This weekend is the 100th week anniversary of the weekly Nikon news flash - I will celebrate it with another giveaway next week. Here are the news for this week:
- Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens (also available in Nikon mount) gets a focusing scale, red ring and a new lens hood:
- Nikon Malaysia is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and they will have a 3 days expo in Kuala Lumpur (the ad is from a local photography magazine):
- Nikon D7000 MacBook mode dial decals are now available:
- Rycote released new portable audio recorder mount:
- Nikon D7000 received the 2010 Engadget Reader's Choice digital camera of the year.
- Costco now sells Nikon D7000 kits for $1799. The kit includes the 18-200 VR2 lens, case, DVD, book and a 4GB SD card (thanks @navesink).
- DIY ring flash with fiber optics?
- Nikon to open second "Yellow Store" in Romania.
- New cashback program from Nikon UK: £40 off the Nikon D3100.
- Photojojo added two flash accessories to their online store.
- BCN ranking for February 2011 (based on actual sales numbers from stores in Japan):
#1 Canon EOS Kiss X4/T2i/550D (unchanged)
#2 Nikon D90 (up)
#3 Nikon D3100 (down)
- CIPA's outlook on digital camera shipments in 2011:
"The forecast for total shipment (the cumulative total of shipments from January to December) of digital cameras in 2011 is 131 million units, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. In a breakdown of digital cameras by product type, shipments of cameras with built-in lenses and those with interchangeable lenses are forecasted to reach approximately 115.5 million (a year-on-year increase of 6.4%) and 15.5 million units (a year-on-year increase of 20.2%), respectively.
Of particular note is the expectation that the rapid growth trend will continue in the category of digital cameras with interchangeable lenses for markets outside Japan, with shipments of 13.8 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.1%, anticipated. The total shipments of lenses for interchangeable lens digital cameras continue their marked growth in step with the expanding market for digital cameras with interchangeable lenses and the broad range of product offerings, with a forecast for 2011 of shipments of 26.4 million units, a year-on-year increase of 21.7%."
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Now my Samyang can be like a Canon L.
Nikon L that is
it’s amazing that the D90 is still raking in the numbers on sales… maybe with a decent firmware (others are saying that firmware 1.002 on Lens has shown a more number of keepers and sharper images, although others would still say a tripod will almost always do that ) Nikon can still have an active selling tier between D5100 and D7000… now what if the sales of D700 is also going up?
I saw no difference in focus accuracy with the new firmware. The d90 still doesn’t like many AF-D lenses and could use a user accessible fine tune function.
Does anyone have any experience with these Samyang lenses?
Built quality?
Image quality?
They seem to becoming a player.
http://www.photozone.de has some reviews up if you’re interested
Very interesting. Thanks.
I think it’s not that bad overall.
w00rd. have my eye on them for a long time now, but I still feel so unsure about ‘em…
Is it true that brand matching the body + lens will typically prove to be a better system?
Eg. Nikon D5000 + Nikkor 18-200 vs Nikon D5000 + Sigma 18-200?
No, lenses should be taken on a case by case basis. There are amazing lenses and duds built by all the major companies.
That mode dial decal is sweeeeet!
I have a Samyang 85mm f/1.4 UMC although it is marked “Rokinon”. IQ is very good and so is build quality. It has a heavy solid feel like the old time stuff and a very smooth MF action. The aperture can be controlled by the camera, so all AE modes work.
Hey admin, I think you put a typo. It reads Costco selling D700 kit for 1799.99. I think you meant d7000 kit.
oops, fixed
Happy #100 week anniversary!
Just buy the $40 Coco Speedlight ringflash and you’re set.
I might consider the Samyang if it is better than the 35mm f/1.8 DX
Check out my Nikon D7000 macbook skin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordan_confino/5106282114/
loL
I’m going to the expo in Kuala Lumpur since i’m actually from Malaysia. We’ll keep you guys updated!
thanks!
comment on the DSLR audio accessory mount: Looks made for un-intrusive street photography.
Love it, Funduro.
BTW admin, it’s the mount and not the recorder they’re making. That recorder is a zoom h4n (I love mine).
fixed, thanks
That’s definitely one mount I would never ever put on my camera. It does not get much uncooler…