Nikon Canada hosts lecture series, contests, and student gallery at Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

For the sixth year in a row, Nikon Canada is working with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, which brings in over 1,500 artists in 200 exhibitions and events in the Greater Toronto Area. This year, Nikon has three different activities going on: one is its weekly photo contest, another is lectures hosted by Nikon Canada Ambassadors, and another is a youth project.

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Nikon goes to the extreme with 1 AW1 camera

You can now take high-quality shots on your next adventure with Nikon’s new 1 AW1 camera, touted as the “world’s first” water-, shock-, and freeze-proof interchangeable lens camera.

The 14.2-megapixel shooter can take Full HD 1080p videos and high-res photos simultaneously, shoot slow motion video at 400 or 1200 frames per second, and is equipped with added features, such as Action Control that lets you control some functions by “simply swinging it in the air" for underwater user or when you're wearing gloves. Nikon also introduced tough lenses, the 1 NIKKOR AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 with a 2.5 times zoom range and the 1 NIKKOR AW 10mm f/2.8 for those wide angle shots.

Review: Nikon CoolPix S1200pj camera with built in projector

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There was a time when sharing photos meant gathering around a slide projector and seeing blown-up versions of pictures appear on a screen. There was a certain elegance in the storytelling qualities of a proper slideshow. This is something Nikon seems to want to bring back with their S1200pj camera/projector combo.

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The Apple Beat: iPhone 4 is nearly top 'camera' used on Flickr

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Nikon's D90 DSLR camera is an accomplished and enduring camera that takes stunning stills and can manage pretty awesome HD video. Its no surprise that it is the top camera used on photo sharing website Flickr despite being over three years old. Apple's iPhone 4 (which features a 5 megapixel camera) is slowly creeping up on the top spot and looks ready to dethrone the D90. Not bad for something that's not even a standalone camera but a feature, on a smartphone.

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