Monthly Archives: February 2017

The Nikon Museum will hold a 100th anniversary exhibition on prototype cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: February 22, 2017

This sounds interesting, I would like to see some pictures if you are planning on visiting the exhibition:

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Big price drop on the Zeiss 15mm, 18mm and 135mm lenses after Sigma’s announcement

By [NR] admin | Published: February 21, 2017

Just a few hours after Sigma announced their new Sigma 14mm f/1.8 and 135mm Art lenses, Zeiss introduced a big price drop on their own 15mm, 18mm and 135mm ZF.2 full frame DSLR lenses for Nikon F mount: Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZF.2: $951 off Zeiss Distagon T* 18mm f/3.5 ZF.2: $400 off Zeiss 135mm […]

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Announced: Sigma 14mm f/1.8 & 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art, 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM OS Art, 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG HSM OS

By [NR] admin | Published: February 21, 2017

Sigma Unveils Four Brand New Global Vision Lenses at CP+ Sigma Corporation today announced its brand new Global Vision Art and Contemporary lenses introduced at the 2017 CP+ Camera + Photo Imaging Show in Tokyo, Japan (check pricing and availability – not announced at the time of this post): Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art:  […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #406

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xp-asz2Qxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTRs2jUSHk → New speed tests for the Lexar 64GB Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC and Lexar 64GB 2933x XQD 2.0 memory cards on the Nikon D500 camera. → The latest Nikon deals: Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF VR lens for $379.26 ($210.69 off). New refurbished Nikon cameras and lenses added at Adorama, Amazon, Cameta Camera, Newegg and eBay. → Rare stereo […]

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First pictures of the new Sigma 14mm f/1.8, 135mm f/1.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 100-400mm f/5-6.3 lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2017

The first leaked pictures of the four new Sigma lenses I reported about yesterday are now available: Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary: […]

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Four new Sigma lenses to be announced soon: 135mm f/1.8, 14mm f/1.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 100-400mm f/5-6.3

By [NR] admin | Published: February 18, 2017

Sigma is going to announce four new full frame DSLR lenses (most likely for the CP+ show next week): Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (has been rumored for a while) Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (full frame DSLR lens) Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art (also previously rumored) Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG […]

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Exclusive 10% Irix lens discount coupon and more info on the Irix 11mm and 45mm lenses and filter system

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2017

I have an exclusive Amazon US coupon for 10% off on the Irix 15mm f/2.4 Blackstone lens for Nikon F-mount: YVE5-EQ9N52-NUVWR5. Update #1: the first coupon code above did not work for everybody and Amazon assigned a new discount code NRUMIRIX that will be active in approx. 4 hours (around 10 pm EST). Sorry about […]

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Reminder: EXIF data can easily be manipulated (Nikon D850, D900)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2017

    With so much fake news going around the Web, just a quick reminder – as you can see from the pictures above, anyone can easily manipulate the EXIF data of a photo and pretend to be using a new, not-yet-release Nikon camera (in the cases above, a Nikon D850 and a D900).

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Nikon’s stock almost 15% down, but slowly recovering

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2017

As a result of the latest financial news, Nikon’s stock dropped almost 15% in trading today, but it is slowly recovering right now (it is already February 15th in Japan) – see live quotes here. Via Petapixel

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Nikon Q3 financial results: slow sales of KeyMission

By [NR] admin | Published: February 14, 2017

Nikon announced their Q3 financial results (for the year ending March 2017, direct link to PDF presentation) here are the highlights from the report:

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