- The new Lexar Professional Series 300x and 600x CompactFlash cards are now available.
- Rare lens on eBay: Nikon 11/2000 mm Reflex-Nikkor-C for US $19,950.00. More info available here:
"This is the longest reaching and the largest dimension Nikkor optical lens for 35mm photography. It works almost like a optical telescope which projects a compelling 40X magnification of the subject when compared with a normal 50mm standard lens."
- Adobe:
- CS5 now shipping (Amazon offers a slight discount on the different CS5 packages).
- CS5 free trial now available.
- CS5 Lens Profile Creator now available.
- Aperture 3.0.3 released.
- New book: Mastering the Nikon D3000.
- Nikon circular for Mother's Day (US) - nothing interesting besides a 70-300mm lens rebate.
- Nikon provides aid to the victims of earthquake in Qinghai, China (source).
- Jobo Introduces two new photoGPS Models - the old version is available on eBay.
- Some updates on the new Lee filter system for the 14-24 lens (see video here):
- The Super Wide 150 Filter Holder System is currently in Production. It will initially only fit the Nikon 14-24mm. This system will cover FX lenses without vignetting and take resin graduated & standard filters.
- The system will include the holder, a collar to attach to the Nikon 14-24 lens and one Neutral Density 0.6 Grad Hard filter. (Though we do not have an exact cost for this system (TBD) , we are hoping to have it available to consumers for about $250.00 USD.
- There is no polarizer in the pipeline, but one is not to be ruled out for the future.
- Extra filters that will be available for purchase currently planned to produce (pricing TBD):
- Though currently available in the UK, this system will not be available in the USA until June / July 2010.
- Petapixel found an old video commercial for the Nikon F5 - yes, you could shoot video with a Nikon SLR back in 1997:
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That telescope was one of my all time favorite lenses I will never buy.
Of course, there is no real shortage of suppliers of good telescopes that support the F-mount and $20K will buy you something a lot better.
Drats, second!
“Petapixel found an old video commercial for the Nikon F5 – yes, you could shoot video with a Nikon DSLR back in 1997″
DSLR or SLR. Waa… 200 rolls of films. See how digital cameras save our time now.
ahhh, good one – fixed it
wait a minute…if I’m not mistaken then the D3 can shoot even quicker than the F5 did. That means that the D3 indeed has a video function…with a resolution that kicks poor old 1080p around like nothing.
Oh my! Awesome find on the F5 that “also films video”
Is it just me, or does amazon say that it will ship May 25th, not right now?
By that logic the D3 shoots video too
and 4k at that! screw RED
true 4k at that, red isint even close to that.
The 2000mm mirror lens would be awesome for startgazing, but weak for taking pictures. This is where it’s at: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/zoomsMF/12001700mm.htm
…add a 1.4 TC and you’re at a longer focal length with the same aperture. And no doughnuts! Weighs 35lbs and costs about the same as Lexus.
If you are taking pictures at that length you are going to be limited by the atmosphere.
I don’t think it likely we will see a similar lens again from Nikon for some time. Sigma has a similarly sized monstrosity.
If you took a 600mm f/4 and put the 2x teleconverter on and mounted the result on a DX body you could get 1800 f/8 in a rather more manageable package.
1260mm is the most you can get to and use autofocus with the current generation of cameras. More likely Nikon would develop a better low light autofocus system than a lens in this class.
Sorry mate, but the lee filter system for the 14-24 will cost, at least 3, times the price you suggest..or so I think..
cheers
leo
The price of $250.00 US came from Lee Filters.
Will the 2000 mm f/11 Nikkor autofocus on my D40x?