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1 month ago

Nikon D3200 D-SLR: Official Announcement!

London, UK, 19th April 2012: The Nikon Corporation has announced its latest D-SLR camera, the Nikon D3200.    Designed specifically as an easy-to-use entry-level D-SLR, the D3200 has a high-resolution 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, Nikon’s latest Expeed 3 image processor, wide ISO sensitivity (ISO100 – 6400), full HD (1080p) video, and an 11-point AF system. Apparently, the [...]

1 month ago

AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G: Official Announcement!

London, UK 19th April 2012: The Nikon Corporation has announced its latest Nikkor lens, the AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G. This fast aperture, wide-angle FX-format lens has an optical construction comprising eleven elements in nine groups, including two aspherical lens elements, with Nikon’s proprietary Nano-Crystal Coat applied to the surface of some elements to help reduce the effects of [...]

1 months ago

AF-S DX VR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G

In what appears to be a premature posting, since there has been no official press release issued, details of a new Nikkor lens, the AF-S DX VR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, have appeared on a number of the Nikon (Europe) web sites today.   Main features: DX format 16.7x zoom lens with versatile 18-300mm focal range (FX/35mm equivalent:27 to 450mm) Vibration Reduction II (VR II) stabilization [...]

2 months ago

Nikon UK announce price hike on D4 and D800

An e-mail sent from Mr John Walshe, General Manager, Nikon UK at 18:00 (GMT) today, Friday, 23rd March 2012, to camera dealers in the UK and Eire, states that due to a "systems error" the RRP prices quoted previously for the D4 and D800 were incorrect. Apparently the RRP of the D4 is to be increased by £500.00, and the RRP of the D800 is to be increased by £200.00, with immediate [...]

2 months ago

Adobe Posts Release Candidate Update Camera Raw 6.7

Adobe has issued a version 6.7 release candidate update to Adobe Camera Raw for Adobe Photoshop CS5 on the Mac and Windows platforms. A release candidate version has been extensively tested and is in its near-final state, but is made available so it can be tested further "in the field", before being finished. This latest iteration of ACR adds support for twelve new camera models, including the [...]

2 months ago

Nikon D800: A Behind The Scenes Look

The Nikon Corporation has published an interview with some of the principal personalities involved in the design and development of the D800 and D800E cameras. The article is part of the "Behind the scenes" series posted under the 'History & Technology' archive held on the Nikon.com web site.  The following are two quotes from Mr Shinya Hara, Design 1, 1st Designing Department, [...]

3 months ago

Nikon D700 Production To Continue

If you have had your eye on a D700 for a while but thought you had missed the boat following the announcement of the D800, or do not feel the D800 is for you, the news from several sources this week that Nikon is to continue to supply the D700, at least for the time being, should please you! Contrary to suggestions made at the time the D800 and D800E cameras where unveiled, apparently the D700 [...]

3 months ago

Nikon release Capture NX2 update

Nikon has released an update to its Capture NX2 NEF Raw file converter, taking it to version 2.3.1, which adds support for the D4, and D800/D800E cameras, plus fixes a few bugs. Prior to installing please note the following caveat issued by the company: “This software will update a previously installed full version of Capture NX version 2.3.0 to version 2.3.1. Capture NX 2 Ver. 2.3.0 [...]

3 months ago

Nikon updates View NX2 and Wireless Transmitter Utility

The Nikon Corporation has released an update to its image browsing application ViewNX 2, which incorporates Nikon Transfer, taking it to version 2.3.0. The update, which is a full version of View NX2, adds support for the upcoming D800/D800E cameras, plus introduces native 64-bit operation for Mac OSX 10.6 and 10.7, and Windows 7 and Vista, along with some other tweaks and modifications. Also [...]

3 months ago

Anticipated production volumes of Nikon D800 and D4

According to a report posted to the web site of Bernama, the Malaysian national news agency, the Nikon Corporation is aiming to produce no less than 30,000 units of the D800, and 5,000 units of the D4, per month, at its Nikon (Sendai) factory. This is the same factory that suffered damage as a result of the earthquake that struck the region around Sendai, which is located in the north east of [...]

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