Nikon Rumors

Weekly Nikon news flash #305

By [NR] admin | Published: March 8, 2015

→ Apple iTunes app engineers are rumored to be currently working on a new secret project with Nikon USA at the main campus in Cupertino. Could this be a new app for the new Apple Watch that will be revealed tomorrow?

→ Apple Digital Camera RAW compatibility 6.03 released with Nikon D5500 support.

→ I added several new Nikon deals to my previous post.

→ Nikon published a new “The future of imaging” report – more info is available on the I am Nikon blog (part 1 and part 2).

→ Did you know that the Nikkor 14mm f/2.8D ED lens has a gelatin filter slot on the mount? Update: the Nikon 10.5mm fisheye lens also takes gelatin filters.

Cheetah chase with the Nikon D810

By [NR] admin | Published: March 7, 2015

This article on shooting cheetahs with the Nikon D810 is by Roie Galitz (website | Facebook, see also his previous posts: Nikon D800 goes wild in Africa and Uganda with the Nikon D810):

I shoot wildlife with the Nikon D810. Even though I have access to the faster D4s, I still prefer the D810 better. Why? One reason, and one reason alone – better image quality, and that’s what it comes down to at the end of the day.

Last week I was in Tanzania, guiding a wildlife photography workshop for phototeva.com.

Warning: some of the photos are graphic in nature.

Posted in Nikon D810 | Tagged Roie Galitz, [NR] Guest Posts | 155 Comments

Capturing 8k video with the Nikon D800 camera (Quicklapse)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 7, 2015

Art Sanchez talks about Capturing 8k real time video with the Nikon D800 camera with a technique called Quicklapse that uses burst mode and custom intervalometer to bypass the 100 photos limit of the camera.

My name is Art Sanchez. I am architecture and interior design photographer from Spain. I have recently teamed up with the award-winning director of photography Macgregor (Los Angeles), to create a new way to showcase architecture in motion. We have developed a new technique called Quicklapse to obtain 8K real time resolution video from the Nikon D800. Here are the behind the scenes details:

Posted in Nikon D800 | Tagged 8k video | 45 Comments

D610 now comes with a free MB-D14 battery grip and other Nikon deals UPDATED

By [NR] admin | Published: March 5, 2015

The Nikon D610 now comes with a free MB-D14 battery grip ($229) at Adorama and B&H. Both resellers offer some additional freebies listed bellow (Adorama on the left and B&H on the right, both with 4% in rewards):