The up to $350 Nikon instant lens rebates in the US will expire this weekend (March 2, 2013). Those are direct savings – you don’t have to buy a DSLR body in order to qualify. An additional 2% in rewards and free shipping is also available on almost all lenses. More details are available here.
The 1 Nikkor 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 lens is now shipping (few days before the official release date) and is currently in stock at Amazon and Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Aquatica announced the AD4 underwater housing for the Nikon D4 with 90m/300ft depth rating that can be upgraded to a 130m/425ft. The retail price is $4,590 USD. More details and the press release after the break:
Adobe Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 release candidates are now available for download with support for the following Nikon products (incl. the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens):
Nikon Japan officially published the release date for the Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED ($746.95) and 1 Nikkor 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 ($496.95) lenses as March 7th. The 18-35mm lens was announced on January 28th, the Nikon 1 6.7-13mm lens was introduced on January 7th.
The Nikonos RS system was one of the best underwater camera solutions back in the 90’s. The product line was discontinued in 1996. The high quality RS lenses could only be used with Nikonos cameras because they had a proprietary electronic protocol not compatible with other Nikon F mount cameras. Andrej Belic was able to convert Nikonos RS lenses to work on a current Nikon DSLR body with fully functional AF, shutter speed, aperture, exposure mode, metering, Liveview AF and exposure compensation – watch the video below for more information:
Image sensor size comparison from Wikipedia
The rumored compact camera with DX sized sensor will be announced in the next 1-2 weeks. The entire confusion last week came from the fact that Nikon did announce a new Coolpix S3500 camera for the European market. Since I was told to expect the D7100 and a new compact camera, I assumed that the high-end DX model will be announced. I might have some more details in the next few days, here are the known specs so far:
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