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Lens Reviews Lens Compatibility
D40 16 November 2006
D3000 30 July 2009
D60 28 January
2008
D5000 14 April 2009
D90 27 August 2008
D300 23 August 2007
D300s 30 July 2009
D700 01 July 2008
D3 23 August 2007 introduction
D3P 01 April 2008 introduction
D3s 14 October 2009
D3X 01 December 2008
F6 September 2004
Historical Guide to Nikon Digital SLRs
The Full-Frame Advantage 11 September 2007
Nikon S70 Review 02 November 2009
Nikon S1000PJ Review 15 October 2009
Nikon D300s Users' Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D300s AF System Settings Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D3000 High ISO Comparison 29 September 2009
Nikon D90, D3, D300 and D200 ISO 3,200 Comparison 18 September 2008
Nikon D90, D3, D300 and D200 Sharpness Comparison 18 September 2008
The Awesome Nikon Pronea S 02 September 2008
Nikon IX Lenses 02 September 2008
A $25 camera outdoes a $5,000 Nikon D3! 02 September 2008
The Amateur Photo System (APS) 01 September 2008
New-Camera Bugs 11 July 2008
Nikon D3 and D700 vs. Canon 5D 10 July 2008
How to Set the Nikon AF System 07 June 2008
The Future of FX and DX formats 14 February 2008
25 Years Shooting Nikon 31 December 2008
Plain-English User Guides
NEW: Nikon D5000 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod 23 December 2009
NEW: Nikon D700 User's Guide for iPhone and iPod 21 December 2009
NEW: Nikon D300 User's Guide app for iPhone and iPod 21 December 2009
NEW: Nikon D90 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod. October 2008
NEW: Nikon D40 Users Guide for iPhone and iPod 08 July 2009
How to Set Your Nikon AF System
Nikon D300s Users' Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D300s AF System Settings Guide 09 October 2009
Nikon D3 User's Guide 26 August 2008
Nikon D3000 Users Guide 30 September 2009
D90 User's Guide 25 September 2008
Nikon D300 User's Guide 27 August 2008
Nikon D700 User's Guide 19 August 2008
Nikon D5000 User's Guide 05 June 2009
(see also each camera review for more comparisons)
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
Speculation (don't read yet)
Nikon D700X written 09 January 2009 , expected 04 August 2009
Nikon D500 October 2008
Nikon D4 written 22 July 2008, expected Summer 2011
Nikon D4X written 08 July 2009, expected late 2012
The Nikon M1 and MX System 16 February 2009
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
Discontinued DSLRs
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)
FILM CAMERAS
Film Camera Guide updated 30 November 2004
Nikon Discontinues Most Film Cameras 11 January 2006
Nikon F6 updated August 2006
Nikon F5 updated 30 November 2004
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
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
DIGITAL COMPACTS
I've never used the Nikon compacts because I can't figure out the menus. I prefer the Canon and Casio compacts.
Lens Reviews, Tests, Tricks and Recommendations
Nikon Lens History and Terminology
Glossary of General Lens Testing Terminology
Lens Tricks
Using Manual Focus Lenses on AF Cameras
Use Nikon lenses on Canon Cameras!
Lens Comparisons
Comparison of Digital Wide Zooms
METERING
Matrix Metering Original sales flyer from the 1980s
FLASH
How to Use the Nikon Flash system
How to use Wireless Flash - for Free!
For Digital SLRs
NEW: Nikon SB-900 Flash 07 July 2008
SB-600 the only two flashes that work properly with the D70 camera.
SB-400 Introduced 16 November 2006
R1C1 Macro System
SB-R200 Macro Flash
SU-800 Remote Commander
Obsolete Flashes
These are great for film cameras or obsolete DSLRs, but almost worthless on current DSLRs.
SB-50DX 25 November 2003
BODY CAPS
Nikon Body Cap Compatibility 08 August 2007
REBATES
Fall-Winter 2006-2007 Rebates for the USA.
USA rebate info is often here.
NEW: The Nikon Rangefinder System by Robert Rotoloni 07 May 2008
Nikon brochures (2009)
- Historical Camera Archives
- Press releases
- Product data
- MTF Curves for SLR lenses (In Japanese, sorry)
- Large Format Lenses (Nikon UK)
- Large Format Lenses (In Japanese, sorry)
- Enlarging lenses (More Japanese)
- Recently discontinued products
- Nikon's historical info on products 1959 - today
- Nikon's Web Magazine
- Lens Data and Specifications
- Nikon Manual Focus Lenses (Japanese)
- Full data on discontinued cameras and lenses (Japanese)
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.
Rolland Elliot Adds electronic contacts to manual focus lenses to allow Matrix metering on AF cameras. I've never used him. Others have had varying results.
Links to other sources of Nikon information (Nikonlinks.com)
Information on recently discontinued Nikon products
Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo An astute club of collectors
Book Suggestion
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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