This is a bit early to claim that the D5100 from Nikon will soon be here, but it is clear that the repeated message from Nikon is really unambiguous: Stocks of Nikon D5000 are dwindling all over the world and Nikon has obviously no intent to start a new manufacturing batch. The Nikon D5100 will…
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Nikon D7000 – Disassembly
How would you take your Nikon D7000 apart? If you are not sure, I suggest you have a look at the following video from Thailand. YouTube link However, I would strongly suggest that you would try this only if the camera is broken and it’s already out of warranty. The Nikon D7000 is a fragile…
Nikon D3 slow motion – Continuous 11 fps
Did you look into a pro camera shooting continuously at its top speed? Here is a Nikon D3 at 11 frames per second. YouTube link
What is in the Nikon D400?
One of the most expected SLR photo camera of 2011 will certainly be the Nikon D400. I have to admit that the name is not official yet, and is only the product of a reasonable speculation, but the successor to the Nikon D300s could easily hold this name. The D300s is currently the Nikon flagship…
Best Nikon SLR lenses for wildlife photo
Nikon: The biggest digital camera seller in the world (mostly because of its sales of compact photo cameras), an internationally famous reference for the quality of its lens and it SLR cameras. Wildlife photographers (professionals as well as amateurs) must take this offering very seriously. But the fame did not come from nothing, and the…
Nikon D7000: Firmware against white spots
The Nikon D7000 suffers from its launch of an abrupt appearance of some white spots (or clear spots or hot pixels) when recording video sequences in very low light(the issue is discussed by energetic participants on the Nikon Rumors forums). The phenomenon is not always visible, but it is clearly visible (no pun intended). Nikon…
Summer variations – Vincent Munier
Shot with the Nikon D3s, by wildlife photographer Vincent Munier. YouTube link
Nikon in space
Photography and space: Two adventures sharing one sense of passion. Nikon has been going to space for years and they want us to know in this video. YouTube link
Nikon works on a replacement for the 80-400mm/4.5-5.6
The Nikon users will want to see some improvements on the (already) old 80-400mm/4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom will probably be satisfied soon. Nikon recently issued two patents (1 & 2) for a zoom in this category. It does not tell us when it will be available, but according to the yellow brand habits, the end of…
Lens reviews, now with Pentax forums
One of the very first resources I created for YLovePhoto is the list of web sites providing lens reviews or comparisons. There, I make sure that there is one location where we can go to find all lens reviews available on the web. Today, I updated it with a major addition. Pentax Forums just made…
DxOMark: Now with Nikon D7000
At DxO Labs, there is one hell of a director of special effects. One after the other, there are news exploding in front of observers. First, there was a Sony Alpha 55 marginally better than the other cameras, then a Pentax K-5 which jumped ahead everybody else with 82 points. Here comes the Nikon D7000…
24MP/FF for Nikon and Sony
photo credit: Edur8 There is currently a Full Frame digital sensor being developed by Sony. Or more precisely, Sony currently works on a 24 mega-pixel technology in the Full Frame form factor (FX in the Nikon local language) and the two applications actually forecast are at Nikon for building the Nikon D800 and at Sony…
Instant rebate on Nikon lenses at B&H
70-300mm VR Lens & 18-55mm Bundled with the D-5000 ($250 Instant Rebate) 18-200mm VR Bundled with the D-90 ($300 Instant Rebate) 24-70 f/2.8G ED mm & 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Bundled with D-300S or D-700 ($700 Instant Rebate) This offer ends 11/20/2010: Hurry up! And all the other rebates at B&H.
Nikon D7000: Available or not?
This is becoming the hot question for November 2010: When will the Nikon D7000 be really available? First, people noticed the difficulty (in October) to get the new camera even on pre-order (and Amazon started offering a small amount to their impatient customers). And, we assumed that this was just normal (after all, Nikon had…
Download the Nikon D7000 user manual
Again and again, people ask for the operator’s manual of new SLR cameras. So, for the Nikon D7000, here it is. English: Nikon D7000 User’s manual from Nikon support web site Français : Mode d’emploi du Nikon D7000 Español : Manual del usuario / Nikon D7000 Português: O manual Nikon disponível para download Deutsch: ????…
Opinion: Canon EOS 5D MkII vs. Nikon D700
Allister Freeman is a photographer who recently switched from Canon to Nikon. In this post on his blog (Canon 5D Mark 2 versus Nikon D700 – My thoughts), he tries to give a hands-on experience report to support his switch. Actually, the most important of his issues was with ISO sensitivity and general behavior of…
Nikon D7000 late?
It is somewhat (and sometimes) funny to see the expectations of some people becoming their certainties with an astonishing speed. I have exactly this feeling when I hear the cries of the most recent days: The Internet is all about this “Why is the Nikon D7000 so late?” As a matter of fact, Nikon was…
Nikon D3100 – Video and fast AF
If you really understand and perceive how fast and accurate is the autofocus of the Nikon D3100, just have a look at these sample videos. YouTube link YouTube link
Nikon D7000, from Italy
It’s on HardwareUpgrade (Italy) that we can discover a short hands-on preview of the Nikon D7000, and even more important raw pictures taken by the camera at different sensitivity levels (up to ISO 25,600). Nikon D7000, primo contatto e primi scatti Beware: The camera was still using a pre-production firmware (v0.28) and this should be…
Photokina, it’s started! (continuous update)
Of course, when the doors of the Photokina opened in Köln, Germany this morning, we found the recently announced new products, including: Canon EOS 60D Nikon D3100 Nikon D7000 Olympus E-5 Pentax K-5 Pentax K-r Sony SLT-A33 Sony SLT-A55 Sony Alpha 560 Sony Alpha 580 But, let’s also see what the camera and accessories manufacturers…
Nikon D800: Possible features
Today, the leaks have been collected by our friends of Reportages Photo and they may allow us to discover some of the features of the next Nikon D800 (some believe that it will replace the existing Nikon D700, FX Full Frame photo camera famous for its excellent sensitivity coming from using a reasonably low resolution…
Nikon D7000: more data
The first pictures taken with the Nikon D7000 are already appearing around us: High ISO 3200 by Chase Jarvis. Official Nikon sample pictures A few promo videos: YouTube link YouTube link
Nikon D7000, first contact, preview
While preparing the upcoming Photokina 2010 photographic show, Nikon had already presented a nice entry-level DSLR camera, the D3100, but the rumour had it that the yellow brand would not limit itself to this before the end of the year. As a matter of fact, we did not need much patience since Nikon presents today…
Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/1.4
Faithful to its age-old fame, Carl Zeiss shows us a new wide-angle lens aiming at the high-end of the market, at least because of the “widigantic” aperture of f/1.4. Available in Canon and Nikon mounts at 1385€, from the first quarter of 2011.