The Nikon D810 replacement is rumored to be announced on July 25 – on the exact day of Nikon’s 100th anniversary. I still cannot confirm this date because Nikon will definitely have a press release on that day and one can easily mistake a press release for a new product announcement.
A few weeks ago the French magazine “Chasseurs d’Images” published an interview with Benoit Dieuleveult, President of Nikon France. After some readers helped me with the translation (thanks), here are the most interesting parts of the interview:
The Nikkor lens-only rebates are now gone. The currently available Nikon rebates can be found at Adorama and B&H (the Nikon D500, D750 and D810 now come with a free third party battery grip: Watson EN-EL15). Nikon should introduce new lens-only rebates at the end of this week. I will post the details once I get them. For our Canadian readers: […]
B&H and Adorama will start shipping the new Irix 11mm f/4 full frame lens for Nikon DSLR cameras later this week. The lens is already in stock in several EU retailers (Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR, Amazon IT). Just a reminder that all Irix lenses are available in Firefly and Blackstone versions: Just like the Irix 15mm, the new […]
A quick update on the new Nikon Arcrest “high-performance” protection filters that were announced in June: Nikon now has a dedicated page on the filters – additional information can be found here DC.watch posted a review of the Arcrest filters with sample photos (translated) The filters are currently in stock at Amazon Japan and on eBay The Nikon Arcrest filters are made with real […]
After the news that all Lexar memory cards will be discontinued, there have been some discussions about the speed of the different SD and XQD memory cards. I found some tests performed by Lexar that you may find interesting – the first one is a comparison between the Lexar 64GB 2000x SDXC UHS-II ($94.82) and Lexar […]
→ New Meike Nikon F-mount to MFT lens adapter announced. → The Nikon GP-1 GPS unit is listed as discontinued at B&H and is back-ordered at Adorama. Expect a new version to be released with the D810 replacement. → Spotted this Nikon 600mm f/4.0 D-AF/i ED-IF autofocus lens at B&H during my last trip to NYC. → […]
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