Monthly Archives: July 2017

Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens to be announced in the next 24-48 hours

By [NR] admin | Published: July 10, 2017

A quick update – the new Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens will be announced today or tomorrow. Stay tuned for detailed coverage.

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New Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR lens confirmed

By [NR] admin | Published: July 10, 2017

The Japanese site Nokishita confirmed today what I already reported back in April: Nikon will soon announce a new Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR full frame lens that will be a replacement for the current AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR version (Nikon also has a DX version of this lens that was already updated). The new lens […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #426

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2017

→ Dpreview posted sample photos from the Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR lens (in stock at Adorama | Amazon DE | Amazon UK). → Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art lens ($1,599) + Nikon D800E report on Sigma’s blog. → CameraLabs reviewed the Nikon 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E lens (pre-order: B&H | Adorama).

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The new Nikon “lens-only” rebates are now live

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2017

The new Nikon “lens only” rebates are now live and include up to $200 off on nine different Nikkor lenses (direct links: B&H | Adorama – check all listings, some stores offer free accessories): Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR: $200 off, new price: $2,596.95 @ B&H | Adorama | Amazon Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G […]

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Thom Hogan explains why Nikon’s late entry to the mirrorless market could actually be a good thing

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2017

  Continuation to my post from earlier today: there could be multiple reasons why Nikon is still not releasing their mirrorless solution. All previously announced mirrorless cameras from other companies were not perfect and they all had some serious disadvantages. Just in the past year, we started seeing mirrorless cameras with improved EVF (Leica SL), dual […]

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Nikon’s president confirms new mirrorless camera in an interview

By [NR] admin | Published: July 8, 2017

Last week the Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun published an interview with Nikon’s President Mr. Kazuo Ushida. In the interview Mr. Ushida hinted again (see also this post) that Nikon will be releasing a new mirrorless camera – see the Google translation of the article (fourth paragraph):

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The Nikon “lens-only” rebates are coming back this weekend

By [NR] admin | Published: July 7, 2017

As I already reported, this weekend Nikon will bring back the popular “lens only” rebates for a new set of Nikkor lenses (rebates will go live tomorrow, Saturday, at midnight):

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There is no new Nikon EN-EL15 battery recall

By [NR] admin | Published: July 7, 2017

Several websites reported today about a Nikon EN-EL15 battery recall. Please note that this is an old recall from 2012 and Nikon Japan recently just updated their website with some additional information (reported here last month). Nikon USA was probably late with the translation and just recently updated their website here. As far as I know, […]

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