This night Nikon released a new product, the Speedlight SB-910 flash unit. We were all waiting for the D800, but it seems as it will be next year before the camera is announced. Instead Nikon announced an updated version of the SB-900 Speedlight. I did a side-by-side...
Nikon Rumors just released the information that they received a sample picture taken with the D800 and that the EXIF data really says it will have 36 Megapixels. That is 7360×4912 Pixels. Hell. I am still very confused about the 36 MP issue. I can’t get my...
My favorite source for rumors on anything Nikon is www.nikonrumors.com (well, pretty obvious URL if you ask me…). What is that website ? Perhaps I should explain the nature of rumors websites first. A *whatever*rumors dot com page collects bits and pieces of...
An update with nothing to report, but I felt like creating some content in the blog. Still no news from Nikon about the lens. Either I will find a cost estimate this week in my mailbox or Nikon will repair the lens and send it back, which will be in another 2-3 weeks....
This morning I brought the damaged Nikkor to the Nikon Service. Nikon will assess the damage and check whether it might be a warranty case. If the warranty is acknowledged, I will get back the lens repaired in about 4 weeks. If the warranty is not acknowledged, I will...
It’s a week-end full of grief and despair later because of the defect lens I got on eBay (24-70 f2.8 Nikkor with a supposedly bent inner tube => zooming not possible) I exchanged a couple of emails with the seller. It was an eBay classic: Seller claims the...
