Monthly Archives: October 2016

Weekly Nikon news flash #388

→ The 5DayDeal bundle is back and it contains 100% brand new products → After several delays, the Nikon Coolpix B700 camera is now in stock. → Nikon 300MM f/2 ED IF lens for sale on eBay for $22,888. → It seems that Nikon is already dumping the J5 mirrorless cameras: you can now get a refurbished J5 […]

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The Nikon D7100 and Nikkor 10-24mm lens in Scotland

Make sure you are quick, light can change incredibly fast!

Tieme Pool (Website | Facebook | Twitter) visited Scotland with his Nikon D7100 camera and Nikkor 10-24mm lens: In the fast-moving world of technology, the Nikon D7100 is already ancient, and while the D7x00 series has been known as a semiprofessional body, the D5x00 series has been getting better and better. As specially since the […]

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Transferring Nikon D500 full size images with SnapBridge is very slow

This may not be a surprise to many of the regular [NR] readers, but transferring Nikon D500 full size images with SnapBridge is very slow. Few weeks ago the German website heise.de published a follow-up on the Nikon D500 WiFi false advertising allegation in Germany. Here is the email I got from Andreas V. who originated the complain few months […]

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Primaluce Lab makes a special Nikon D5500a cooled camera for astrophotography

The Italian company PrimaLuceLab is specializing in astronomy and astrophotography. They just launched a cooled version of the D5500 DSLR camera and they call it simply “D5500a Cooled“. Here are the improvements for astrophotography over the base D5500 model: cooling system that cools down the sensor temperature up to -27°C in respect of ambient temperature and stabilize the […]

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Nikon D4s firmware update version 1.32 and NRW codec version 1.7.0 released

Nikon released firmware update version 1.32 for the D4s DSLR camera and NRW codec version 1.7.0. Additional information:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #387

→ The price of the Nikon D3400 DSLR camera is now down to $469 (grey market). The MSRP also went down $100 to $546.95 at Amazon, B&H and Adorama less than two months after the official announcement. The D3300 currently sells for $496.95 and comes with a free Nikon WU-1a wireless mobile adapter. Now the price […]

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Yongnuo YN 35mm f/2 lens for Nikon F mount: quick review and test shots

Here are two quick hands-on reviews with sample photos of the Yongnuo YN 35mm f/2 lens for Nikon F mount (available on eBay and Amazon). The first one is by Jeremiah Gilbert (website | 500px): In early September, Yongnuo released a Nikon F mount version of their full frame 35mm f/2 lens, selling for under $100. I thought I’d […]

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