Weekly Nikon news flash #177

By [NR] admin | Published: August 26, 2012

  • New industrial lens from Nikon: Rayfact VF 91.7mm f/4 /5.6/8 (used for visual inspections).

  • Nikon released v1.2.0 of the Short Movie Creator. Short Movie Creator can combine movie footage, photos, motion snapshots into one short movie.

  • Nikon ranked very low in this report on using conflict-free minerals (“conflict minerals” are minerals sourced in regions of conflict).
  • Usain Bolt with a Nikon D4 (video):

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Nikon D7000 listed as discontinued on Amazon.de

By [NR] admin | Published: August 23, 2012

The Nikon D7000 listing on amazon.de is marked as “discontinued by manufacturer“. I don’t know if this is a mistake or the first nail in the D7000 coffin.

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Nikon D600 is coming soon, no news on the D300s and D7000 replacements

By [NR] admin | Published: August 23, 2012

Another realistic (photoshopped) D600 image from Outdoormac

The Nikon D600 full frame DSLR camera is coming soon. I have already posted the D600 detailed specs and we already know how the camera will look, we are just missing the announcement date. There is some talk about a scheduled Nikon announcement on or around September 13th, but nothing is confirmed at that point. Maybe Nikon will wait until they sell all of their 24MP D3x camera which will be very difficult with the current discounted price of $6,899.

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Nikon D700 is gone in the US

By [NR] admin | Published: August 22, 2012

The Nikon D700 is already listed as discontinued at B&H and is out of stock at Adorama and almost every other major US retailer (Samy’s, OneCall, Cameta, Abe’s). You may be able to find some D700 at Amazon from third party retailers. J&R indicates on their website that they have some on order, but I think this is a mistake, the D700 is now gone… forever.

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The sensor inside the D4 is made by Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: August 22, 2012

Chipworks has a new report online for the Nikon D4 and the 16.2MP FX CMOS sensor inside (NC81366W) is made by Nikon. Similar to the D3, D3s, D700 and D3100, the sensor inside the D3200 was also made by Nikon. The D7000 did use a Sony sensor.

Few months ago there were some rumors that Aptina is developing a new full frame CMOS sensor for Nikon.
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Nikon Coolpix P7700, S800c, S01 pre-order options

By [NR] admin | Published: August 22, 2012

Nikon Coolpix P7700:

Nikon Coolpix S800c:

Nikon Coolpix S01:

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Nikon Coolpix P7700, S800c, S01 and S6400 cameras announced *UPDATED*

By [NR] admin | Published: August 22, 2012

No big surprises today – few hours ago Nikon announced three new Coolpix cameras: P7700 ($499), S800c ($349) and S01 ($180). The Coolpix S6400 was also announced, but I believe it will be available only outside the US.

Sample images:

Here are several video overviews of the new products:

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Detailed specs for the Nikon Coolpix P7700 and S800c cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: August 21, 2012

Here are the detailed specs for the Nikon Coolpix P7700 and the Android based Coolpix S800c cameras that will be announced tomorrow at midnight (EST):

Nikon Coolpix P7700 specs

  • Magnesium alloy body
  • Back-illuminated CMOS sensor 1/1.7 inches 12 million pixels
  • Bright, large-diameter zoom 28mm-200mm F2-4 in 35mm
  • Full HD, video stereo audio
  • Custom video mode that can be set in manual or shutter aperture, ISO sensitivity during recording
  • 920,000 3 inches dots, vari-angle LCD monitor, a wide viewing angle
  • (VR) lens-shift correction effect, about four stages of camera shake compensation equivalent shutter
  • Advanced Wireless Lighting master and remote control separately in a multi-flash photography
  • Adjustable Picture Control Manual adjustment, quick adjustment and take pictures
  • 8 fps / continuous shooting (up to 6 frames max)
  • Second high-speed continuous shooting 120 frames s (up to 60 frames) 1280 x 960 (1M).
  • Available for sale in late September

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