P7000 firmware update

If your a user of the Nikon Coolpix P7000, we really encourage you to upgrade your cameras firmware.
Among other things, the speed of writing NRW (RAW) files to the card is apox. twice as fast as with the original firmware.

To locate your local support center, visit http://www.europe-nikon.com/

Best regards,
Nikon Nordic NPS team

Karjala Cup, Helsinki, FIN

During the Karjala Cup in Helsinki, Nikon NPS will have a service depot open for accredited photographers.
The depot will be open on match days, app 3hours before the game until one our after the game ends.
Check and clean, support and light service will be provided.
A limited stock of loan equipment will be available.

The game schedule:

2010-11-11 18.30 Russia-Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, FIN
2010-11-13 13.00 Sweden-Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, FIN
2010-11-13 16.30 Finland-Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, FIN
2010-11-14 12.00 Czech Republic-Russia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, FIN
2010-11-14 17.30 Finland-Sweden Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, FIN

We look forward to meet and assist you with whatever questions you might have.

Neste Oil Rally Finland

Nikon is at your Service during Neste Oil Rally Finland.

You will find our NPS (Nikon Professional Service) stand at the Paviljonki Press Center. We can make small repairs and loan lenses, main bodies and flashes for your test and use.
Opening hours are:

Thursday 29th of July 16.00-20.00
Friday 30.7 10.00-13.30 and 15.00-20.00
Saturday 31.7 10.00-12.00 and 13.00-20.30
Sunday 1th August 9.30-11.00

Welcome!


Jyrki Tuppurainen

Nikon Pro Support Finland

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

During the World Cup in South Africa between the 11th of June and the 11th of July, Nikon will have NPS depots at all venues.

Johannesburg – Soccer City
Johannesburg – Elis Park Stadium
Pretoria – Loftus Vaersfeld Stadium
Cape Town – Green Point Stadium
Durban – Moses Mabhida Stadium
Port Elizabeth – Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Bloemfontein – Free State Stadium
Polokwane – Peter Mokaba Stadium
Nelspruit – Mbombela Stadium
Rustenburg – Royal Bafokeng Stadium

There will be easy repairs, check and clean, and in case of emergency, limited availability of loan equipment.
Opening hours will be three hours before the game and one our after the final whistle.
As there might be a lot of pressure on the small depots, make sure your equipment is in good condition before leaving for South Africa.

Looking forward to see you there.

Today, Nikon is launching the new AF-S NIKKOR 200-400 mm F/4G ED VR II. Its a major upgrade of a very popular lens. It is equipped with VRII technolgy, wich let you use up to 4 stops longer shutter speeds than you normally could hold without camera shake. Nano Crystal coat is also applied, to effectively reduce ghosting and flare. A new A/M mode is also added, to minimize the risk of stopping AF action by touching the focus ring. The weight of the lens is 3360g, and is delivered in a soft and practical bag.

The lens will be available in the stores on the 28th of May.

Jan Grarup

Jan Grarup had a fascinating slide show During the Nikon/Noor master class yesterday, with images from Darfour to Roskilde.

Nikon and Noor in St. Petersburg

NOOR photo agency and Nikon have agreed to support documentary photographers from emerging markets all of over the world through the organization of annual motivational masterclasses. The masterclass will be accessible to young and aspiring documentary photographers from the Baltic countries, the former USSR countries (CIS), Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine.

Today is the second day of the workshop, and its portfolio reviews on the agenda.
Jan Grarup, Nina Berman and Yuri Kozyrev is participating from Noor.

D3S Pro Technical Guide

We are happy to be able to present the D3S tech guide.This is a document that covers a lot of the settings and tricks that could be useful for you.
Download it from here!

Picture of the year award

Henrik Montgomery of Scanpix won the Picture of the Year award.
Congratulations!

A short movie from a shoot with Peter Gunnars

This is a short movie I made during a shoot with Peter Gunnars.
The interview is in Swedish, but I hope its all right with all you non-swedes.



To watch it HD, please look at :this link

Fashion Week Report

Thomas Lorenzen helping out in the depot.


During Copenhagen Fashion Week 10-14 February, Nikon Nordic / Denmark provided Nikon NPS to fashion and press photographers.

Copenhagen Fashion Week is Northern Europe's largest fashion event with 1,100 exhibitors representing a total of over 2,300 international brand name collections.

Nikon NPS was placed at the end of the catwalk just beside the media podium and provided service to all accredited photographers inclusive check and clean, technical service and loan of products. The atmosphere was great with many and busy photographers.

We thank Copenhagen Fashion Week for a top professional show and back up.

New D3s firmware

A new firmware for the D3s has been launched today.
It handles a intermittent problem with the movie function.
Use the support page to download the update.

NPS in Copenhagen

During Copenhagen Fashion Week, Nikon provides Nikon Professional Services (NPS) to all fashion and press photographers. This includes loan of equipment, service, and check & clean.

Contact:
Nikon Professional Services (NPS), Press Center at City Hall, Copenhagen Fashion Week Official Show Venue (Rådhuset), City Hall, 1550 Copenhagen K
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday, 9.00-22.00
Thomas Lorenzen, lorenzen@nikon.dk

Backup: Nikon, +45 32 45 20 00

New lenses

As of today, Nikon launches two new lenses, the AF-S Nikkor 16-35MM F/4G ED VR and the AF-S NIKKOR 24MM F/1.4G ED.

They will be a great addition to Nikon's line-up of lenses. The fast-aperture prime wide angle lens has been sought for during a long time, and I can't really wait until it hits the stores at the end of Marsh.



The 16-35VR will break new ground for the nigh time and travelling photographer.
With a new price/performance ratio, I know it will be a welcome addition to our lenses, and I hope that all of you will cherish the wide open performance of this new lens. It will be on sale on the 19th of February.

Vancouver Olympics

Here's a small reminder of the NPS depots that we are operating during the Olympics in Vancouver:

NPS - Location Vancouver

Main Press Center

Canada Place / Vancouver Conference Centre

Located in the MPC Press area

Hours of Operation Vancouver:

Feb 7^th -9^th 9:00 am – 6:00 pm for registration

February 10^th – 11^th 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Feb 12^th – 28^th 7:00 am until Midnight (24:00)

March 1^st – 8:00 am to Noon (returns only)

Location Whistler

Main Press Center

Whistler Conference Centre

Hours of Operation Whistler:

February 11th - 28th: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

*These times may change from day to day depending on the events schedule – Check with the Nikon Center in Whistler to confirm hours.

*Note: Only clean, check and minor repair services will be available at the Whistler Media Centre.

Bandy in Stockholm

During a hectic week in January, Bill Frakes and Laura Heald teamed up with Nikon Nordic NPS for a tour called Still Moving Pictures. The goal was to shoot a real event, and present a multi media the day after for a invited audience.

The MM here, is from a bandy game at Zinkensdamm in Stockholm.

Backyard Babies

By far the biggest challenge during the Still Moving Pictures tour, was the making of the "Abandon" video for Backyard Babies.
Shot in front of a live audience in Turku and Helsinki, the amount of hours with the eyes closed was very limited. D3s was the camera, and a wast selection of lenses from 14-24 to 600mm where used.Turned out pretty ok!

New Nikon Nordic NPS blog!

Dear all!
Welcome to the all new Nikon Nordic NPS blog.
This will be the place to gather info from and about all things concerning NPS.
News, links, products, interesting persons, technology; we hope that we can cover all aspects of our world, and that you will come back and follow this blog.

Br
Lasse