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I AM AWARD WINNING

Nikon are pleased to announce that the unrivalled D800 has won two more prestigious awards – the Camera GP2012 of the Year and Readers Awards.

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The Camera GP2012 Camera of the Year award is presented to the best still camera released on the Japanese market between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012. This is the seventh time Nikon has received a Camera Grand Prix” Camera of the Year award”.

The Readers Award was selected through online voting by general users between March 20 and April 10, 2012.
With the selection of the D800 this year, Nikon digital cameras have received the Readers Awards four times in the past five years, proving just how highly regarded the cameras are by a large number of users.

TIPA AWARDS 2012

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The D800 also won the TIPA Award 2012 for the best expert DSLR at the same time the D5100 won the best entry level DSLR and the
SB-910 Speedlight won the best professional flash system. These products were selected for the TIPA Awards 2012 through voting by editors of member camera and imaging magazines from Europe, Australia, Canada, China, the USA and South Africa.

RED DOT DESIGN AWARD 2012

To continue the list of achievements, the Nikon 1, COOLPIX AW100 and
COOLPIX P310 were all recipients of the prestigious red dot award: product design 2012.

New Nikon School Specialist Courses Announced-Register Today

Tips, techniques and insider knowledge you won’t find in books. These courses are focused on acquiring and building new skills.

Wherever you find yourself along the photographic journey, Nikon School is a series of hands-on courses to help refine the skills of budding photographers across Australia. Plus with many new and exciting courses now released in the line-up you can ensure you take your photography to the next level. Click below to view further information on the many new and exciting classes soon to be available including:

Action and Motion Photography
Location Lighting with Speedlights
Portraits & People
Travel and Landscape Photography

These courses have been designed to focus on specific photography techniques depending on your photography style or life experiences. Each course will be a fun and hands-on day full of insightful tips, tricks and practicals that will see you executing colourful and lively images with the guidance of an industry specialist.

Click the link to find out more & Pre-register your interest for an upcoming class today.

Nikon 1 Bonus Accessory Offer

Introducing the new Nikon 1 bonus offer… purchase any camera in the brilliant new Nikon 1 range from a Nikon Australia Authorised Reseller and receive up to $163 worth of free accessories. This offer is exclusive to My Nikon Life members and is available for a limited time only, making it the perfect time to buy your new Nikon 1.

Click here to find out more about the incredible new Nikon 1 – the intelligent camera.

Click here to claim your exclusive Nikon 1 Bonus Gift.

Announcing the new AF-S 28mm f/1.8G

The AF-S NIKKOR 28mm F/1.8G offers a bright maximum aperture that enables capture of images with pleasing blur characteristics. Utilising the latest optical design, the wide-angle is optimal for both snapshots of everyday life as well as landscapes and travel photography.

Loaded with many technologies exclusive to Nikon, including the Nano Crystal Coat and a Silent Wave Motor (SWM), the AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.8G is compatible with Nikon DSLRs.

Entries now open for the 2012 Nikon-Walkley Young Australian Press Photographer of the Year

Are you a rising star of Australian photojournalism?

Entries for the prestigious 2012 Nikon-Walkley Young Australian Press Photographer of the Year Award are now open.

Have you produced an outstanding photojournalistic image (or set of images) in the past year? Do you want to be recognised as the best emerging talent in your field?

Then don’t miss your chance to be crowned the 2012 Nikon-Walkley Young Australian Press Photographer of the Year.

Proudly sponsored by Nikon and presented by the Walkley Foundation and the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, this award recognises excellence in young photojournalists aged 26 and under. It celebrates the ability of young photographers to tell a story through their images.

The prize

The 2012 Nikon-Walkley Young Australian Press Photographer of the Year will receive a Nikon 1 – an intelligent camera system crafted to bring new levels of speed, simplicity and enjoyment to your photography.

Who can enter?

This award is open to ALL Australian photojournalists aged 26 and under (on March 16, 2012), whether you’re employed full-time or freelance. And even if you’re in your final year at uni you can enter too!

How to enter

Entrants need to submit up to THREE images, where a minimum of one image must have been published or broadcast through Australian media outlets between March 16, 2011 and March 16, 2012. The deadline for entries is 5pm, 16 March 2012.

Visit the website for all the entry details and entry forms or call 1300 65 6512 or email entries@walkleys.com

Judging and awards ceremony

The judging panel will draw up a shortlist of three finalists before selecting the winner who will be announced at a special event in Sydney on Wednesday 27 June, 2012.

You’ll also be in the running to win the title of 2012 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year. As an entrant in the 2012 Nikon-Walkley Young Australian Press Photographer of the Year Awards, you will automatically be in consideration to win the title of the 2012 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year.

As winner of this prestigious title, you‘ll jet off on a three-week trip visiting newsrooms at CNN in Atlanta, valued at $5,000.

Get your entries in soon because entries must close 16 March 2012.

Good luck!

Tropfest 20th Birthday festival

Tropfest has announced a massive prize pool of $100,000 for its 20th Birthday festival – screened live around the nation this Sunday 19 February.

The 2012 winner will not only get the kudos of winning the world’s largest short film festival, they will also walk away with a Nikon D800 and lens prize pack up to the value of $6,000RRP from Nikon, the Official Camera and Lens partner of Tropfest. The Nikon D800, the Official Camera of Tropfest, is our latest full frame multi-format 1080p Full HD D-Movie recording DSLR with 36.3 mp. As Nikon’s most creative DSLR to date, it has the capability to record uncompressed video to an external recorder via HDMI interface, comprehensive high-fidelity audio recording control and custom D-Movie settings such as power aperture and index marking.

The winner of Tropfest will get a huge $10,000 in cash thanks to leading film production company and long-term supporter of Tropfest, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, as well as a money-can’t-buy trip to LA to meet with film industry executives, agents, managers and others, thanks to Motion Picture Association and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft.

Tropfest Founder and Director, John Polson, says, “I’m delighted to have the support of our partners and industry colleagues in gathering such great prizes for our 20th Birthday festival. In addition to the reward of filmmakers having their work recognised at Tropfest, these incredible prizes will assist them in their filmmaking careers, and that’s pretty great.”

Nikon joins a number of Tropfest partners, contributing to the prize pool which includes cash prizes from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Dendy Cinemas,Moet & Chandon, Telstra and a private donation from Nicole Kidman who continues her long-standing support for the world’s largest short film festival.

Movie Extra Tropfest is screened live on Sunday 19 February to an anticipated audience of 150,000 at free outdoor public events across Australia, and televised live on Subscription TV channel Movie Extra to hundreds of thousands more.

Visit the Tropfest website for festival details, screening venues and regular updates on all things Trop!

Check out the film-making capabilities of the Nikon D800 here.

Announcing the Nikon D800

The new Nikon D800 has been announced!

With a 36.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, 51-point auto-focus system, a native ISO range of 100 - 6400, and the ability to shoot broadcast quality videos at 1080p HD, you can take your photography to the next level.

And the new features of the Nikon D800 don’t end there. It's also equipped with a 3.2 inch 921k-dot LCD monitor, EXPEED 3 image processing engine and 4fps continuous shooting in FX mode - 7 fps in DX mode. The new Advanced Scene Recognition System with 91K-pixel RGB sensor is also included, with a high-precision, high-durability shutter – tested to well over 200,000 shutter cycles.

And with all of these features listed, we're just scratching the surface of what the new Nikon D800 is capable of. Just click the link below to discover the scope of its capabilities.

We're the Official Camera and Lens Partner of Tropfest

Nikon is excited to announce their partnership as the official camera and lens brand of Tropfest. With major advancements in DSLR video technology, an increasing number of films are now being shot solely on DSLR. Nikon is committed to supporting these film makers through the continual development of advanced DSLR video technology, from entry level to professional, making it accessible to both amateur and professional film-makers.

Last week Nikon announced the new flagship D4 DSLR. The D4 is Nikon’s first FX DSLR with full HD video recording, capability to record uncompressed video to an external hard drive and Ethernet port and IP address for quick and easy file transfer anywhere in the world, making it Nikon’s most creative professional film making tool yet.

Nikon will be showcasing the complete range of new products at the ‘Tropfest Roughcuts’ Symposium on February 18, including the Nikon D4.

In addition, multi-award winning film-maker Jason Van Genderen (Tropfest New York winner 2008 and Tropfest Australia runner up 2011) will be on hand at the ‘Tropfest Roughcuts’ Symposium as Nikon’s special guest speaker. He will be showcasing his latest short film shot exclusively for the ‘Tropfest Roughcuts’ Symposium on the Nikon D4. In this 45 minute DSLR film making workshop Jason will show exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, share his insights on DSLR film making and explain how DSLR technology is changing film making as we know it.

Van Genderen says: “There’s no question that DSLRs have changed the way we shoot films, and the D4 is quickly raising eyebrows around the world. The D4 is intuitive and easy to use, being able to implicitly trust in that technology now has opened a new door for me as a filmmaker.”

To further support Australian film-making talent, in addition to being crowned with the prestigious title, Nikon has provided a prize pack up to the value of $6,000RRP of Nikon gear for the winner of Tropfest 2012 to help them further their creative ambition.

Learn about the ‘Tropfest Roughcuts’

Discover more about the D4 today

Upcoming AIPP event - 'Hair of the dog'

Hair of the Dog is traditionally the first calendar event for professional photographers. It’s a great learning and networking opportunity for people in all sectors of the industry. For AIPP members, this is a Nikon Continuing Professional Development event and accrues points towards professional accreditation. Nikon Australia is proud to support the AIPP ‘Hair of the Dog’ event in Brisbane on 4th – 6th February, 2012.

Nikon will be showcasing the latest equipment including the new D4, which has attracted plenty of attention since it’s announcement in early January. It’s an opportunity to get hands-on and speak to our Nikon specialists. If you’re keen to move some of that gear from your wish list to your kit there will also be exclusive Nikon offers only available on site.

Nikon will also be offering free sensor cleans to NPS members on Sunday 5th February and Monday 6th February at ‘Hair of the Dog’.

Once again the schedule is packed with an unparalleled line-up of speakers covering a broad range of techniques, styles and genres.

For more information or to buy tickets, follow the below link:

Visit the AIPP ‘Hair of the Dog’ website

Announcing the Nikon D4

Nikon is proud to announce the release of the new D4, an FX-format camera that stretches the boundaries of functionality, performance and versatility.

Based on the D3 series with the addition of a number of new functions and features, the D4 opens up an exciting world of new possibilities for professional photographers.

The D4 is equipped with a new Nikon FX-format CMOS image sensor (imaging size of 36.0 × 23.9 mm) and EXPEED 3, the latest image-processing engine specifically optimised for DSLR cameras. With 16.2 million pixels and an ISO range from 50 – 204800, the D4 offers superior image quality under a broad range of lighting conditions.

In addition to the built-in wired LAN features, the D4 also supports high-speed image transfer via wireless LAN when the new, compact, easy-to-use Wireless Transmitter WT-5 (optional) is connected to the camera. This new wireless transmitter and internal Ethernet port mean high-speed communication and image upload is now possible, direct from the camera to an FTP server anywhere in the world.

Discover more about the D4 today

2011 Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Awards

The Plaza Ballroom of the Brisbane Convention Centre recently played host to the country’s most prestigious and coveted awards for press photographers - the Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Awards.

We were there to capture the colour and excitement of this gala event.

To read about all the winners in the Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Awards 2011, click here.

View all images from the night here >>

Introducing the new SB-910 Speedlight

Improvements since the SB-900 mean smoother operation, greater illumination precision and the adoption of hard colour filters.Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System, the SB-910 allows for greater lighting control.

Learn more about the latest addition to the Speedlight line up, the SB-910.