Monthly Archives: March 2016

Weekly Nikon news flash #357

→ New content added to nikkor.com and imagechaser.com. → Check out those old Nikonos RS film cameras. → The Nikon 1 J5 camera received the “iF Design Award 2016“. → Nikon announced new Prostaff 3S 8×42 ($116.95) and 10×42 ($126,95) binoculars. → Nikon Europe published a new video chat with Steve McCurry where he talks about his camera bag, best […]

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US price of Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens announced: $749

The price of new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens just got announced today: $749. Pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H. Shipping is expected to start on March 31st. Additional information on the new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens can be found here.

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Confirmed: Nikon D5 to come with free XQD card and reader also in the US

An update to my previous post: similar to the UK and Germany I can now confirm that the first Nikon D5 pre-orders in the US and Canada will also come with a free Sony 32GB G-Series XQD memory card ($109.95) and a XQD reader ($37.95). Nikon D5 pre-order links: B&H | Adorama | Amazon.

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for February 2016

         These are the top 10 most visited NikonRumors posts for February, 2016:

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Lexar XQD, CF and SD memory cards performance test on the new Nikon D5/D500 cameras

Lexar Japan published a new video where you can see the difference in performance between XQD, CF and SD cards in the new D5/D500 cameras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEUeRqA41E8 The video is over 8 minutes, so here are the actual test results (number of shots taken displayed on the graph):

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