Posts Tagged ‘Nikon’

Nikon Updates Capture NX2

By Jeff • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: News You Can Use

Nikon’s update includes a bunch of things for Windows and finally Snow Leopard support. Oh and it is really really fast now on my Mac!



Geotagging Pictures with Nikon GP-1

By Jeff • Sep 20th, 2009 • Category: Hardware

I’ve been fascinated with the idea of geotagging images for a while now. I am however convinced that more and more applications and therefore more and more interesting uses for this capability will make it an essential feature on your next cameras…why not get going today?



Nikon Announces New Gear

By Jeff • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Hardware

Unless you’ve never been to photography website, this is no surprise. As per their usual use of the Cone of Un-Silence, Nikon has made the official announcements that we’ve known about for weeks.



Nikon D5000 Launches

By Jeff • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Hardware

Nikon is a great camera manufacturer, but a terrible keeper of secrets. D5000 has a 12.3 megapixel camera with HD (720p) and an articulating 2.7″ display. Not bad for $729!



Nikon Announces D3X

By Jeff • Dec 9th, 2008 • Category: Hardware

Nikon has finally introduced another poorly kept secret, the D3X. Its a 25 megapixel D3. So very low nice and very large files! About a 140MB NEF file to be more precise. I am actually very happy to see the news, I was battling my bank book about buying the D300 a few months ago [...]



Nikon D300 Firmware Update

By Jeff • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: News You Can Use

This is on the Nikon Europe site at the moment, but should be up in the US site shortly.

The big deal for me is that when you are using auto iso you can now set the minimum shutter speed up to a 4000th. The old setting was 1/250! They also clain improved auto focus which [...]



Nikon D300

By Jeff • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Hardware

For those of you that have not made the jump to the D300, what the heck are you waiting for? I just came back from a week in Vermont photographing the fall spectacular and it was the best color in years. I was with some friends and we all now shoot with the D300 and [...]



Nikon MX = Something Big?

By Jeff • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: News You Can Use

A couple of weeks ago there was an add from Nikon teasing about something big for wedding photographers. Here is the ad.

Now that set of a zillion more rumors that it was the upcoming (allegedly) D3X. Now comes the newest and greatest rumor, a medium format 48 meegapixel format. YOWZER, call your Swiss banker for [...]



Nikon D90

By Jeff • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Hardware

The worst kept secret in camera launch history was made public, the new Nikon D90. Seems pretty normal at 12 megapixels, 3″ screen, 5 frames per second and looks like a D300. Wait, what the!!! This camera shoots video! And its HD too! So, I was thinking OK this must be an the biggest gimmick [...]



Nikon Coolpix S60

By Jeff • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Hardware

This looks like a great “pocket camera” for those that want a bit of style with their point and shoot. I have an iphone and so this camera’s touchsceen is very appealing.
An excerpt from the Nikon press release:
“Nikon is proud to announce the introduction of the COOLPIX S60 – an advanced and stylish compact digital [...]