Canon just announced a new industrial camera, called the M15P-CL, and it’s one of the Japan Company’s first attempts at targeting the manufacturing market. What makes this news noteworthy, however, isn’t even that. It’s the Nikon F lens mount Canon has built on the camera itself.
More Bad News for Nikon as China Orders the Company to Stop Selling the D600
The Nikon D600 has to be a curse; it’s been causing too much trouble and more bad news is still coming in for the DSLR manufacturer. This time, that negative attention is coming straight from the likes of media giants like CNN Business after a China Central Television show aired an episode focusing on Nikon. The criticism and accusations voiced in it didn’t put Nikon under a spotlight; they placed the company on concrete under a magnifying glass on a hot summer day.[Read More…]
Nikon Adds a New (and Expensive) Mirrorless Camera to Their 1 Series
Just an hour ago, Nikon announced their latest addition to their 1 line, and they claim it to have the world’s “fastest continuous shooting rate with AF tracking, [and] performance with tracking of moving subjects that exceeds that of digital SLR cameras”. It’s called the Nikon 1 V3, and its the first Nikon 1 camera that comes with a vari-angle touch screen LCD monitor and Wi-Fi capability.
Sigma Ordered to Pay Nikon $14.5 Million As A Two-Year Lawsuit Comes to an End
Back in 2011, Nikon filed a lawsuit against Sigma for patent infringement involving lenses with stabilization technology (VR in Nikonspeak and OS in Sigma lingo). The Tokyo district court recently announced its final judgements, and they conclude with Sigma ordered to pay Nikon a total sum of 14.5 million dollars (which is 1.5 billion yen).
Nikon & Canon Go On A Rebate War – Good Times For Shopping Glass
If you haven’t heard by now, this month might be a good time to grab a new lens for your gear. Two giants in DSLR manufacturing have rebates in place for select lenses until the end of this month.
Nikon Offering Free Repair Services for the D600, In or Out of Warranty
Just earlier today, a technical advisory was posted on Nikon’s website for the D600.
Recently, Nikon has been gaining controversy after it got itself caught in America’s favorite pastime of suing. Attorneys at law firms such as Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein have been collecting complaints about the camera manufacturer due to allegations of a defective product; in this case, the D600 model. Now, it’s heading into a class action suit already filed by attorneys of Zimmerman & Reed.[Read More…]
Nikons D4s Set for Release in March
Ever since its release back in January 2012, the Nikon D4 has remained one of the top choices for sports journalists and action photographers. As of today, Nikon has officially announced the release of the full-frame camera’s successor: the Nikon D4s.
Back Button Focusing May Be The Best Thing That Happen To Your Shooting Process. Ever.
Many photographers, me included, focus by half pressing on shutter release. Then we re-compose. Then we complete the press.
Photographer Steve Perry shares a great improvement to your workflow by decoupling the autofocus button from the shutter release, and relocating it to button on the back of the camera.
This decoupling allows for several great benefits:[Read More…]
Hacked Nikon Firmware Allows Manual Control With D5100 While In Liveview
While the NikonHacker firmware is light years behind its MagicLantern Canon sister, it is slowly making its paces.
The latest release from NH includes some pretty happy news for Nikon D5100 users – the ability to shoot manual while in live view mode. NH tells that the feature was there all along, only it was disabled in software and needed a small technical tap to be unlocked. [Read More…]
Nikon Just Filed A Patent For An Interchangeable Sensor Camera. I Am Not Thrilled
If you are ready any of the photography blogs out there you could not have missed the new patent from Nikon. A patent for an interchangeable sensor camera (brought to light by Nikon Rumors, and machine translated here).
Everyone are saying – Yay! I would love to swap the sensor on my camera when technology changes. YAY!
At first glance it seems like the future has opened for cameras that can do practically anything now, at the change of a sensor – Higher res, better video, dedicated chips, say Infra red photography, built-in HDR, better dynamic range. Everything that we can imagine. While the latter (HDR, IR, dynamic range) makes lots of sense, the former (more resolution, better video) is not likely to happen.[Read More…]
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