Nikon president Makoto Kimura talks
4 September, 2010 – 10:27 pm | No Comment

Nikon president Makoto Kimura in a new interview has dropped hints again at an in-between camera. He told Reuters the company wanted a camera “different from SLRs and compacts” and hoped to create a new category. It wouldn’t be like typical mirrorless models, although Kimura wasn’t clear on whether it would still be mirrored or occupy a pro point-and-shoot space like the Canon G11.

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Nikons Bayer Sensor Development
24 February, 2009 – 5:31 am | One Comment
Nikons Bayer Sensor Development

It look like something from the Twister game, but Nikon is working on a a new Bayer sensor with better high sensitivity and colour. Whether the new sensor ever see’s the ‘light-of-day’ is another story. The sensor is a variation on the Bayer sensor.

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4-bits-per-cell flash memory
14 February, 2009 – 10:50 am | Comments Off
4-bits-per-cell flash memory

“64Gb X4 is the result of numerous key innovations, and demonstrates SanDisk’s leadership in driving multi-bit flash memory with performance and cost suitable for storage-intensive applications such as music, movies, photos, GPS, games and more.”

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Nikkor 14-24mm and the Zeiss 21mm
14 February, 2009 – 9:57 am | Comments Off
Nikkor 14-24mm and the Zeiss 21mm

David Clapp has performed some comparisons of the Nikkor 14-24mm and the excellent Carl Zeiss 21mm lens.
Here is an extract from the article:
After buying the EOS 1Ds MkIII, all manner of imperfections became noticeable with …

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Thoughts on memory cards.
14 February, 2009 – 9:41 am | One Comment
Thoughts on memory cards.

How many memory cards should you buy? Is it better to keep the pictures all together?

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New Nikkor 35 f1.8 DX
10 February, 2009 – 1:11 am | Comments Off
New Nikkor 35 f1.8 DX

Nikon has introduced a new F1.8, 35 mm AF-S DX lens. This is the fastest DX-format lens on the market, and it’s also the widest AF-S prime you can buy. This lens ships next month for approx AU$340.

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A tough Australian economy
9 February, 2009 – 10:25 am | Comments Off

THE tough economic conditions we are faced with don’t seem to have had too much of an impact during the Christmas 2008 period for retail stores in Australia. “What?”, I hear you ask. We’re in a tough economic cycle. In fact, with the $10 billion dollar stimulus package the government introduced to prop up the economy, many stores have had their biggest December profit for years.

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Is there a new 35 f1.8 DX lens coming?
8 February, 2009 – 8:30 am | Comments Off

Is Nikon about the finally release a 35mm DX lens? We hope so.

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Welcome to Creative Mayhem
4 February, 2009 – 7:35 pm | Comments Off

Welcome to CreativeMayhem.com.au. A new tongue-in-cheek on-line photography magazine, with the latest commentary, news, reviews and techniques. This is a place toprovide some light relief from the seriousness that abounds on the net these days.

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New Nikon Compact Cameras for ’09
3 February, 2009 – 4:15 am | Comments Off
New Nikon Compact Cameras for ’09

Nikon has announced their compact cameras for the first half of 2009. Mostly much of the same with a couple of interesting additions.

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