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D700 replacement gets pictured, won't be long now

Finally, some interesting developments in the ongoing quest for information on the successor to Nikon’s D700 DSLR. Nikon Rumors have uploaded a couple of shots of what is purported to be the D800, Nikon’s much-awaited followup to its successful FX shooter.

The images are fairly convincing, though debate is (as always) raging as to their [...]

Amazing time-lapse from the International Space Station

Wow. Just wow. Check out this timelapse video created by Michael König from images shot by astronauts aboard the ISS. EXIF from the original photos shows that they were taken using a D3s.

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Source: Daily Mail via [...]

Nikon "Young Designer" video

OK, so this YouTube flick may be a little cringeworthy in places, but also offers an interesting insight in to the human aspect of Nikon we don’t often see.

The video tells the story of a 26-year old industrial designer working at Nikon who was responsible for the Coolpix P300. It has been around for [...]

Nikon Q&A on financial results

Nikon have published a Q&A on their latest set of financial results, and there are some interesting bits of information in there. For the full article visit the Nikon site, but here are a few highlights:

Q:What can you tell us about extraordinary losses and insurance coverage on the damage from the floods in Thailand?

A:
At [...]

Nikon wins five 2012 iF Design Awards

Not one but five Nikon products have won iF Design Awards 2012. Notably absent is anything from the 1 range, perhaps the awards were votes for/finalized before it was introduced.

The “iF design award” has been sponsored by International Forum Design GmbH of Hanover Germany since 1953. Each year, recipients of these prestigious awards are [...]

New firmware out for D7000 and D5100, fixes issues

Just available, updated firmware releases for the Nikon D5100 and D7000 DSLRs.

The D5100 moves to version 1.01 with the following changes:

An error recognizing some memory cards has been addressed.
When Selective color from the retouch menu is performed on a picture taken with the image quality set to NEF (RAW)+JPEG and an image size of M [...]