Monthly Archives: December 2008

Capture NX updated to v2.1.1

Another Nikon software update; this time it’s Capture NX2 that gets bumped to version 2.1.1:

Support for RAW images captured with the D3X has been added.

When images containing GPS information captured with another manufacturer’s digital camera were opened, GPS information was not displayed.  This issue has been resolved.

When RAW images captured with another manufacturer’s lens and the [...]

Camera Control Pro v2.4.0

Nikon have released an update to Camera Control Pro, now at version 2.4.0.

Support for the D3X has been added.

Windows 2000 is no longer supported.

In some rare cases, when images with file sizes of 14 MB or larger were transferred, the transferred images were corrupted. This issue has been resolved.

Download: Camera Control Pro v2.4.0 (Windows)

Download: Camera Control [...]

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One lucky wife - the Nikon D700... cake!

From flickr, one lucky lady was not only baked a delicious-looking D700-shaped cake for her birthday… but her husband gave her the camera as well!

Full marks for effort on this one!

Nikon hits the #1 spot

At the launch of the Nikon D3x DSLR, Nikon’s professional business manager Chris Hoare said that the company had finally become the number one supplier of digital SLRs, overtaking Canon.

In October 2008, it reached it’s target of becoming the number one DSLR manufacturer by unit volume in the key markets of the UK, Europe, Japan [...]

AF-S 50mm f/1.4 available to order, getting rave reviews

The (long overdue) new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G has now been received by a select few, and all that have seen it are seemingly impressed. Bjørn Rørslett gives the lens 5/5 on both FX and DX cameras:

The barrel distortion, typical for this class of lens, is kept under good control. Field flatness also is [...]