Nikon Rumors

20 days in Zanzibar with the Nikon D5000

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2014

Cristiano Gatti (www.cristianogattiph.com) spent 20 days in Zanzibar with his Nikon D5000 camera:

For about 10 years we’re experiencing an incredible evolution in technology: better computers, better cars, better mobile phones and obviously better cameras and lenses. Regarding photography, every 6 months, more or less new models are released, sometimes introducing new features and sometimes offering only a simple restyling of our old gear; indeed biggest competitors like Nikon, Canon and Sony must have always new products to offer to their customers, trying to be the #1 in sales rank.

Creative underexposure with Nikon DSLR camera

By [NR] admin | Published: November 22, 2014

Creative underexposure with a Nikon DSLR camera is written by Deci Gallen (Website | Facebook | Instagram):

With the release of the D750, much has been made of its ability to recover shadow detail. Given the range of talents that the D750 has it is strange that this has been singled out given that the D800 and D4, released in 2012, outperform it in this regard, and the cheaper D600 (also from 2012) is able to match it at base ISO. And the old guard, the D700, D3 and D3s, weren’t too shabby at recovery either!

With news of incredible shadow recovery typically there comes two responses: the hyperbolic “That’s amazing! I want one NOW!” and the cynical “you wouldn’t need shadow recovery if you exposed right.” There is, of course that third response: ‘I wish the 5D mkIII could do that’ but I won’t get into that here…

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Deal of the day: spend $100 in camera gift cards at Amazon, get an additional $25

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2014

Amazon has a new deal on DSLR and compact system cameras: spend $100 in camera gift cards* and get an additional $25 to spend on qualifying digital cameras. You can read all the details here. A list of all ongoing rebates and deals for Black Friday can be found here.

* The camera gift card can be used toward the purchase of any product(s) shipped and sold by Amazon.com.

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Nikon USA announces “I AM GENERATION IMAGE” campaign

By [NR] admin | Published: November 20, 2014

Nikon USA announced today a new “I AM GENERATION IMAGE” campaign (iamgenerationimage.com) with the hope to persuade smartphone millennial consumers to upgrade to a Nikon camera: