Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

New Nikon f/2.8 DX lens spotted in San Francisco? (spy shot)

By [NR] admin | March 14, 2010

Take a look at this picture on flickr (full size). It looks like a DX f/2.8 lens and it is different than the existing 17-55 f/2.8 DX lens. Any guesses? See full discussion on flickr. The picture was taken at a big outdoor event in San Francisco.

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New Nikon rebates program starting in 3 days (US only)

By [NR] admin | February 25, 2010

Update: the rebate program will end on March 27th, 2010. The Nikon 70-300mm lens is also included with a $200.00 instant rebate.
On February 28th, 2010 Nikon will start a nice instant rebate program on the following lenses: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII,  Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikon 18-200mm VRII and the 24-120mm.

Buy the 70-200mm with any SLR [...]

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Updated list of expected Nikon lenses in 2010

By [NR] admin | February 24, 2010

An update on my previous post on the expected Nikon lenses in 2010 – if my sources are correct we should see 6 more new lenses in 2010 (total of 8):

Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 – already released, in stock almost everywhere.

Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 – already released, will ship next month (March, 2010).

Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 – many reports [...]

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Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical with Nikon mount

By [NR] admin | February 23, 2010

The full frame Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical lens (Nikon and other mounts available) was first announced in Europe last year, but then it was delayed and is now available for pre-order on eBay (ships in April, 2010):

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35-70mm f/4G ED N lens?

By [NR] admin | February 20, 2010

I am really pissed. The email containing this image was marked as junk mail and was sitting in my spam queue for days (click on image for larger view):
My problems with that lens is its size – shouldn’t it be much smaller for a 35-70 f/4? It almost appears to be bigger than the current [...]

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New Sigma lenses coming soon

By [NR] admin | February 20, 2010

Just a quick update from PhotoRumors.com: five new lenses from Sigma will be announced soon (including a new 85mm f/1.4 lens). Not sure about the details yet, but I expect all of those to be available for F-mount.

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