Monthly Archives: May 2016

Weekly Nikon news flash #368

→ The Nikon Coolpix B500 camera is now shipping. → Sigma has a new patent for a 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM | Sport lens. → Nikon D5 wins the Camera GP 2016 Readers Award. → There are still few good Nikon grey market deals out there (selected grey market Nikon gear can now be repaired […]

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Nikon D5 review: The dark night rises

Nikon D5 review by Ross Harvey (Web, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram): “Powerful, insanely fast, supremely agile, hauntingly accurate and a master of the dark. The Batman of the camera world.” I could end the review there, but what fun would that be? INTRODUCTION As with my Nikon D750 Review, this Nikon D5 review is founded upon […]

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The top 10 new features on the Nikon D5

The top 10 new features on the Nikon D5 by Aaron Baggenstos (website, Facebook, YouTube): I spent the last month in Costa Rica field testing the Nikon D5 in comparison to the D4S, which I have shot with extensively since its release. Below I have listed are what I consider to be the top 10 new features […]

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Nikon has started massive cost cutting measures all over the world

Nikon has started massive cost cutting measures all over the world. They already canceled many of their rebates after expecting a significant sales and income drop in the next 12 months.  Here are some of the tips/rumors I have been receiving in the past few days: → Nikon laid off almost everyone at Nikon Nordic (Sweden) in oder to centralize […]

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Nikon Corporation owns the .nikon top-level domain name

Just like Canon, Nikon also owns the .nikon top-level domain name. Nikon Corporation already has a live website at http://nic.nikon. More information on top level domain names can be found here.

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Deal of the day: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED lens (open box) now $500 off

B&H has few open boxes of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED lens and they are selling them for $500 off from the regular price ($1,499 vs. $1,996.95). They also have Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens open box for $169.95.

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Nikon D500 lens kit is currently in stock *UPDATED*

As I reported last week, a second wave of Nikon D500 cameras has reached US stores. The D500 lens kit is currently in stock at B&H. It seems that even the second shipment was not sufficient to fulfill all existing pre-orders. Future D500 shipments could be delayed even further due to the impact of the recent Kumamoto earthquakes […]

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Great news: you can now repair some Nikon grey market cameras at third party US repair facilities

The D7100, D610, D800, D810 and D4s DSLR cameras were recently added to Nikon’s list of bodies that are authorized for repair in the USA by Nikon authorized third party repair centers. This means owners of grey market bodies now have a means for servicing them in the USA. A reader already checked with the two […]

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