Nikon 2 Year Warranty

Did you know that most Nikon UK and Republic of Ireland digital camera come with a 2 year Nikon Warranty?

To take advantage of the extended warranty you must be a resident of the UK or Republic of Ireland and are required to register the product within 30 days of purchase. The camera or kit must have been distributed by Nikon UK & Republic of Ireland.

To register your camera click here.

What is the difference between Full Frame and Cropped formats?

The image area on the sensor differs between the Full Frame and Cropped formats in terms of physical size. The Full Frame format has an image area based on the 35mm (36 x 24) image circle, the image area of the Cropped format is approximately 24 x 16 mm.

Full Frame format
The larger Full Frame image sensor is virtually the same size as the 35mm [135] film format which means that the focal length of a lens used on either format will be virtually the same. Many higher end auto focus and manual focus lenses can be used with Full Frame format cameras.

Cropped frame lenses are engineered and optimised for use on both Full Frame format and Cropped format digital SLR cameras. When mounted on an Full Frame format digital SLR, the camera's Cropped Mode is automatically engaged, altering the image capture area accordingly. This image crop is also reflected in the cameras viewfinder display with the image area not captured greyed out.



Cropped format
All lenses designated as Cropped type can be used with Cropped format digital SLR cameras. Many lenses designed for Full Frame or 35mm [135] film formats can also be used with Cropped format digital SLR cameras. The effect of using a lens on a Cropped format camera will produce a magnification of the focal length of the lens by a factor of around 1.5x (eg. a 50mm lens will produce the equivilant of a 75mm focal length).

Nikon Camera Control Pro v2.10.0 update to support D4

Camera Control Pro v2.10.0 is also released with Nikon D4 support:

• Support for the following D4 features has been added.




• Shooting at a shutter speed setting of Bulb


• Exposure Preview for Photo live view


• White Balance (LV) for Photo live view


• Specification of Shutter Speed, Aperture, Exposure Comp. and ISO Sensitivity for movie recording




• The Movie sub-tab is now an independent camera control tab.

Camera Control Pro 2.10.0 Update link.

Nikon D7000 Firmware Update A 1.02, B 1.03

Nikon has now release a Firmware update A 1.02, B 1.03 for the very popular D7000 DSLR.

This firmware update provides software for upgrading your D7000 A to ver 1.02 and B Firmware to ver.1.03.

The software allows for simultaneous update of both A and B Firmware to the latest version.

Current Firmware versions can be verified from the Firmware version item in the camera's setup menu.

Be sure that you have read and understand the terms of the license agreement before initiating download of this software from the links on Nikon download page.

Nikon ViewNX 2.2.5 Full Version

 

Nikon has released a new version of their image viewing software ViewNX2.

ViewNX 2 is an all-in-one image browsing and editing software application for both still images and movies. Nikon Transfer 2 is incorporated into ViewNX 2 for transferring images to a computer.

This is the full install version of ViewNX 2.2.5 for Windows and Macintosh computers. If you are currently using ViewNX 2 this download will upgrade the existing software to version 2.2.5. This software supports all Nikon D-SLR cameras and all COOLPIX cameras with USB support.

Be sure that you have read and understand the terms of the license agreement before initiating download of this software from the links at the bottom of the download page.

Nikon Camera and Lens Compatibility

 

Nikon have continued to use the Nikon F lens mounting system, first introduced on the original Nikon "F" camera in 1959 right up to latest D-SLR available today. While every Nikon lens ever made share the same lens mount the compatibility of the lens varies depending on the camera body used. Download the chart below to help determine lens compatibility.

Camera and lens compatibility chart (Excel file).

AF Nikkor lens specifications.

Manual focus lens specifications.

Nikon releases new version Capture NX 2.3.0

 

Nikon has released their newest verion of their popular software Capture NX2.3.0;
Modifications enabled in this version

• Lens information is now displayed in the Metadata palette for images captured with the Nikon 1 V1 or Nikon 1 J1 using the Mount Adapter FT1 and a CPU lens.


• Support for images captured with the Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 1 J1 using the Mount Adapter FT1 has been added.


• An Astro Noise Reduction option has been added to Noise Reduction in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette. This option reduces the randomly spaced bright pixels that occur in images of stars captured with long exposures.


• An Auto2 option has been added to New WB under White Balance in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette. This option is available with RAW images taken with the COOLPIX P7100.When white balance is changed to Auto2 and a settings file saved, a white balance setting of Recorded Value will be applied if the settings file is used on a RAW image that does not support the Auto2 white balance setting.


• When Set Gray Point was selected from White Balance in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette, and the image clicked to specify a portion to use as the grey point, the point selected was sometimes not accurately reflected in the resulting white balance if the image had first been rotated. This issue has been resolved.

Additional modifications to the Windows version

• This software now operates as a native 64-bit application under the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.


• An Embed Preview When Saving NEF/NRW item with Thumbnail and Preview and Thumbnail only options has been added to the General panel of the Preferences accessed from the Edit menu.
  In addition, preview images can later be added to NEF/NRW files saved without embedding them using the new Update Preview option in the Browser palette context menu and File menu.


• The default setting for the Use Image Cache option in the Cache Settings panel of the Preferences, accessed from the Edit menu, has been changed to off (not checked).
  When Capture NX 2 Ver. 2.3.0 is installed with the Use Image Cache option enabled (checked) with the previous version of Capture NX 2, Use Image Cache will be disabled (unchecked) and cached data will be deleted.


• An issue that resulted in inconsistent display of images in the Browser palette and images inside the folder selected in the Folders palette has been resolved.


• When a batch process was run for images captured with simultaneous RAW + JPEG recording by selecting Run Batch Process from the Batch menu with a new naming convention applied to the RAW and JPEG images, new files were not always created for the selected images. This issue has been resolved.


• An issue that caused the Folders, Browser, and Metadata palettes to be shifted down when Windows was set to display the taskbar at the top of the desktop has been resolved.


• When Set as Default Printer was applied to some printers with Windows, a Capture NX 2 stops working error message was displayed when Capture NX 2 was exited. This issue has been resolved.


• When tone curves were edited using Adjust menu>Light>Levels & Curves, Adjust menu>Color>LCH, or Quick Fix in the Develop section of the Edit List palette, positions of anchor points changed unexpectedly. This issue has been resolved.

Additional modifications to the Macintosh version

• This software now operates as a native 64-bit application under Mac OS.


• An Embed Preview When Saving NEF/NRW item with Thumbnail and Preview and Thumbnail only options has been added to the General panel of the Preferences accessed from the Capture NX 2 menu.
  In addition, preview images can later be added to NEF/NRW files saved without embedding them using the new Update Preview option in the Browser palette context menu and File menu.


• The default setting for the Use Image Cache option in the Cache Settings panel of the Preferences, accessed from the Capture NX 2 menu, has been changed to off (not checked).
  When Capture NX 2 Ver. 2.3.0 is installed with the Use Image Cache option enabled (checked) with the previous version of Capture NX 2, Use Image Cache will be disabled (unchecked) and cached data will be deleted.


• When the selection brush was used to edit an image with the image window displayed at a large size (1980 × 1080, 1512 × 1008, etc.), Capture NX 2 sometimes quit unexpected. This issue has been resolved.

Firmware Update for Nikon 1 Camera

 

The just released new firmware version 1.11 for Nikon 1 includes the following fixes (V1, J1 download links):

• An issue that sometimes caused images captured using the Speedlight SB-N5 to be over-exposed has been resolved


• When switching from framing photos in the monitor to using the electronic viewfinder, or vice versa, with focus mode set to MF (manual focus) and the display zoomed in, the camera sometimes did not function properly. This issue has been resolved (apply only to Nikon V1)

Delivery Delay with Nikon's D4

 

Several Nikon sources have reported that the first planned shipment of Nikon's D4 cameras is delayed.

Nikon was hoping for the first batch of D4's to be shipped around mid February but reports are now saying shipping is now March 15th.

The reason given for this delay seems to be a firmware bug and not a hardware issue.

This appears to be a worldwide delay, not specific to any country or a region. The US press release listed the Nikon D4 availability as "late February".

D-Town TV Episode 104 - All about Nikon's D4

In this episode: RC is in the studio with members of Nikon Professional Services team to discuss the features and capabilities of Nikon's brand new D4 camera, a live studio shoot using the D4, as well as a question and answer session with Nikon's Scott Diussa, Bill Pekala, and Mark Suban.




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Nikon V1 and J1 Cash Back Offer

 

Nikon UK and Eire is currently offering up to £50 cash back on their V1 and J1 digital cameras.

For more details click here.

Using a Polarizing Filter, with Bryan Peterson.

 

AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. Join Bryan on location in Oregon where he discusses how to use a polarizing lense to make a compelling image. Watch as Bryan uses his unique artistic eye to capture a creative photograph.




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Street Photography Do's and Don'ts

 

In the about video Kai from Digitla Rev gives a few tips on some "Do's and Don'ts" when doing Street Photography, with some illustrations.

Get sound advice...Don't forget Auto ISO if you camera has that function, type a base ISO 1600 to capture detail in the shade.






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The Grid Episode 41, All things Photography Chat Show

In yet another episode destined for the best episode EVER archives, professional fashion/portrait photographer Lindsay Adler Joined Scott and RC (filling in while Matt was out on the road) in the studio to discuss inspiration and the business of being a professional photographer. What ensued was one of the most insightful discussions to date. As an added treat, it was revealed that Lindsay is also a late addition to the Photoshop World instructor roster and will be imparting even more of her inspirational and savvy business techniques this March in Washington DC.




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Learn about photography - D-Town TV Episode 103

In this episode: some tips for making diopter adjustments to your camera so that all image displays appear focused to your eyes, a tip on using a tripod and exposure blending when making portraits, a Cheap Shots segment that looks at options for creating a seamless white background, plus, the photography of Paul Bartell.




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