Nikon Rumors

Rare Nikon F camera with original cloth-type shutter curtain for sale on eBay

By [NR] admin | Published: June 30, 2016

Long time [NR] contributor Ron Volmershausen sent me a note about this very rare Nikon F camera currently listed on eBay (last bid $2,204):

This listing on eBay is going to create a bit of a ‘stir’ amongst the collectors; the 87th Nikon F to roll off the production line, way back in 1959. The seller didn’t know what they had until a few eBay members started asking for more photos and info.

While early examples like this come up from time to time; this is one of the rarer examples as the body still has the original cloth-type shutter curtain… a feature leftover from the rangefinder days:

Posted in Nikon Ebay Madness, Weird | Tagged rare, Ron Volmershausen | 48 Comments

The latest Nikon deals

By [NR] admin | Published: June 29, 2016

The current Nikon savings are set to expire on July 2nd (Saturday) – they include many lens-only rebates that were not available before (Adorama also offers some free accessories).

Few other deals:

Nikon D7100 camera (grey market) for $529.95
Nikon D7200 camera (grey market) for $749
Nikon D750 camera (grey market) for $1,399
Nikon D810 camera (grey market) for $2,099
Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art lens for Nikon F mount for $589.57.
The Rokinon 8mm ultra wide angle f/3.5 fisheye lens for Nikon F mount (with focus confirmation chip) is now $40 off.
Selected Zeiss lenses are now up to $700 off.
The latest deals on Tamron lenses can be found here (set to expire on June 30th).

Posted in Deals | 11 Comments

Nikon released new versions of ViewNX-i and Capture NX-D

By [NR] admin | Published: June 29, 2016

Nikon released ViewNX-i version 1.2.2 and ViewNX-i + Capture NX-D combo version 1.16.030. Here are the changes from the previous release:

Posted in Nikon Software | Tagged Nikon Capture NX-D, ViewNX-i | 53 Comments

New Sony XQD G-E memory cards?

By [NR] admin | Published: June 28, 2016

B&H has new listing for three Sony XQD G-E memory cards (32GB, 64GB and 128GB) labeled as “new release”. Unless this is a mistake, Sony probably introduced new and updated versions of their XQD G models. No technical specs are available. The read/write speed is labeled as 440 MB/s (read) and 400 MB/s (write). The new XQD G-E are slightly more expensive than the previous M, G and N versions.

Posted in Nikon D5, Nikon D500 | Tagged Sony XQD memory cards, XQD memory cards | 26 Comments

Major Nikon D500 firmware upgrade rumored to be released in August or September

By [NR] admin | Published: June 28, 2016

A major Nikon D500 firmware upgrade with over 20 fixes is rumored to be released in August or September. I do not have any details what exactly will be included.