The latest Nikon patents

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After the smart bottle, Nikon has another weird patent for some kind of a device (a camera?) for cars. Maybe Nikon is thinking to get into the self-driving/autopilot car revolution that has been making headlines lately? The patent descriptions is for a “crime preventing” device – in case of an emergency, the car will send images to the police, display a warning message, lock the doors and seatbelt and self-drive itself to the nearest police station.

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Nikon D810 firmware update version C 1.10 released

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Nikon released firmware update C 1.10 for the D810 DSLR camera. The changes from the previous 1.02 version are:

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Nikon D4s XQD memory card speed performance test

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Nikon Asia published a video of a Nikon D4s XQD memory card speed performance test during shooting and transferring files to a computer:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #338

Pocketwizard Plus IV transceiver for Nikon cameras
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→ Pocketwizard announced a new Plus IV transceiver for Nikon cameras.

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→ New Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 50 Optic for Nikon F mount announced.

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→ Some new additions to the deals I posted last week:

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→ New article on nikkor.com about the design of the 58mm f/1.4 lens: “Nikkor Future Vision Lens Design Concepts“.

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Shooting in the wild Tanzania with the Nikon D800

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Onn Henner (FacebookYouTube) on shooting in he wild Tanzania with the Nikon D800:

Last March I spent 11 days shooting in Tanzania, using two Nikon D800 bodies with Atomos Ninja 2 as an external recorder.

My goal was getting the maximum quality from the D800. Whilst most of the cameras today have internal 4K the Nikon has 1080P with a bad H.264 codec and it suffers from antialiasing and moire. The solution was combining the Tassin flat picture profile together with the Atomos Ninja 2. That way I was able to get flat and clean video with Avid codec which was great later for postproduction.

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Nikon P900 camera now in stock

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The Nikon P900 camera is currently in stock at BestBuy. The P900 has been out of stock pretty much since it was announced. If you have not yet seen the 83x zoom capabilities (2000mm) of this camera, check out this post.

BestBuy allows you to oder online and pick up the camera at your local store. While you are there, you can check if they still have those crazy deals on the D800 camera, 80-400mm and 16-35mm lenses.

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Nikon booth at the 2015 PhotoPlus Expo

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Few pictures from the Nikon booth at the 2015 PhotoPlus Expo in NYC:

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