Nikon Coolpix P100 gets firmware update

Another day, another firmware update, and this time around it would be the Coolpix P100 from Nikon which will see its firmware hit a more mature version 1.2. Of course, if you go to your camera and check the firmware version, with 1.2 popping up, you need not perform an update for more than obvious ...

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Nikon affected by Japanese tsunami

Nikon's production facilities in the Japanese city of Sendai have been severely affected by the latest tsunami, which affected Sendai quite a lot, according to sources familiar with the matter. Nikon's flagship manufacturing facility is based in the city, a factory that makes high-end cameras like the D3x and the D700. You can see an ...

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See this Nikon Limited Edition Lens Box and want it for yourself

This is a special edition box of lenses from Nokia that you can see here, and, as you might have guessed, it costs a lot. I will get to the price later, but here is what the kit contains a Nikkor AF-S 24mm, 35mm, 85mm lenses, and it looks like you can see some ...

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Nikon had a chance to buy Photoshop in 1988

Nikonweb.com has an interesting anecdote from way back in 1988, at the MacWorld show, the Nikon team was approached by two brothers trying to sell them the rights to a piece of image editing software. Their names were John and Thomas Knoll, and their software was called Photoshop. Nikon could have looked a lot different today ...

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Nikon Coolpix S9100

Nikon has been up to a lot of good lately with cameras like the Coolpix S6000 Digital Camera, and they have just unveiled new camera with the S9100. The S9100 has one great feature with a wide angle NIKKOR ED glass lens with 18X optial zoom (25-400mm). It also has a 12.1 MP ...

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Nikon and Kodak almost bought Photoshop

I am sure that some of us cannot imagine a world without Photoshop, but can you imagine a world where Nikon or Kodak owned it? According to the Website of Alan Bartlett, Nikon had a chance to buy Photoshop, and it didn't do it back in 1989. They "could not see a market for it". ...

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Nikon Coolpix S6000 Digital Camera Review–Welcome Addition To Nikon’s Lineup

We continue with our week of looking at compact digital cameras by checking out the Nikon Coolpix S6000, a camera that should take care of most any basic job and even give you a leg up on some more expert-level tasks to boot. The Nikon Coolpix S6000 is a fourteen megapixel camera that offers a 7x ...

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Nikon patents built-in projector for DSLRs

Nikon was one of the first camera makers to include a tiny PICO projector in their Pj series of cameras, and now, if patents are to be believed (which they usually are), Nikon will be introducing the projector feature to DSLRs, as they've filed a new patent for exactly that. According to the patent, the ...

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New rumors surrounding Nikon cameras

Right now, there are a whole bunch of rumors around the Internet surrounding Nikon and a mirrorless camera. This new camera sounds like it uses a Sony sensor with a 16 or 24 Megapixel variant. There is another rumor going around involves a prosumer camera, with the Coolpix P500 to replace the P100. ...

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Nikon dSLR software can tether it to a computer

I never really had a chance to tether my computer to my phone, and I can honestly say that I never connected it to a camera. Fortunately, Nikon dSLRs use the company's Camera Control Pro to tether the camera to a computer. The user can control the camera from the PC and even ...

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