I was going to write a more “emotional end-of-the-year” post today, but at the end I decided to go with the simple “Best of 2009″ post – those are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for 2009:
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Nikon D700 is being phased out
The rumor is that at least one Nikon distributor in the Middle East has semi-officially announced that the Nikon D700 has been “pulled out” because of the upcoming replacement that should…
Nikon related news/links
- Cheap alternative: Econo AF Macro Extension Tube Set 12/20/36 for Nikon:
- Nikonfestival update: top videos announced, voting ongoing. Top video so far:
New Addition to the family – Manfrotto Video Monopod 558B
So, I have been shooting video on my D300s, and has up the ante with a Audio Technica Stereo microphone, but I am still getting very jerky, though crisp video production. Not a good thing.
So, come this video monopod thing, which my usual photography sales man decides to sell me today. Being lunch time and all, O well, what the heck! I bought one to hopefully bring one or two stop down for my shoot and hopefully bring stable video shoot to my New Year Eve countdown party!
At $95, who’s complaining? A very study piece of gear for that money…well, you can say, its a stop-gap, short-term solution to getting the Nikkor 24-70mm F/2.8G!
- Cheap alternative: Econo AF Macro Extension Tube Set 12/20/36 for Nikon:
- Nikonfestival update: top videos announced, voting ongoing. Top video so far:
http://www.nikonfestival.com/wp-content/plugins/VydioPlayer/vp_assets/player.swf
- Nikon Podcast #30: Nikon Festival Judge Chase Jarvis – Thriving as a Photographer in the Age of Digital Multimedia.
- Nik Software…
Power Ranger needs a break during this Christmas too…tip – never shoot without Speedlight if you can help it, no matter how fast your glass is! Shot on 50mm F/1.4 glass and SB-900.
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