Nikon and Flickr sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G. The lovefest/sponsorship/partnership between Nikon and Flickr has been going on for a while but now they've stepped up their affections even more with the announcement of the Nikon Digital Learning Center on Flickr.

Popular Photography is reporting that the Nikon D40 isn't backward compatible with a most older Nikkor lenses.

During our current lab test (results to be published in the March 2007 issue and online in February 2007) we discovered that the D40 isn't fully backward compatible with most older Nikkor lenses! Sure, you can attach them to the D40, but autofocus won't work unless the lens is a relatively new, digital-only AF-S or ED-IF series. (These both differ from older Nikkors because they have the AF motor built in to the lens body).

If the D40 is going to be your first DSLR this doesn't really affect you but if you've got a bag full of older Nikon glass or would like the option of buying used Nikon glass this is a serious concern.

Tags: photography, nikon, nikon d40

It's the time of year to make the photographers and photography lovers in your world very happy by gifting material goods their way. Or it's the time of year to reward yourself for being very, very good. Either way enjoy Exposure's Holiday Gift Guide and spread the photography love.

Note that the gift guide is presented as an Amazon.com store. Any sales through the guide will support Exposure with a tiny percentage of the sale.

B&H is getting a jump on the annual day after Thanksgiving shopping rush by offering up a Pre-Black Friday Sale. Interesting deals include a Canon Digital Rebel XT with lens for $649.95 (1GB CF card included), Canon SD600 for $224.95 (1GB SD card included), Nikon D50 with lens for $549.95.

The war for the all mighty Holiday dollars has started in the camera department. Nikon launched a spirited attack last week with news of it's brand new D40 with a street price of $599.95 for body and lens Canon doesn't have a new camera to launch but that doesn't mean they're staying out of the game this holiday season. Instead they're dropping the price of their immensely popular digital Rebel XTi to $599.95 for the body or $699.95 for the body and lens kit. It's going to be a very merry Christmas for camera shoppers.

Nikon is intent on bringing digital slr cameras to the masses. Their latest entry into the DLSR market, the just announced Nikon D40 is rumored to have a street price of around $500 for the body and lens kit (3x 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens included). The D40 will have a 6.1-megapixel sensor, 2.5-inch LCD screen, ISO range of 200 to 1600 and lots of other Nikon bells and whistles.

Image courtesy of Nikon.

With a great headline, The Nikon Before Christmas, PopPhoto spilled the beans about Nikon's Select & Save Triple Rebate Program (PDF). They're offering some great rebates on lenses and flashes in particular. These are some really great deals if you or someone you love is in the market for some new gear this holiday season.

Nikon gave their new D80 dslr camera to a group of Flickr users. The users shot with the D80s and many of their shots have been turned into a brilliant ad campaign called stunning nikon. Nikon did themselves a great service with this campaign. Word of mouth and in the case of photography, visual evidence, is far more persuasive than any traditional sales or marketing campaign. Other camera makers should learn from Nikon's example (I totally volunteer to test any and all Canon or Pentax cameras or equipment).

via Jaffe Juice

Tags: photography, Nikon, d80, Flickr