For many photographers, especially hobbyists, the convenience and portability of a digital camera becomes almost moot when they can’t share with family and friends the memorable moments they capture when and where they happen. That is why Nikon has put out its new D5300 D-SLR camera in order to capture and share stunning photographs and […]
Nikon’s updating its line of cheaper intermediate DSLRs with the D5300. The camera features a redesigned image sensor plus built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, compared to last year’s D5200
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Nikon Corporation, with its principal place of business located in Tokyo, Japan, as well as Nikon Inc., having its main place of business located in New York, USA, have collectively come together to file a lawsuit with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Sakar International, Inc.. The charge against Sakar? For allegedly performing an infringement of the design patent as well as trade dress right owned by Nikon. Nikon is looking for an injunctive relief against Sakar in the lawsuit so that the latter will no longer be able to manufacture and sell their Polaroid brand digital still camera that is known as the “Polaroid iM1836″.
We did talk about the Polaroid iM1836 earlier on in the year, where it was touted to be a digital camera which was powered by the Android mobile operating system, making it an early leader in such a department. Nikon claims that the Polaroid iM1836 has infringed upon their Nikon 1’s design, and they are not too happy with it. Nikon also claimed to have “negotiated with Sakar to amicably solve this problem”, but they were unable to arrive at an agreement. Hence, the necessity of a lawsuit (and some lawyers getting a nice payday from this, too).
Do you think that the Nikon 1 is the base design for the Polaroid iM1836, or is Nikon throwing a baseless accusation from the layperson’s point of view? [Press Release]
Nikon Sues Sakar For Design Patent Infringement Of Its Nikon 1 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Not too long ago it was rumored that Nikon could be announcing a new camera on the 7-8 of October in the form of the Nikon D610, and sure enough the rumors were right on the money as the camera has since been announced. According to the rumors, the D610 was expected to be a slight upgrade over the Nikon D600 which means that if you were looking forward to groundbreaking hardware specifications and features, you might be disappointed. However those who were holding off on purchasing the D600, perhaps this is the camera for you, and for those looking to get the D600, chances are the D610 will be its replacement so you might want to move quick while D600 units are still in stock.
The changes Nikon has made includes an improved shutter mechanism and new quiet continuous shooting options. It will also see a higher FPS rate and improved white balance and is expected to be released late October and will come with a price tag of $2,000 for the body-only. Given that this is essentially the D600 with upgraded features, photographers can look forward to a 24.3MP sensor, an ISO range of 100-6,400, a 39-point AF system, 100% viewfinder coverage, Full HD video recording, and a 3.2” LCD display.
Nikon D610 Announced original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nikon has unveiled its new D610 DSLR, an FX-format digital camera that builds on the D600 model with some new features. Nikon says the model is aimed at photographers who are particular about the sharpness and color of their images, among other things, with the camera utilizing the maker’s various core technologies to ensure clarity. […]
Nikon will release an ever-so-slightly modified version of last year’s totally fantastic,
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Megapixels are one of the things that camera manufacturers love to tout and use as a tool to market their products, although many photographers will tell you that the megapixels don’t really matter that much unless you’re planning to print huge photos, and while it does help to a certain degree, having more megapixels does not necessarily mean it is a better camera. To that extent wouldn’t it be a great idea if cameras could come with interchangeable sensors? Imagine if you could buy a camera body but be able to swap out sensors depending on your needs, or if you needed to clean it or gain access to it, wouldn’t that be convenient?
Well a Nikon patent has revealed that the Japanese camera company has toyed around with the idea, and the patent describes the idea of a camera with an interchangeable sensor and how to go about achieving a more accurate way of mounting it within the device. Sensors are usually a fixture of a camera and are typically non-removable, at least not by the average photographer, as compared to lenses, which is why they are used as a marketing tool, i.e. a 20MP camera versus a 32MP camera, and so forth. However given that this is a patent, there’s no telling if Nikon will actually go ahead and make it a reality, but what do you guys think? Would you like a camera with interchangeable lenses?
Nikon Patent Hints At Camera With Interchangeable Sensors original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Over in the West, smartphones that make its way to our markets are sort of predictable in terms of hardware and features, and it’s usually in Asia where we start seeing companies come up with all sorts of unique ideas and innovations, such as NEC over in Japan with their water-cooled smartphone as an example. In any case it seems that Chinese manufacturer, BBK Electronics, could be working on a new smartphone of their own and interestingly enough the rumors are suggesting that the phone could use a Nikon Expeed image processor in their product.
Some are speculating that this could be a modified version of the old Expeed 3 ARM processor which was used in 2011 with the Nikon 1 series of mirrorless cameras, but even then we expect that it should be more than capable of taking photos. The camera accompanying BBK’s offering is said to be a 20MP camera with a f/2.0 aperture which should be pretty good at low-light situations. While Nikon hasn’t announced a collaboration with BBK, the company did mention that they were working on secret projects after expressing their concern on how the compact camera market was shrinking, so perhaps this could be it? What do you guys think? Will we start seeing more image processors from dedicated camera companies make their way into our smartphones in the future?
Nikon Expeed Processor Could Be Used By Chinese Smartphone Manufacturer BBK original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Back in August, it was rumored that Nikon was set to announced a couple of new cameras, and the Nikon D610 was one of them. The camera is is expected to be the successor of the Nikon D600 and according to the folks at Nikon Rumors, they are expecting the announcement to take place on the 7th-8th of October. According to the rumors, the D610 will not feature groundbreaking hardware improvements, but rather a slight upgrade over its predecessor, one of them being improved continuous shooting speed which is said to be set at 6fps, versus the 5.5fps on the Nikon D600.
Other specifications include a 24.3MP sensor, an ISO range of 100-6,400, 39-point AF system, 100% viewfinder coverage, Full HD video recording, a 3.2” LCD display, and will not come with WiFi or GPS capabilities which admittedly is a bit odd given that both features are starting to become pretty common in cameras these days. In any case take it with a grain of salt for now, but we’re only two weeks off from the rumored announcement so we guess we won’t have to wait too long to see if it pans out.
Nikon D610 Rumored For 7-8 October Announcement original content from Ubergizmo. 
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