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Cameras top
NEW: D800 and D800E 07 February 2012
NEW: D4 06 January 2012
D3100 19 August 2010
Nikon D5100 05 April 2011
D90 27 August 2008
D7000 15 September 2010
D300s 30 July 2009
D700 01 July 2008
D3s 14 October 2009
D3X 01 December 2008
F6 September 2004
F5 (1996-2004)
FM3a (2001-2006)
SP (1957-1962)
Historical Guide to Nikon Digital SLRs
Discontinued DSLRs top
D5000 14 April 2009
D3000 30 July 2009
D3 23 August 2007 introduction
D3P 01 April 2008 introduction
D300 23 August 2007
D40 16 November 2006 - January 2010
D60 28 January
2008
D80 (also in Romanian.) August 2006 introduction, August 2008 replacement by D90.
D40x 2006
D200 November 2005 introduction.
D2X (replaced by similar D2Xs)
D70 (replaced by similar D70s)
D2H (replaced by similar D2Hs)
Speculation (don't read yet) top
Forecast: Nikon D5 06 January 2012
Forecast: Nikon D5x 06 January 2012
Nikon D500X expected August 2010 overdue
Nikon D700X expected August 2010 overdue
Nikon D500 October 2010 overdue
Nikon D4 written 22 July 2008, expected Summer 2012
Nikon D4X written 08 July 2009, expected late 2012/early 2013
The Nikon M1 and MX System 16 February 2009 overdue
D400 Spring 2009
D4000 Spring 2009
D6000 Spring 2009
D440 Spring 2009
D770 Spring 2009
D777 Spring 2009
D3H November 2008
D75 February 2008
D65 February 2008
D55 November 2008
35mm Cameras top
Nikon F4 updated August 2006
Nikon F3 July 2009
Nikon F2AS, Nikon's Sturdiest and Most Sensitive-Metering Professional Camera
(also in French)
Nikon F August 2006
Nikon FM3a Review 18 March 2010
Nikon FE and FM Family Comparison Chart 18 March 2010
F100 review, observations recommendations and tricks
N90s updated 30 November 2004
N80 updated 30 November 2004
N75 updated 30 November 2004
N65 updated 30 November 2004
N60 updated 30 November 2004
N55 updated 30 November 2004
FA Nikon's most advanced manual focus camera from 1988
FE New Review 01 October 2008.
FM, FM2, FM2n, FE, FE2, FM3a reviews
L35AF (Nikon's first AF point-and-shoot from about 1984)
EM (not written yet)
Nikonos IV-A 14 June 2007
The Awesome Nikon Pronea S 02 September 2008
Nikon IX Lenses 02 September 2008
The Amateur Photo System (APS) 01 September 2008
NEW: Nikon SP (1957-1962)
35mm Camera Guide updated 30 November 2004
Nikon Discontinues Crummier 35mm Cameras 11 January 2006
Plain-English User Guides top
iPhone, iPad and iPod Apps
NEW: Nikon D7000 User's Guide App 10 December 2011
Nikon D300s User's Guide iPhone and iPod App
Nikon D3000 User's Guide iPhone and iPod App
Nikon D5000 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod 23 December 2009
Nikon D700 User's Guide for iPhone and iPod 21 December 2009
Nikon D300 User's Guide app for iPhone and iPod 21 December 2009
Nikon D90 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod. October 2008
Nikon D40 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod 08 July 2009
Online User's Guides
Current Model User's Guides
How to Use Your Nikon AF System 07 June 2008
NEW: Plain-English Nikon D7000 User's Guide 21 July 2011
NEW: Plain-English Nikon D5100 User's Guide 16 July 2011
NEW: Nikon D5100 Autofocus Settings 14 July 2011
Nikon D7000 Autofocus Settings Guide 28 January 2011
Nikon D7000 User's Guide. 03 December 2010
Nikon D3100 User's Guide 30 September 2010
Nikon D5000 User's Guide 05 June 2009
Nikon D90 User's Guide 25 September 2008
Nikon D300 User's Guide 27 August 2008
Nikon D300s Users' Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D300s AF System Settings Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D700 User's Guide 19 August 2008
Nikon D3 User's Guide 26 August 2008
Older Model User's Guides
Nikon D3000 Users Guide 30 September 2009
NEW: Nikon SP User's Guide 07 September 2010
Nikon F5 User's Guide 09 July 2010
Nikon FE User's Guide 18 March 2010
Flash top
NEW: Nikon Flashes Compared Sep 2010
NEW: Nikon SB-700 Flash Sep 2010
SB-400 Introduced 16 November 2006
SU-800 Remote Commander
SB-R200 Macro Flash
R1C1 Macro Flash System
NEW: Canon 220EX, 270EX and Nikon SB-400 Flashes Compared 18 May 2010
How to Use the Nikon Flash system
How to use Wireless Flash - for Free!
Obsolete Flashes
These are great for film cameras or obsolete DSLRs, but almost worthless on current DSLRs.
SB-50DX 25 November 2003
Comparisons and General Interest top
(see also each review for more comparisons)
Cameras
NEW: Nikon D7000 Sharpness versus FX 09 November 2010
NEW: Nikon D7000, D300, D3 (D700) and Canon 5D Mark II High ISO Comparison 08 November 2010
Nikon D3100, D3 and D40 High ISO Comparison 29 September 2010
Nikon Flashes Compared Sep 2010
Nikon High-Speed 50mm Lens Sharpness Comparison 09 Sep 2010
All Known Nikon 24mm Lenses and Zooms Compared 14 August 2010
Nikon D3 and D700 vs. Canon 5D 10 July 2008
Nikon D3000 High ISO Comparison to D40 29 September 2009
Nikon D3X, D3, D40, LEICA M7, Pentax 645N, and Canon 5D Mark II, 5D and SD700 Sharpness Comparison 13 January 2009
Nikon FE and FM Family Comparison Chart 18 March 2010
Nikon D90, D3, D300 and D200 ISO 3,200 Comparison 18 September 2008
Nikon D90, D3, D300 and D200 Sharpness Comparison 18 September 2008
Nikon D3, D700 and D300 Sharpness Shootout 14 August 2008
Nikon D3 and D700 vs. Canon 5D 10 July 2008
Nikon D300 versus Nikon D3. 23 January 2008
DSLR High ISO Shoot-Out 03 October 2007
Nikon D200, D80, D70, D50, D40, Canon 5D and XTi
Canon 20D and Nikon D70 Direct Comparison
A $25 camera outdoes a $5,000 Nikon D3! 02 September 2008
The Full-Frame Advantage 11 September 2007
New-Camera Bugs 11 July 2008
The Future of FX and DX formats 14 February 2008
25 Years Shooting Nikon 31 December 2008
Lens Comparisons
Coolpix Pocket Cameras top
Nikon P7000 Review 12 October 2010
Nikon S70 Review 02 November 2009
Nikon S1000PJ Review 15 October 2009
Metering top
Matrix Metering Original sales flyer (1984)
Body Caps top
More Information top
Richard de Stoutz' Nikon Collection
Roland Vink's Nikon SLR lens data
John White (AI conversions of old lenses). I've used him with great results.
Legacy2Digital.com does AI-P conversions.
Links to other sources of Nikon information (Nikonlinks.com)
Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo An astute club of collectors
Book Suggestion top
The New Nikon Compendium is my favorite guide to the Nikon system. The first edition Nikon Compendium from 1993 and the slightly older second edition from 2003 here published by Hove are also good.
These compendia are loaded with refreshingly correct information as to what was made when and what features work on which cameras, answering exactly the sort of emails I get from people all the time. They also cover all the cameras, motors, finders, lenses, flashes and other accessories. The newest edition covers digital cameras and historic rangefinders. It's not cheap and it's worth every penny since you won't have to buy all the other Nikon guides out there.
Nikon guides are like light meters: are are all useful, but no two agree 100%. Even Nikon's own printed catalogs can disagree with themselves. For instance, Vol. 6 of the Nikon USA full line product guide shows a photo of the 300/2.8 AF-S next to the listing for the 300/4 AF, and the AF-S 80-200 is shown for the 80-200 non-AFS. These goofs are common, which is why you shouldn't spend much time reading guides and why I started making my own observations and writing them down. That's how this website came to be: personal notes about my own gear so I wouldn't forget.
Of all the other Nikon guides, Moose Peterson's are my favorites. Unfortunately for gearheads he's gotten out of the guide business and fortunately for photographers he stresses photography itself. Unlike most guide writers who are authors first and photo hobbyists second, Moose is a real photographer. His guides are written from a seasoned point of view.
See also my Books page.
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