Monthly Archives: April 2016

Weekly Nikon news flash #363

→ The new Nikon SB-5000 Speedlight flash is currently in stock: US: B&H, Adorama and Amazon EU: WEX, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, → The release of the Sony MRW-E90 XQD card reader got postponed till June 15th (from Sony Japan). → New Lexar memory cards specials at Adorama. → “Used – like new” Nikon D5 listed for almost $500 off on Amazon (fulfillment […]

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Rumors: Nikon Snapbridge to be available next week

I received some information that Nikon Snapbridge for Android will be officially launched next week (most likely on April 19th). This is right on time before the release of the Nikon D500 – currently scheduled for April 21st. The iOS version could be delayed and may not be available next week (not 100% sure about that). […]

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Europe with the Nikon D7100

Europe With The Nikon D7100 by Jonathan Zaharek (Instagram): This past March, my family and I had the privilege to go on vacation to 10 countries in Europe over a duration of 18 days and, if you know my family, you’ll understand that our traveling is very “play it by ear”. After this past trip, […]

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Nikon DL cameras shipping date now listed as June 30th

The three Nikon DL cameras with 1″ sensor were announced in February during the CP+ show in Japan. Amazon US now shows the shipping date for all three DL models as June 30th, 2016:

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First Nikon D500 reviews and sample photos

The first Nikon D500 reviews and sample photos started to appear online – check out this first look article from Hardwarezone. Sample photos at different ISO (100% crops) are available at Clubsnap forum: Another set of ISO samples was posted on dpreview. Some interesting Nikon D500 videos:

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Nikon D5 firmware update to extend the 4k video recording limit coming in June

Back in January I reported a rumor about a new Nikon D5 firmware update that will extend the 4k video recording limit to 30 minutes. I received some information that the firmware update will be released at the beginning of June (it was initially supposed to be released at the end of March together with the Nikon […]

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Nikon gear at the International Space Station (ISS)

Astronaut Jeff Williams aboard the International Space Station highlights a favorite activity of crew members while aboard: Earth photography. On his fourth space mission and third Expedition on the ISS, Williams demonstrates the cameras and lenses used to capture still and video imagery of the station and its various visiting vehicle spacecraft like the Soyuz, […]

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Best XQD memory card for the Nikon D5 (Sony and Lexar XQD cards tested/compared)

Cameramemoryspeed published their comparison/test results of different Sony and Lexar XQD memory cards with the Nikon D5 – the Lexar Professional 2933x XQD 2.0 was the best performer followed by the Sony G Series XQD:

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