nikon archives (1016 posts)
Here you will find blog-posts with the latest Nikon-related news, rumors and updates published at the main blog. In addition, you can find links to our Nikon-related updates on these dedicated mini-sites:
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Patent Hustlers: Nikon to pay Microsoft for Android related patents, February 21, 2013
As strange as the headline may sound, it is true. Nikon has signed an Android-related patent licensing deal with Microsoft and Microsoft goes out of its way to point out in the press release that "Microsoft will receive royalties from...
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Nikon Mirrorless headaches: entry-level model S1 scores better than V2 and J3 at Dxomark, February 21, 2013
Nikon has the advantages of the duopoly, but in a very competitive mirrorless market, they came out of the gate with the second smallest sensor (Pentax Q is the smallest, but Pentax also released an APS-C K-mirrorless camera). Now that...
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New Nikon Coolpix S3500 P&S digital camera, February 21, 2013
Hiding in the shadow of the Nikon D7100 DSLR announcement, there was also a P&S Coolpix digital camera announcement, another "Every day is like Sunday" model, the S3500. It is will be available in many delicious colors, and have a...
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New 24mp Nikon D7100 APS-C dSLR without anti-aliasing filter for $1200, February 21, 2013
Nikon is slowly but steadily progressing upwards in their APS-C DSLR line-up and releasing new 24-megapixel models. The latest new model is the Nikon D7100, a follow-up to the critically-acclaimed D7000. The D7100 also jumps on the 24mp APS-C bandwagon...
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DxoMark Evaluates the Nikon J3, February 17, 2013
Never a dull moment for Dxomark. They are back with a new camera measurement and evaluation, it is the Nikon J3, the third generation of the Nikon J-series CX mount mirrorless cameras. As usual, you can check their test results...
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Nikon cut forecasts last week, stock crashed (and still sliding now), February 10, 2013
Since we are on the topic of business, Nikon announced last week that they would fall quite short of their previous net income forecasts and that made the invisible hand of the market jittery. So the invisible hand of the...
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Pixel-Peeping: Nikon D5200 added to dpreview database, February 10, 2013
Put on the pixel-peeping glasses, a new excuse to pixel-peep has arrived. Dpreview has added the Nikon D5200 studio test results to their database which means you can use them to compare to any other cameras previously measured by dpreview....
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Nikon Coolpix P7700 gets evaluated by Dxomark, February 6, 2013
After a burst of new posts at the Camera Deals blog, we are back here to complete the DxoMark Trilogy! In addition to the Panasonic FZ200 and the Super Wide Prime Group Test, Dxomark also published their test report on...
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Dxomark Group-Test of five Super Wide Primes (Nikon, Zeiss, Sigma, Samyang), February 6, 2013
Dxomark has been busy with new lens reviews, and perhaps the most interesting of their latest output is a group test of five super wide prime lenses from Canon, Nikon, Zeiss, Sigma and Samyang. They are all full frame primes,...
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Curiosity Factor: Nikon Android Coolpix S800c at dpreview, February 4, 2013
The Nikon Coolpix S800c Android compact-zoom P&S digital camera received a handful of reviews so far, but today they have received the dpreview review by Jeff Keller formerly of DC Resource who also reviewed the camera as the last DC...
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Canon 5DMk3 vs Nikon D800E encouraged by three 24-70mm f2.8 lenses, February 2, 2013
Roger Cicala of Lens Rentals is trying to decide on which camera system to purchase for personal use, so he started a new series of blog-posts on this topic. Episode #1 is a Canon 5DMk3 vs Nikon D800E comparison facilitated...
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New Nikon Coolpixies: S9400 18x-zoom and L27 P&S (we missed them earlier on) [updated], February 2, 2013
Nikon announced eight new digital cameras earlier in the week, but it turns out, they were TEN nine! We missed one! The one we missed is the Coolpix S9400, a "deputy" to the S9500 compact-travel-zoom. The S9400 has a double-double...
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New Nikon Coolpix superzooms: P520 (42x) and L820 (30x), January 28, 2013
Nikon has also revealed their two new superzoom leaders, replacing the P510 and the L810, with the new P520 and L820. The new Coolpix P520 is the leader of the pack with a 18mp backlit CMOS sensor with a 42x...
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New Nikon Coolpix S9500 and S6500 compact-zooms, January 28, 2013
And out come the zooms! Not the wolves. Nikon has two new compact-zoom digital cameras, the new Coolpix S9500 is a compact-travel-zoom model with a 22x optical zoom lens (25-550mm eq), VR and GPS and Wifi and 18mp backlit CMOS,...
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New Nikon Waterproof P&S cameras: Coolpix AW110 and S31, January 28, 2013
Waterproof digital cameras are something smartphones, at least for now, cannot cannibalize, so more and more of them are coming out. Nikon announced two of them with these batch, both follow-ups to their predecessor. The Coolpix AW110 is the tough...
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