Weekly Nikon related news/links #71

By [NR] admin | Published: August 15, 2010
  • A word about the ISO in the Nikon D90 replacement: (I am still not convinced about the D95 name, so I will continue to call it the “Nikon D90 replacement”) I think we can now be confident about the previously rumored “D700-like” ISO in the D90 successor – we saw already that the Nikon D3100 will have a 100 – 12800 ISO range. I will go even a step further and guess that the ISO of the D90 replacement could be even higher, up to 25600 ISO. That way, there will be a clear distinction between both models (besides the MP count – the new D90 will have 16MP). For the record, this is just a speculation – Nikon may keep all consumer models in the 100-12800 ISO range and increase the ISO performance for the D300s replacement next year.
  • Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 released candidates are out. New Nikon profiles were added in Lightroom for 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6, 16-35mm f/4, 50mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.8 and few Sigma and Zeiss lenses with F-mount.

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New button/lever on the Nikon D3100

By [NR] admin | Published: August 14, 2010

There seems to be a new button/lever on the Nikon D3100 picture from “Foto Digital” – maybe for direct video recording? On previous Nikon models you had to switch first to Live View and then start video recording.

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First pictures of the Nikon D3100 and the four new lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2010

Continuation from my previous post – this is the new Nikon D3100 scanned from the German magazine ”Foto Digital” (click on image for larger view):

and the four new lenses (click for larger view):

I have a scan of the whole article and I am going through all the details now (it’s in German).

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Nikon Coolpix S1100pj and Coolpix S5100 pictures

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2010

This the Nikon Coolpix section from the same German magazine “Foto Digital” (see pictures of the Nikon D3100 and the four new lenses here). First is the new Nikon Coolpix S1100pj. As we already know, it will have a built in projector:

  • price around 350 Euros
  • touchscreen
  • remote control
  • several other improvements

And the new Nikon Coolpix S5100 with 12MP and 28-140mm zoom (price around 170 Euro) after the break:

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German magazine spills the beans about Nikon’s announcement next week

By [NR] admin | Published: August 13, 2010

In the September edition of the German photo magazine “Foto Digital”, which was sent to subscribers today, there is an article about the new Nikon D3100 and the four new lenses.

Nikon D3100 (updated):

  • 14 MP CMOS Sensor (23.2 x 15.5 mm)
  • Live View
  • 3 inch Display
  • 100 – 12800 ISO
  • ISO setting manual or automatic
  • 11 AF points
  • full HD Video (1920 x 1080)
  • price 650 €
  • new EXPEED2 processor
  • improved objects recognition for the AF control
  • improved in-camera menu
  • user can save picture profiles

And the 4 new lenses after the break:

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Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 lens discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2010

The full frame Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR lens is listed as discontinued on Nikon Japan website (生產終了 means discontinued, end of life). No surprise here, since a new Nikkor 24-120 f/4 ED VR N lens is expected to be released next week. The old 24-120mm lens had multiple negative reviews over the past few years (the lens was announced back in February, 2003). This lens was also part of the D700 kit.

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Nikon D90, D700 out of stock at BestBuy’s district warehouse

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2010

I would expected the Nikon D90 to be out of stock, but why the D700? Both bodies are listed as 0 inventory in one of the district warehouses, which serves around 400-600 BestBuy stores. The out of stock date for the D90 is September 7th, 2010 and for the D700 is August 3, 2010:

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This is the fix for the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 light leak

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2010

SLRclub has a thread about the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 light leak and it seems that this is the official fix from Nikon – they are just using a wider AF scale plate that will provide a better protection from an outside light source:

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This is hilarious!

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2010

Here is a funny video sent by a reader:

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Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens for Nikon mount announced again

By [NR] admin | Published: August 10, 2010

Tamron’s press releases are a little tricky: back in March, they announced the “development” of a new Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD (Model A005) lens, which will be available also for Nikon mount. Today Tamron announced “the release” of that same lens. The price is $449.99 minus $50 rebate @ Amazon (here is the rebate form). This lens should be a direct competition to the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR which sells for over $500. If you shoot with a DX camera and are on the market for a similar focal length, you may want to wait till next week for the rumored Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR DX lens which should be priced around $350.

Full press release after the break:

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