The post “My experience of using consumer optics, professionally” is by Des Ong (website | Facebook | Instagram, see also his previous guest posts): As I sit here in a small cabin at the northern tip of Iceland, waiting for a break in the weather, it feels like the appropriate setting to pen this review. I had meant to write […]
The new Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 lens for Nikon F-mount is now in stock at B&H, Amazon and FotoHansKeuzekamp. Additional information on the lens can be found here.
Nikon sent invitations in the Netherlands for an event on September 22nd. The event will take place on a Friday which is an unusual day for Nikon to introduce new products, but somehow I think the new D850 DSLR camera will be ready to be displayed by then. Update – there is another Nikon event in […]
Adorama is having some new price drops on refurbished Nikon gear: Refurbished Nikon D610: $1,079.95 Refurbished Nikon D810: $1,996.95 Refurbished Nikon D800: $1799.95 Refurbished Nikon D800E: $2,149.95 Refurbished Nikon 1 AW1 + lens: $489 Refurbished Nikon 1 J5 + lens: $369 Refurbished Nikon 24mm f/1.4G: $1,429.95 Refurbished Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5/4.5G: $649.95 Refurbished Nikon SB-700 flash: $239.95 More refurbished […]
Nikon published their first quarter financial results of the year ending on March 2018: Operating profit of Q1 was ¥12.4 billion exceeding our forecast. Revenue decreased ¥5.6 billion YoY due to FPD lithography sales volume decline and a change in product mix of new DSLRs. Nikon also revised their financial forecast for the fiscal year […]
A new Nikon patent P2017-135422A was recently published in Japan for a multi-pixel PDAF sensor. The patent as originally filed in 2012 and my understanding is that it was just recently approved. (source)
The pictured above Nikon collections is currently listed for sale on eBay for $53k. The collection includes several new and unopened items. Recently there was another Nikon collection listed for sale for a similar price. Additional pictures:
Last year I already reported on the upcoming Yongnuo YN 100mm f/2 full frame DSLR lens for Nikon F-mount (above right). Yongnuo also has a new pancake 40mm f/2.8 lens coming soon (above left). Here are the details on both new lenses – for pricing check B&H and Amazon (not available at the time of this post): Update: […]
The Latest Leica Rumors