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Nikon D90 is now officially discontinued

May 16, 2011May 16, 2011Posted in Gear, Nikon, Nikon D90Tagged Photography; Gear; Nikon; NewsLeave a comment

The Nikon D90 is listed as discontinued on Nikon Japan’s website.

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/05/15/nikon-d90-is-now-officially-discontinued.aspx

Nikon Japan

I guess “Old Products” is the discontinued page. After the D7000 made the scene I didn’t think the D90 had much longer to live in the line-up.

I’ve been very happy with mine since Fall of 2008.

I’m a little sad to read that my “workhorse” lens is on the discontinued as well. The Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8. I thought it would stay on the line-up a bit longer since it’s fast glass, and takes filters. Since the 16-35mm f4 came out perhaps sales have dropped markedly.

H/T Nikon Rumors

Nikon vs Canon Infographic

May 11, 2011Posted in GearTagged Photography; Nikon; Canon; Gear;Leave a comment

Infographics are cool and here is one for Nikon vs. Canon created by besteproduct.nl:

Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!

Nikon D800 delayed until October 2011

May 6, 2011Posted in Gear, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Gear, News, Photography, RumorsLeave a comment

Nikon Rumors reports the D700 replacement is rumored to be announced in October 2011. The delay due to the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. This is a better outlook than I had hoped for. I’ve been looking forward to this upgrade for awhile now. Read the whole thing here:

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/05/03/nikon-d800-delayed-till-october-2011-d4-in-early-2012.aspx

H/T Nikon Rumors

D5R a Nikon Concept Camera w/ a twist

May 6, 2011Posted in Gear, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Gear, Nikon, PhotographyLeave a comment

http://www.coroflot.com/nedmulka/D5R

This Nikon D5R camera is a designer’s concept created by Ned Mulka. The idea is to include the mirror, prism and sensor into a rotating element that can reduce the camera size and weight.

Senior thesis design project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H/T Nikon Rumors

Prized $5.00 tool in my Camera Bag

April 28, 2011Posted in Gear, PhotographyTagged Gear, Photography2 Comments

This little tool makes a HUGE difference. What is it?

A Filter Wrench!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=251749&is=REG

How many times have you found your filter “stuck” to your lens, or have you turned it one too many turns making it so hard to get off? It happened to me so often that I bought this set of wrenches about 6 months ago. I have been thrilled with this little wrench. Knock on wood it’s worked every time I’ve needed it, and it’s worked with ease!

This tool has found a permanent place in my camera bag.

Adobe Releases Camera RAW 6.4 & LightRoom 3.4

April 28, 2011Posted in Gear, PhotographyTagged Photography; Updates; AdobeLeave a comment

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 or Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 software. Windows Version here:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5028

MAC version here:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5027

Also released is Lightroom 3.4. The Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3.4 update includes these enhancements:
• Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon Rebel T3i, Nikon D5100 and Fuji FinePix X100
• Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

Windows download:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5022

MAC version:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5021

H/T/ dpreview