Nikon UK offers summer cashback on 1 system cameras

May 30, 2013 at 11:48:44 GMT OTHER NEWS 1-SYSTEM NIKON Share: Tweet Pin It Print view Email

Nikon UK has announced a summer cashback offer on its 1 system cameras. From 30th May to 4th September, buyers can claim back £50 on the S1 and J3 models, and £80 on the V2 (or €60 and €80 respectively for customers in Eire). The offer applies to both body-only purchases and single- and twin-lens kits, and all colours of camera; cashback has to be claimed by 4th October 2013. See below for full details. 

Press release:

Nikon 1 Summer Cashback

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Nikon patent suggests password-based security system for lenses

Apr 15, 2013 at 18:53:19 GMT CAMERA NEWS LENS NIKON PATENT Share: Tweet Pin It Print view Email

Nikon has filed a patent covering the idea of a password-based security system for lenses. The patent lists the high value of lenses as a reason for the innovation – the camera would refuse to shoot with a lens unless the correct password was entered. This is an attempt by the the company to prevent resale of stolen gear. 

Nikon Rumors has extracted this (Google translated) passage from the patent:

‘Conventionally, the imaging device provided with the security function is known. In such an imaging device, the technology which makes photography impossible until the password set up previously is entered, in order to prevent a theft and a mischief’.

Another line in the patent is intriguing, where Nikon states: ‘provided that impossible for imaging the light shielding unit, blocking the light beam’. It’s difficult to glean exactly what this might signify, but it seems to hint at a physical modification to lenses, as well as a software fix.

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Nikon launches WR-10 radio-frequency camera trigger system in US

Jan 8, 2013 at 02:00:00 GMT ACCESSORY NEWS CAMERA-TRIGGER NIKON Share: Tweet Pin It Print view Email

Nikon US has announced a radio-frequency camera triggering system compatible with all its current DSLRs. The WR-10 system works over a 60m range and, unlike the current infrared system, does not require a line-of-sight between the trigger and the camera. Users of mass-market Nikons (D600 and below) can use the WR-T10 transmitter to focus or fire cameras with WR-R10 receivers attached to them. Owners of pro-grade DSLRs with 10-pin connectors can use the WR-A10 adapter to connect the R10 to their camera. This combination allows the camera to act as a host that can remotely trigger up to 64 other cameras.

The system was released in Europe in November, alongside the D5200.

From D5200 press release:

New optional WR-R10 and WR-T10 Wireless Remote Controllers

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Nikon announces digiscoping adapters for 1 System cameras

Nov 23, 2012 at 11:44:42 GMT ACCESSORY NEWS 1-SYSTEM DIGISCOPE NIKON Share: Tweet Pin It Print view Email

Nikon has announced two digiscoping accessories for its 1 System cameras, allowing them to be used to take pictures through telescopes. The DSA-N1 can be used to connect a Nikon 1 system camera directly to a telescope eyepiece. Meanwhile the DSB-N1 is a bracket that holds the camera behind the telescope, and includes a mechanical cable release adapter. Both will be available in December, with RRPs of £219.99 and £169.99 for the DSA-N1 and DSB-N1 respectively. 

Press release:

NIKON EXTENDS NIKON 1 RANGE WITH DIGISCOPING BRACKET AND ADAPTER

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