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Nikon Releases Several Firmware Versions for Its Digital Cameras

Today, Nikon releases 4 new firmware versions developed for its compact and SLR digital cameras. The available files are compatible with all of Microsoft’s Windows platforms, as well as with the MAC operating system. Specifically speaking, the compact COOLPIX P7700 digital camera gets the 1.2 version, and the ...

21 May 2013
07:48 GMT

Nikon COOLPIX P7700 Firmware Version 1.1 Is Up for Grabs

Today, Nikon releases the 1.1 firmware version for its COOLPIX P7700 digital camera, which is compatible with all of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems starting with XP, and with both 32- and 64-bit versions. The new package updates the version only from 1.0 to 1.1; so if you already have the 1.1 software v...

23 April 2013
05:06 GMT

Nikon COOLPIX Cameras Receive New Firmware Versions Due to a Battery Issue

Today, Nikon releases multiple firmware update files targeted at 13 of the COOLPIX Cameras due to a battery problem that users sometimes experienced. Thankfully, the team has managed to resolve the issue, and therefore here are the packages. There is a 1.3 version for the COOLPIX S4000 and a 1.2 version for the S930...

16 April 2013
08:00 GMT

Nikon Updates 9 of Its D-SLR Cameras with New Firmware Versions

Today, after over a month since the last camera was updated, Nikon’s team has released new firmware versions for 9 of its digital SLR cameras. Each camera has two download records: one Windows- and one MAC-based file. Specifically speaking, the new versions are C:1.01 for the D600 and D3200, A:1.01/B:1.02 for...

2 April 2013
05:19 GMT

Nexus 5 Expected to Sport Great Camera with Nikon Branding

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google is reportedly preparing the launch of a new device in the popular Nexus lineup this year, one that might hit shelves as Nexus 5, and which is now said to arrive on shelves with great camera capabilities. Apparently, Google will work with Nikon for boosting the camera inside...

18 March 2013
08:31 GMT

The UT-1 Communication Unit from Nikon Gets a New Firmware as Well

The UT-1 Communication Unit offers Nikon’s D7100 Digital SLR Camera an efficient connectivity and workflow. If this device was already powerful, Nikon decided to make it more powerful, and so the 1.1 Firmware Update version came out. First, you must know that the update can be made only using a D71000 DSLR cam...

13 March 2013
12:31 GMT

Nikon’s WR-R10 Wireless Remote Controller Gets a New Firmware Update

Today Nikon released its 2.00 firmware update that will replace the previous 1.00 version. Yet, the upgrade process can be made only with the D7100 Digital SLR Camera, and only if the current version isn’t already 2.00. There are two different files that do the same thing, one is for Microsoft’s Windows ...

13 March 2013
09:38 GMT

CeBIT 2013: Nikon Coolpix A, the Smallest Camera with DX Sensor

As expected, since CeBIT 2013, the trade show taking place in Hannover, Germany is underway, Nikon has released some new products, one of which will demand a hefty payment for a certain privilege. We are, of course, talking about the Coolpix A camera, which happens to be “the world’s smallest camera wit...

5 March 2013
08:59 GMT

Microsoft, Nikon Sign Deal on Android Patent Royalties

Just like many other large companies across the world, Nikon has signed an Android patent agreement with Microsoft, so the Redmond-based based technology giant will receive royalties every time a camera using the Android platform is sold. Microsoft hasn’t provided too many details on the deal, but it did confi...

22 February 2013
09:01 GMT

Nikon 24.1 MP DSLR Camera Is Weather Sealed

With Sony covering the low-end and mid-range photo and video camera market segment, Nikon is getting ready to launch a higher quality camera called D7100, equipped with a powerful CMOS sensor. By low-end and mid-range Sony cameras we mean the NEX-3N and A58 that we wrote about just yesterday (February 20, 2013). T...

21 February 2013
03:42 GMT

Nikon COOLPIX S800c Firmware Update 1.3 Is Out

Nikon’s COOLPIX S800c Digital Camera, that is powered by an Android operating system, has now received a firmware update version 1.3. This new release will fix an issue where a “Not in range” text was displayed and prevented the device from connecting to an available WiFi network. The firmware is c...

19 February 2013
04:48 GMT

Download Nikon's Latest Firmware Versions A:1.21 / B:1.21 Now

Nikon has released its latest firmware version A:1.21 / B:1.21, which is aimed at the 1 V1 Digital Camera. The firmware resolves an issue which occurred when the camera was turned on after attaching a lens. So, the shooting display monitor or electronic viewfinder will not appear to move anymore. This firmware upd...

6 February 2013
08:19 GMT

Nikon's Astonishing 16.2 MP D4 Digital Camera Gets New Firmware

The upgrade included in the A:1.04 / B:1.02 firmware for the Nikon D4 D-SLR is the improvement for the subject tracking performance in AF-C (continuous-servo autofocus) mode with framing using the viewfinder. The focus accuracy when using lens or teleconverter combined with a maximum aperture of F/8 was improved with...

30 January 2013
03:50 GMT

CES 2013: Nikon's D5200 DSLR Camera

As it happens, CES 2013 is proving to be more than a stage for new products. It is acting as the place where companies are announcing the broadening of availability for existing devices as well. Nikon's D5200 DSLR camera has been up for sale in Europe and other areas for a while now. The US has been a bit slow...

8 January 2013
06:38 GMT

Nikon Announces New Firmware Update for the D4 DSLR Camera

Nikon D4 DSLR camera just got a new firmware update. Version A 1.03 and B 1.02 will get your camera up-to-date and fix a previously unresolved issue.The new software version claims to fix the focus accuracy when using a lens and teleconverter with a combined maximum aperture of f/8.Nikon also mentions that the firmwa...

30 November 2012
07:41 GMT

VueScan 9.1.18 Adds Support for Nikon and Minolta Devices

VueScan, an easy-to-use replacement for the software that usually comes with scanner and that supports most flatbed scanners, printer/scanners and film scanners, has reached version 9.1.18. VueScan 9.1.18 is just another maintenance release, but it does bring some support for a few Nikon and Minolta devices and for ...

6 November 2012
13:51 GMT

Nikon Wants to Let You Toss Your Camera Skyward Whenever You Want

Tossing a camera, or really any consumer electronics device, is not advised under any circumstances. Even dropping gadgets by mistake is often fatal for said items. Some people still do it though, sometime with actual cause. Camera tossing, for instance, is done often enough that Nikon decided to do something about...

23 October 2012
11:04 GMT

Nikon Releases an Android Camera, Coolpix S800c

The Nikon Coolpix S800c may not exactly be a response to the Samsung Galaxy Camera, but the overall concept is similar even if the shape isn't quite the same on both ends. Coolpix S800c has been launched in India and relies almost exclusively on a 3.5-inch OLED WVGA touchscreen for input. We say almost becau...

15 October 2012
14:01 GMT

Nikon Adds Its Own 24.3-Megapixel Camera: D600 DSLR

We have known that it was coming since April (2012), and an August leak provided the ETA, but we didn't actually expect Nikon's D600 DSLR to match even overpowered products like Sony's Cyber-shot RX1 and Alpha A99. Like those two, the Nikon D600 is designed with a 24.3 megapixel sensor, which means t...

13 September 2012
04:54 GMT

Nikon D600 DSLR Camera En Route for September Launch

Nikon's D600 camera surfaced way back in April (2012), but a new leak has exposed information about it, not all of which fits with previously revealed details. Set to be a smaller sibling, of sorts, to the D800, it will use a 24.7-megapixel FX sensor, a 3.2-inch LCD on the back, an HDMI output, and a 39-point ...

25 August 2012
05:03 GMT

Nikon Releases Coolpix S6400 and S01 Pocket Cameras

Nikon's Coolpix S800c, the first in a line of photo and video capture devices running the Android 2.3 operating system, was accompanied by S6400 and S01 when it debuted. S01 is the smallest and lightest camera that Nikon ever made, for the Coolpix line at least. It is smaller than a business card and weighs un...

22 August 2012
09:41 GMT

Nikon Coolpix S800c Android Wi-Fi Camera Finally Available

As we said yesterday (August 21, 2012), Nikon was going to launch the Coolpix S800c camera today, and it did, so here is what makes the first Android-loaded camera tick. The press release describes the Coolpix S800c and two other cameras that we will eventually cover individually. Nikon promises buyers of the Coolp...

22 August 2012
04:34 GMT

Fabled Android-Based Nikon Camera Pictured

When we saw the words “android camera,” we immediately thought of a leak we spotted back nearer to the start of the month (August 2012), and our intuition is paying off for once. For those who don't remember, it was rumored that Nikon would launch a product called Coolpix S800 or S800c on August 22...

21 August 2012
08:01 GMT

Nikon Coolpix L610 Will Hold the Line Until the Android Model Appears

Nikon has formally introduced the latest addition to its Coolpix line of compact cameras, a model bearing the name of Coolpix L610 and featuring a 16-megapixel sensor. The general specifications of the product don't stand out all that much really, until the price comes into view and prospective customers reali...

9 August 2012
11:21 GMT

Android-Loaded Nikon Camera Leaked Through Indonesian Filing

There should soon be a particularly verbose announcement on the part of Nikon, but serendipity has dictated that the world learn of the subject matter before that came to pass. Nikon is about to launch a new camera. This would not be all that strange on its own. After all, that's what Nikon does. What is str...

8 August 2012
08:52 GMT

Nikon Firmware Update Fixes D4 DSLR Camera Freeze and Focus

Most of the problems with the D4 camera were fixed by Nikon's previous firmware update, but some were left, so another had to be made. The firmware version 1.02 can now be downloaded from the official website (follow this link). It squishes three main bugs. One of them is where the camera freezes while forma...

4 July 2012
10:51 GMT

Next D800 Camera Firmware on Its Way, Report Says

D800 will receive its next incremental software update in the upcoming week to fix a few issues related to wireless flash trigger and green cast matter, according to Nikon Rumors. The first issue has been spotted by users and is related to CLS (Creative Lighting System), which wirelessly provides the link betwe...

19 June 2012
09:56 GMT

New Firmware Available for Nikon D700 Camera

D700 owners can now update their firmware to version A, 1.03 and B, 1.02. The update is available for Windows and Mac users alike. There are no separate downloads for version A and version B, the package will update them both simultaneously. It comes with only one fix and this refers to underexposed images: An issu...

4 June 2012
07:31 GMT

Nikon D4 and D800 Lock-Ups Fixed by Firmware Update

Nikon's D800 camera has been selling so well that supply turned into a shortage fairly quickly. Unfortunately, it wasn't spared its woes, and neither was the D4 for that matter. The two cameras appeared to have a tendency to suddenly stop accepting commands or carrying out whatever they happened to be d...

30 May 2012
08:43 GMT

Nikon D4 and D800 Cameras Have Problems, Fix Coming

Problems sometimes happen, and Nikon is learning that the hard way, not that it didn't have faulty devices before. People who bought a Nikon D4 or D800 camera may have experienced lock-ups. That is to say the camera suddenly stops responding and only pulling out the batteries allows for a subsequent reboot. N...

4 May 2012
09:23 GMT

Nikon D600 DSLR Camera Rumored

Even though it supposedly doesn't have enough D800 cameras to go around, Nikon is reportedly preparing a sort of successor/sibling to it. Nikon Rumors says that a DSLR camera called D600 will appear sooner or later. It will be an “entry-level” full frame camera, but that doesn't mean the pri...

26 April 2012
09:36 GMT

Boggle at the Size of This Nikon Lens

If you think you've seen everything, you probably haven't laid eyes on that huge lens in the photo up there. And yes, before you ask, that photo isn't photoshopped or otherwise altered. That lens really is so humongous. For those who want specifics, the 11.5 pound, 6mm f/2.8 lens has a viewing angl...

24 April 2012
09:43 GMT

Nikon D3200 DSLR Camera Formally Launched

There is a new digital camera up for sale, or there will be as soon as Nikon and its sales partners finish whatever preparations, checkups and protocols are left. The new camera that Nikon created for the consumer market is called D3200 and promises to be both quick and capable in terms of image quality. Powered b...

19 April 2012
05:10 GMT

Nikon Short on D800 Digital SLR Camera

Remember the Nikon D800/D800E? The first camera that gained USB 3.0 certification? It looks like some people might have to wait for it longer than planned. Nikon is poised to start shipping the D800 and D800E tomorrow (March 22, 2012). Unfortunately, people may not be able to get one, and it isn't because of...

21 March 2012
17:21 GMT

Pre-Orders Suspended for Nikon D800 36-Megapixel DSLR Camera

One would think that a product whose price is of multiple thousands of dollars wouldn't draw so many customers, but Nikon's D800 totally subverted this expectation. It was only a few days ago that online stores finally began to accept pre-orders for this small technological wonder. Now, they have stoppe...

9 February 2012
08:02 GMT

Nikon Outs New Firmware for V1 and J1 ILC Cameras

A new firmware update for the V1 and J1 interchangeable lens cameras just went live on Nikon’s website.This carries the v1.11 designation and according to Nikon’s change log it’s just a minor release meant to fix some issues that were affecting its 1-series snappers.The problems range from a miss-co...

7 February 2012
14:41 GMT

Nikon D800 Now Available for Pre-Order from Amazon, B&H and Jessops UK

Just a few hours after Nikon made the D800 official, Amazon, B&H and Jessop have all made the full-frame DSLR available for pre-order from their websites. Amazon has actually listed the D800 not only on its US website, but also on Amazon.de and Amazon.jp, so Nikon fans all over the world seem to be covered. In the ...

7 February 2012
09:11 GMT

Nikon D800 & D800E Now Official, Sport 36MP Full-Frame Sensor

The Nikon D800 rumors turned out to be true, since earlier today the Japanese company has made official this DSLR camera, which sports a whipping 36.3MP resolution image sensor, the highest resolution sensor to be installed in a full-frame digital camera. Nikon’s latest professional camera will actually be ava...

7 February 2012
04:26 GMT

Amazon Makes the Nikon V1 and J1 Cameras up to $150 (114€) Cheaper

Four months after the Nikon V1 and J1 interchangeable lens cameras reached retail, Amazon started offering an important number of discounts on the kit versions of these mirrorless snappers, which enable users to buy them for up to $150 (114 EUR) less than before. A full list of the Nikon 1-Series kits that the US-ba...

6 February 2012
15:11 GMT

First Nikon D3200 Details Emerge

The full-frame D800 may capture all the attention of Nikon fans these days, but this isn’t the only DSLR that the company works on releasing in the coming months, as the entry-level D3200 is also in the making.Coming as the successor of the popular D3100, this new Nikon camera is said to be built around a 24.2M...

6 February 2012
12:07 GMT

Nikon D800 Full-Frame DSLR: More Specs Revealed

With just a few more days until the Nikon D800 launch, a new series of specs for the camera have been recently uncovered and come to reveal the last few details about this full-frame digital SLR. As most of you probably know by now, Nikon plans to launch two versions of this DSLR, the regular D800 and the D800E. The...

6 February 2012
06:11 GMT

Nikon 1-Series Cameras to Get 4K Video Support and Brighter Lenses

Nikon’s 1-Series cameras have proven to be quite popular in the short time since they’ve been out, but despite their success the Japanese company doesn’t plan to rest on its laurels. According to a high ranking Nikon official, the company has already started thinking about the improvements it will ...

2 February 2012
18:41 GMT

Nikon Coolpix P510 Offers Massive 42x Zoom, 1080p Video & Built-in GPS

If the Coolpix L810 that we presented yesterday can’t get you as close to the action as you would have liked, Nikon also has the P510 for you, which can offer a massive 42x zoom. Equivalent in the 35mm world with a 24-1000mm lens, this VR stabilized Super Zoom also features a backlit 16MP back-lit CMOS sensor,...

2 February 2012
16:01 GMT

NAVTEQ Map and Location Content Part of Nikon COOLPIX AW Camera

Nikon has released the COOLPIX AW100 camera, the first member of the COOLPIX AW series specifically meant for outdoor users. One wouldn't think this product has any truly unique quality, not until attention is drawn to the integration of NAVTEQ's map and location content. Simply put, owners of the camera ...

2 February 2012
09:43 GMT

Nikon Coolpix P310 Features f/1.8 Lens and 16.1MP BSI CMOS Sensor

Together with the new S-Series and L-810 Coolpix cameras, Nikon also introduced the P310 point-and-shoot, which comes as the company’s high-end pocketable snapper thanks to its improved features and specifications. The most important of these improvements is the inclusion of a new 16.1MP back illuminated CMOS ...

1 February 2012
10:18 GMT

Nikon Coolpix S9300, S6300, S4300 and S3300 Point-and-Shoots Debut

Less than half a year after updating the S-series of point-and-shoot cameras, Nikon refreshed this product line yet again with some new models that offer slightly improved specs when compared to their predecessors. Starting at the bottom end, the first new Coolpix model that we encounter is the S3300, which keeps th...

1 February 2012
05:44 GMT

Nikon Debuts Coolpix L810 Super Zoom with 16MP Sensor and 26x VR Lens

Nikon started refreshing its line of point-and-shoot cameras with a series of new models featuring slightly improved specs, just like the Coolpix L810 Super Zoom that we are going to take a look at in this article. As is the case with any Super Zoom, the focal point of the new L810 is its lens. In the case of the Ni...

1 February 2012
03:34 GMT

Nikon D400 DSLR May Arrive in Late March

Wondering what will replace the recently discontinued D300S in Nikon’s DSLR lineup? So are we, but apparently Nikon Rumors has managed to figure this one out. According to the website, there’s a strong chance that the camera will be called the D400 and some sources seem to suggest that it will be introdu...

27 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Nikon D800 Full-Frame DSLR to Launch on February 7, Says Report

At the beginning of February, Nikon will reportedly introduce the successor of the recently discontinued D700 digital SLR, the full-frame D800, which is rumored to include a higher resolution image sensor than its forerunner, and improved video capabilities. As Nikon Rumors has found out, the announcement will take ...

27 January 2012
05:12 GMT

Nikon Officially Discontinues D700 and D300S DSLRs

Three and a half year after being made official by Nikon, the D700 full-frame digital SLR camera has been finally discontinued by the Japanese company together with the DX format D300s. Both of the cameras were added by Nikon Japan to its list of discontinued products, and according to the Nikon Rumors website the D...

26 January 2012
16:31 GMT


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