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Nikon recalls some SLR / mirrorless batteries for fire risk

Nikon's logo. Click here to visit the Nikon website!If you're shooting with the Nikon D800, D800E, or D7000 digital SLRs, or the Nikon 1 V1 compact system camera, you'll want to take a careful look at all of your EN-EL15 battery packs. These packs were included in the camera bundles, and =sold separately as Nikon model number 27011. In either instance, they're clearly identified as an EN-EL15 on the pack's label. Nikon has...

Nikon V1 review posted!

Nikon V1 compact system camera. Copyright © 2012, The Imaging Resource. All rights reserved.Choosing a smaller sensor, the Nikon V1 didn't earn a lot to praise from the spec hounds at its introduction, but Nikon was aiming at a smaller system overall, including lenses. They certainly achieved that, while maintaining excellent image quality and including impressively fast autofocus speed. Though many were disappointed with the smaller sensor, our test results show the...

Lens Review: Nikon 1 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR

Nikon1 10-100f45-56pdvrNikon got into the mirrorless camera game near the end of 2011, and released three lenses to start off the system: one of them, the Nikon 1 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-Zoom VR, is heavier than the V1 and J1 cameras it can serve, but offers an image-stabilized 27-270mm equivalent platform, and is the subject of today's lens review on SLRgear.com. Click here to read our full review of...

Nikon squashes V1, J1 bugs, updates Camera Control Pro

Nikon's J1 digital camera. Photo provided by Nikon Corp. Click to read our Nikon J1 review!If you're an early adopter of one of Nikon's 1-series compact system cameras, the company has a firmware update lined up for you today.

The new firmware for the Nikon V1 and J1 cameras brings either model up to version A 1.11 and B 1.10. In both cases, a problem with flash overexposure has been addressed, either for the Nikon J1's built-in strobe, or for the Speedlight SB-N5...