Monthly Archives: August 2017

2017 Solar Eclipse by Geoff Livingston

2017 Solar Eclipse by Geoff Livingston (Web | Instagram | Twitter): I traveled to Clemson, S.C. today to photograph the total solar eclipse for my company Legends of Learning. We took a class of Cobb County science students to see the eclipse. To photograph it, we set up a Nikon D810 with a Nikkor 200-500 mm f5.6 […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #432

→ The Nikon D7500 with the 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lens kit is now in stock. → Nikon released firmware update version 1.4 for the KeyMission 360 camera with some SnapBridge connectivity improvements. → New Macphun Aurora HDR 2018 for Mac and PC coming in September.

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Nikon to focus on 8k digital cameras, healthcare

From a recent interview with Nikon’s President Kazuo Ushida – Nikon to focus on 8k digital camera, healthcare (Google translation):

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Iceland from above

This post is by Christian Schartner (Website | Instagram): After two great photo-vacations in 2010 I decided to visit Iceland again in 2017. The Northern Lights activity is, for still unknown reason, always higher around Equinoxes. All ready and packed I flew from Munich to Reykjavik. It has been an overnight flight, so always pick a window seat on […]

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Nikon Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR full frame lens review (from the perspective of a hummingbird photographer)

Here is a quick review of the Nikon Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR full frame lens by a reader:

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Next rumored Nikon D850 announcement date: August 24th

The next rumored Nikon D850 announcement date is August 24th (±1 day depending on your time zone). Shipping is expected to start in mid-September. As some of [NR] readers already noticed, yesterday Nikon Japan posted the D850 teaser again on Facebook and Instagram with a link to the Nikon Fan Meeting that will take place on August […]

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New Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II S lens for Nikon F-mount announced

Today Cosina announced a new Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SL II S manual focusing lens for Nikon F-mount that will replace the previous version from 2012. The original Ultron 40mm f/2 Aspherical SL lens was announced back in 2002 (see eBay listings). In the new version Cosina changed the helicoid ring, while keeping the same optical design. […]

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