Nikon Rumors

Today (or maybe on September 5th?) dpreview displayed for a short time a Nikon Coolpix P7000 preview link on their website: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikonp7000

The page is now removed, but all-mighty Google captured part of it – apparently their P7000 test unit had firmware v1.0:

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This is how the new Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera may look like

By [NR] admin | Published: September 7, 2010

This is supposed to be a picture of the Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera (see specs) that should be released tonight (US eastern time). The picture appears to be legit:

Nikon Coolpix P7000

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The latest Nikon instant rebates UPDATED

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2010

An update on the current Nikon instant rebates in the US (yes, they are still ongoing).

Those are instant rebates – no need to fill or send anything. You’ll have to add the items to the cart to see the final price after the instant rebate.

Rebates @ Adorama:

Calumet also offers some Nikon D90 rebates.

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Recap

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2010

In addition to the Coolpix cameras announcement on September 8th, this is a recap of what is rumored to be announced on September 15th:

Nikon D7000:

100% viewfinder
Dual SD memory card slots
Magnesium-alloy body
16.2MP CMOS sensor (DX)
Expeed 2
1080 HD video @24p | 720 @30p (not sure about those)
20 min video recording (up from 5min on the D90)
Save images from video (similar to the D3s)
AF during video
Stereo mic input for video
6 fps
Virtual horizon (like the D300s)
One touch video and/or live view (similar to the D3100)
Improved ISO range: 100-25600
39 AF points
Wireless flash
Weather proof (like the D300s)
New battery system
Expected price: $1199 for body only
Update: no swivel display

Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.4:

Nano coating
Aspherical element
9 blades aperture
Expected price: around $1800

Nikkor AF-S 200mm f/2.0G IF-ED N VRII:

13 elements in 9 groups
9 blades aperture
Expected price: around $6000

Nikon Speedlight SB-700 (low chance to be called SB-650):

24-135mm zoom
Overheat protection (I hear it will be improved from the SB-900)
Expected price: around $300

Please note that some of the specs may not be accurate and/or lost in translation. [NR] probability rating: 90%.

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Nikon Europe preparing their website to accomodate the new Nikon D7000

By [NR] admin | Published: September 6, 2010

Update#2: the D7000 link I mentioned in this post was changed and now it also leads to an error.

Update#1: there is also a new placeholder setup for the Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera: http://www.nikon .de /de _DE/product/digital-cameras/coolpix /performance/coolpix -p7000.

Several of the official Nikon websites in Europe already have an active link for the Nikon D7000 (D7000 is part of the URL):

If you go to this page http://www.nikon.de/de_DE/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/d7000 you will see a broken link/image:

If you try another unannounced model name, let’s say a “professional Nikon D800” http://www.nikon.de/de_DE/product/digital-cameras/slr/professional/d800 you will get an error message:

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Weekly Nikon related news/links #74

By [NR] admin | Published: September 5, 2010

Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 are now available with new Nikon lens profile support.
Tamron to release lens profile for aberration correction plug-in.
Similar to the iPhone 4 – Leica M9 mod, somebody turned their iPhone into a Nikon rangefinder camera. The templates are available for download in the same thread.

Nikon D3100 will not have manual ISO setting in video mode, the aperture can be set manually before starting video recording (source).
Nikon clearing stock in Romania: buy-back program for Nikon D90 and 70-300 lens announced.
More samples from the new Nikon lenses after the break:
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