Monthly Archives: November 2017

Weekly Nikon news flash #444

→ New Zhongyi Mitakon Nikon F AI lens to Sony E NEX camera Turbo II focal reducer booster adapter now available at B&H and Amazon (more information available here). → New price drop: the old Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens for Nikon F-mount is now $270 off. → New price drop: the new Tamron […]

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Nikkei: Japan’s precision instrument makers forecast profit growth

From Nikkei – Japan’s precision instrument makers forecast profit growth:

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Here is a free program to check the Nikon D850 shutter count (Windows only)

There is a new free software that lets you check both the mechanical and electronic shutter count of the Nikon D850 DSLR camera. You can download it here (click on the zip file link, see also this page). The software will most likely work also for other Nikon DSLR cameras. Update – another option to get […]

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A Nikon D850 review for wildlife and nature photographers by Steve Perry

This Nikon D850 review is written by Steve Perry (website | YouTube | Facebook, you can check also his previous NR posts here): A Nikon D850 Review For Wildlife And Nature Photographers As a professional nature photographer, I’ve frequently entertained thoughts about what the “ideal” camera might look like for my work. Right off the bat, I’d want a camera […]

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New Ihagee Elbaflex film SLR with Nikon F-mount coming to Kickstarter next week

A new Ihagee Elbaflex film SLR with Nikon F-mount will be launched next week on Kickstarter. Ihagee is an old German brand and somebody is trying to bring it back to life on Kickstarter (just like the recent Yashica, Oprema Jena, Meyer Optik, Emil Busch crowdfunding projects). Here are the details: Update: additional information on this Kickstarter project can […]

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Large shipment of Nikon D850 cameras hitting US stores this week

I was told that a large shipment of Nikon D850 cameras is hitting US stores this week. Based on input from readers, Amazon is currently shipping D850 pre-orders placed at the end of September. The Nikon D850 Amazon listing now says “Temporarily out of stock” instead of the previous “Shipping in 2-4 months”. It seems that the current […]

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Nikon’s stock is up

Just a quick update: Nikon’s stock is up since they announced their Q2 financial results two days ago. Here is the last 5 days chart (for comparison the last time they reported bad news in February 2017, the stock went down 15% – it hit 1300, now it’s at 2350): Next is the 3 months chart:

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR 100th anniversary edition lens unboxing

The Romanian photograph Zoltán Nagy (website, Instagram, Facebook) recently won the Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR 100th anniversary edition lens in a local Nikon competition. This is his report, winning photos and unboxing pictures (the lens is priced at $3,999.95 in the US but is still not available):

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