Nikon Rumors

Nikon 1 V3 will be compatible with Nikon Camera Control Pro 2

By [NR] admin | Published: January 5, 2015

Nikon announced the development of a new new Nikon 1 V3 firmware that will be released in May and will provide compatibility with Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 (Nikon’s remote control software). In June, 2015, Nikon will also provide a remote control software development kit (SDK) for the V3. Here is the full press release:

Posted in Nikon 1, Nikon Software | Tagged Firmware updates, Nikon 1 V3, Nikon Camera Control Pro | 3 Comments

Nikon’s speaker schedule at the 2015 CES show

By [NR] admin | Published: January 5, 2015

This is Nikon’s speaker schedule at the 2015 CES show:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged CES 2015 | 6 Comments

Two new Nikon lenses to be announced with the D5500: Nikkor 300mm f/4 PF ED VR and 55-200mm f/4-5.6G DX ED VR II

By [NR] admin | Published: January 5, 2015

In addition to the freshly leaked D5500 camera, Nikon will also announce two new lenses:

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR (no picture available yet, but you can see some of the rumored specs here)
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR II (pictured above, you can see the previous version here)

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged CES 2015, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens | 46 Comments

Nikon D5500 camera leaked

By [NR] admin | Published: January 5, 2015

Those are the first Nikon D5500 pictures that just leaked online (I will not mention the source for now). The official announcement should be tonight or tomorrow night. You can see the rumored D5500 specifications here.

Update: there will also be two new lenses announced with the D5500.

Additional D5500 pictures after the break:

Posted in Nikon D5500 | Tagged CES 2015, there is always one | 65 Comments

Weekly Nikon news flash #296

By [NR] admin | Published: January 4, 2015

→ You can get the Nikon EN-EL20 battery for $14.99 at Best Buy (add to cart to see the discounted price). The EN-EL20 battery is used in the Nikon Coolpix A, Nikon 1 AW1, S1, J1, J2 and J3 cameras.

→ Subal announced underwater housing for the Nikon D750 camera.

→ Sigma issued a compatibility update on their two new teleconverters: TC-1401 and TC-2001.

Posted in Weekly Nikon News Flash | Tagged Underwater housing for Nikon | 17 Comments

What to expect from Nikon in the first few months of 2015

By [NR] admin | Published: January 1, 2015

The first Nikon’s announcement for 2015 will be either on or around January 5th (for the CES show in Vegas) or on/around January 16th, 2015. Another round of new products could also be introduced for the CP+ show in February. A quick rumors recap on what to expect from Nikon in the next few months:

Nikon D7200 camera (very good chance, no firm announcement date for now)
Nikon D5500 camera (this one is guaranteed)
Nikon will also announce three new low-cost Coolpix cameras (very good chance). One of the new Coolpix cameras could be with a new 1″ sensor
New Nikkor 300mm f/4 lens (this could be announced later in 2015, do not have a release date yet)
Nikon 24mm f/1.8 lens (very good chance)
New Nikkor telephoto lenses with fluorite (FL) element – this is more of a long term goal and it will take few years until they replace all lenses mentioned