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The BIG event at WPPI is a…Today

… free Blues Traveler concert - WPPI confirmed this in an email today. What a joke! Full email after the break.

http://www.wppionline.com/newsletter/jan09/

AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G now available for pre-order.

New! Nikon’s Creative Lighting System DVD (hands-on guide) now available.

Nikon GP-1 GPS unit now available for pre-order

Nikon D3x now available for pre-order

Nikon UK to raise prices next weekYesterday

The initial report was that Nikon prices are going up this Spring. Now it seems that this may happen earlier,  way earlier… like in 5 days, on January 12, 2009 (Monday). The source is an email sent from a major shop in the UK. There is also similar thread on flickr.

If you are planning on buying any new equipment in the UK, I suggest you do it this weekend.

Here is the history of this rumor- it has been going on for a while.

Update: report from a reader: “D700 at www.robertwhite.co.uk just jumped up from 1331 to 1505 pounds (excluding VAT).”

Nikon prices around the worldYesterday

Nikon prices are falling in… Saudi Arabia. According to a NR reader, Nikon prices in Saudi Arabia were recently reduced. A Nikon D90, for example, sells for SR 4,949 = USD 1,321, Nikon D3: SR 18,749 = USD 5,007:

FYI, Nikon D90 prices around the world:

• Germany: EUR 979 = USD 1,317
• UK: GBP 768 = USD 1,142
• France: EUR 1,017 = USD 1,367
• Japan: ￥ 126,459 = USD 1,345
• US: USD 1,149.

Nikon D3:

• Germany:

How come Apple always gets the best rumors?January 6

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Two new Nikon booksJanuary 6

The Nikon’s Hands-on Guide to Creative Lighting DVD was a hit (unfortunately in the US only). Here is some very educational behind the scene footage: