New images from space captured with Nikon D3S

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

You can see the rest of the images here (credit: NASA).

The full press release after the break:

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Nikon looking for cooperation with online and mobile device companies

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

This is according to Reuters:

“Nikon Corp. said on Thursday it intended to form wide-ranging ties with online and mobile device companies to provide more ways of storing and sharing photographs taken on its digital cameras.”

Nikon have filed some cell phone related patents in the past.

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Nikon #1

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2010

Update: the #1 spot is for DSLR camera sales in Japan (the direct translation means “interchangeable lens type digital camera manufacturer”, thanks for the translation Michael).

BCNranking got their stats for 2010 (January-June) and Nikon is #1 by market share for sales of interchangeable DSLR lenses in Japan:

Canon moved to #2 by losing almost 8% compared to 2009 (ouch!).

For the same period, the best selling DSLR camera is the Nikon D90 (total of 3 Nikon DSLRs in the top 5):

Nikon stock gained 4% on the Tokyo stock exchange today (July 7th, 2010).

This could explain why there are no new product announcements from Nikon – they are doing pretty good in terms of sales.

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Current Nikon instant rebate program (US)

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

I finally was able to get a complete and update list of the current Nikon rebate program from Calumet (note that some expire July 10th, 2010):

Adorama and B&H should have have the same rebates.

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New Nikon camera to be released “within few weeks”

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

This is an anonymous tip I received few days ago – I was hoping to get more info, but unfortunately there is no way to contact back the sender:

“New camera due in few weeks
Hi,
I have a photo taken with Nikon camera which will be released within few weeks. EXIF is obfuscated, but there are few things I notice:

Good news: it looks better then 12Mpix DX sensor in tonal dynamics. Transitions on skin are very nice.
Bad news: it is not even 20 Mpix – no huge upgrade. Judging from image quality it will be DX camera (too noisy to be FX).”

Maybe this reader can send us the picture so we can better evaluate it here on NR – this can be done by uploading it to one of the anonymous image hosting sites like Bayimg, Imageshack or Rapidshare and emailing me the link or posting it as a comment to this thread. Thanks!

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Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX lens (F-mount) now official

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

Update: samples pictures taken with the Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX lens can be found here.

The previously rumored Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX lens is now official.

Full specs after the break:

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Weekly Nikon related news/links

By [NR] admin | Published: July 4, 2010

We are now back to regular programing. Those are the Nikon news from last week while I was gone:

  • Nikon Coolpix L110 firmware v1.4 is out (Mac | Win).
  • Interesting tests of different Nikon cameras, telephoto lenses and teleconverters combinations (NSFW).
  • Lee  Filters for the Nikon 14-24mm (see product video here) update 6/29/10: “Production for this project is taking longer than anticipated. We hope to have the product available ASAP and will notify you upon availability. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have created. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best photographic filters on the market.”

Two videos after the break:

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Today’s recap

By [NR] admin | Published: June 30, 2010

Today Nikon announced that entries for the Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011 will be accepted between September 1 and November 30, 2010. The prizes include D3000, D5000, D300s and D3s DSLR bodies. Interestingly, the D90 and D700 models were not offered in the prize list. Maybe those models will not be available at the end of 2010 (or at the beginning of 2011) when the prizes will be awarded.

At the same time another “No new Nikon pro camera for 2010” thread on dpreview, this one reportedly coming from the marketing department of  Nikon Italy.

Full Nikon Photo Contest International press release after the break:

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Nikon: “we considered a variety of so-called mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras”

By [NR] admin | Published: June 27, 2010

This is from the Q & A session for Nikon’s medium term management plan that just got published online:

Q: What can you tell us about the new-generation digital cameras?
A: Although we considered a variety of so-called mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras for the digital SLR camera market, we discern the appropriate timing for the launch of our new-generation digital cameras based on the direction of the market demand.

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Is that it? (Nikon 35mm AF-S f/1.4 N)

By [NR] admin | Published: June 26, 2010

I received this picture (original source) few days ago and my initial thought was that this is the current Nikon 24mm f/1.4 lens. Ever since, I received multiple emails from readers pointing the differences between the two lenses (thanks D40-owner and everybody else who sent that in):

  • One aperture in the DOF scale (probably 16), the 24mm has two.
  • The focal length seems to read 35mm (the 85mm f/1.4 lens is expected to have VR, the lens on the picture clearly does not have VR)
  • The max aperture definitely reads 1:1.x
  • The border just behind the focus ring is very thin, much thinner than the 24mm.
  • On the 24mm f/1.4 the gold “Nikon” label is much closer to the end of the plate (look at the letter “N”).

For comparison, here is the current Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G N lens:

Update – here is a close-up of the plates:

What say you?

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