Nikon F3 camera was used to shoot the mine car chase scene in the Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom movie

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Ron Volmershausen published another interesting video showing how the guys at ILM used a stock-standard Nikon F3 to film parts of the mine car chase scene in the Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom movie. The film registration system within the F3 proved to be so accurate for the stop-motion filming, that the only modification required for the film transport mechanism was a slowing down by 1/3 the speed of the MD-4 motorized winder. Here is the video:

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New material added to nikkor.com website

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Nikon published several new updates on their nikkor.com website:

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Price and first picture of the new Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lens

The Japanese price for the new AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens will be 1.16 million yen (tax included) or around $9,500. In the US the current 500mm f/4 version is priced at $8,295. My guess is that the new 500mm lens will costs around $8,999 in the US.

This is the first picture of the new Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lens and few additional details:
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Possible Nikon announcement this week

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I believe Nikon will have an official announcement this week. I have not confirmed it yes, but most likely we will see the three new Nikkor lenses I already mentioned yesterday. The Nikkor 16-80mm f/2.8-4G DX N lens will not be cheap and gives some new hopes for the Nikon DX product line.

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Last few Nikon Coolpix A cameras still available at $399

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I believe those are the last new Nikon Coolpix A cameras currently available at $399 from an authorized Nikon reseller on eBay. All other major stores are already out of stock.

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Mind-boggling 83x zoom video taken with the Nikon Coolpix P900 camera shows the earth’s rotation

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This is another mind-boggling video taken with the $600 Nikon Coolpix P900 camera at 83x zoom that actually captured the earth’s rotation:

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Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens now in stock at BestBuy

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The Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens has been hard to get (at least in the US) since it was announced. BestBuy currently has the lens in stock for both shipping and store pickup.

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