens camera market, according to Sony

By [NR] admin | Published: April 14, 2017


Today Sony issued a press release called “Sony overtakes #2 position in U.S. full-frame interchangeable lens camera market“. Without saying it directly, Sony basically claims to have pushed Nikon from the #2 spot in the US for that segment. This should not surprise anyone given the mess Nikon is currently in. Sony has achieved a huge success in the past few years and nobody is denying that, but you have to keep in mind that we are talking about a specific market (US) and about a specific segment (full-frame interchangeable lens cameras). If you check the three footnotes on the press release, you will find out that this data was accumulated in the US from January 2017 – February 2017.

Here is a list of full-frame interchangeable lens cameras announced by Sony and Nikon in the past 4 years:

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Nikon D7500 pre-orders now open at B&H and Adorama

By [NR] admin | Published: April 13, 2017


B&H and Adorama opened their online ordering for the next two days (until Friday evening) and already have listings for the Nikon D7500 camera (some of the links may not be live yet):

B&H:

Adorama:

Amazon:

EU pre-orders:

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Nikon D500 vs. Nikon D7500 vs. Nikon D7200 specifications comparison

By [NR] admin | Published: April 13, 2017


In order to fit all three cameras, I created this separate page for this Nikon D500 vs. Nikon D7500 vs. Nikon D7200 specifications comparison. The information in the table is taken directly from Nikon’s website. If you see any errors, please post a comment and I will make the changes. Check also yesterday’s post for everything you need to know on the new Nikon D7500.

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