A few more details have emerged from the interview with Nikon president Makoto Kimura.
Amateur Photographer have the scoop:
Respected Japanese trade publication Pen News Weekly quotes Kimura as telling reporters: ‘It will be a camera that may take photos of the world that the traditional SLR cannot reach.
‘Nowadays digital cameras take movies, performance of cameraphones [...]
There are many things to remember when trying to take photos of children. There are some methods that work, and some that don’t – here are a few hints on how to go about capturing completely natural images that parents and relatives will love and treasure for years to come.
Don’t rush it
Children can be very [...]
Remember those Russian astronauts who were taking Nikon equipment aboard the ISS? Well, Nikon have just published some of the photos they’ve snapped. Not all of these were taken with the new D3S, as they’ve also got a bunch of D2XS up there.
To date, NASA has captured more than 700,000 images with Nikon [...]
Bloomberg are reporting that Nikon plans to introduce a “new concept” SLR soon, possibly as early as this year.
The “new concept” model will probably have an enhanced function for video recording and may adopt the so-called mirrorless structure, Kimura said in an interview today in Tokyo. “It could be any time this fiscal year or [...]
Nikon Corp said on Thursday that it is looking to form ties with companies in the mobile and online spaces, in order to provide ways of sharing (and storing) photos taken with it’s digital cameras.
Although no detail was given on which companies Nikon would be looking to partner with, this is obviously a first attempt [...]
Tokina have announced their latest lens available in Nikon F mount, the AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX. Unusually for Tokina this is a full FX lens, not DX as all their more recent optics have been. Good news for FX DSLR owners!
The lens itself is an interesting focal length, somewhere between the Nikon [...]
All Nikon’s modern DSLRs keep track of how many times the shutter has been released – in other words, a running count of the number of shots your camera has taken during it’s life. However, Nikon don’t make this information particularly easy to find, and have hidden it away in the proprietary MakerNote field of [...]
The submission period for the 33rd anual worldwide Nikon photo contest has been announced as being from September 1 to November 30, 2010.
Started in 1969, the Nikon Photo Contest International has attracted 320,000 photographers to submit over 1.3 million images over the years. This year, there are two categories – the first being on [...]
Nikon have published some content of the Q&A session from a recent conference regarding their medium term management plan. Although typically vague, one of the questions hints at Nikon’s plans for a new range of “Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens” cameras to compete with the Olympus & Panasonic Micro Four-Thirds cameras and the new Sony NEX range:
[...]
Another day, another new Nikon website: NikonLIVE.
MELVILLE, NY (June 24, 2010) – To complement the summer concert season, Nikon announces the launch of “NikonLIVE” (www.nikonlive.com) as part of its sponsorship of the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater with Live Nation. The site will provide music fans with great content, including tips about shooting [...]
