Monthly Archives: September 2016

Samyang starts a new line of “Premium” lenses (14mm f/2.4 will be available for Nikon F mount)

Samyang started a new line of “Premium” lenses designed for high resolution cameras (resolving power for 50MP and 8K productions). The first two “Premium” lenses are the 14mm f/2.4 and 85mm f/1.2 but only the pictured above 14mm f/2.4 will be available for Nikon F mount (US pricing is not yet announced). The new lenses […]

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Nikon KeyMission 80 and KeyMission 170 specifications leaked online

The detailed specifications of the Nikon KeyMission 80 and KeyMission 170 cameras leaked online:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #384

→ More on the new Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED lens: new article on Image Chaser and an interview with the designers (in Japanese). → Remember the Nikon D5000? There is a new firmware update for that model and for the Coolpix S9700. → The current deals on Nikon gear: Current Nikon rebates Grey market Nikon D810: $1,999.99 Nikon D810 with a […]

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What to expect from Nikon at Photokina

Unless I am missing something, it seems that Nikon has nothing major to announce at Photokina this year. The big wild card of course is the new Nikon mirrorless camera with a “large” sensor:

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Nikon has a new patent for a 75x zoom lens designed for 1″ sensor

Nikon has a new patent for a 7.4-600mm f/2.8-6.3 lens designed for cameras with 1″ sensor (20-1620mm f/2.8-6.3 equivalent) – this is a 81x zoom to be exact (described as 75x zoom in the patent). Maybe this will be for a new super-zoom DL camera similar to the Coolpix P900, but with 1″ sensor. Here are […]

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Making the most of lightweight lenses when traveling

“Making the most of lightweight lenses when traveling” by Robert G Allen (websites: www.rga-photos.com and www.ProImage-Photo.com): The alarm clock went off at 3:30AM. As soon as I awoke, I thought about the conversation my wife and I had with an airline pilot the prior evening while we were riding in the elevator together. He overheard our […]

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Pictures of KeyMission 80 and KeyMission 170 leaked online and they look… interesting

Pictures of the two other rumored KeyMission cameras just leaked online and they look… different. What do you think? KeyMission 80 KeyMission 170

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Three different KeyMission cameras confirmed: 80, 170 and 360

The Japanese website Nokishita confirmed today what I already reported here on NR a month ago: There will be three different types of the Nikon KeyMission camera. One of them will be the “regular” version which we have already seen online. The second one will be a 170° camera and the third will be a 80° model which can […]

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