→ Aurora HDR 2018 72 hours flash sale (offer availability: Friday, May 18th – Sunday, May 20th):
- Current users of Aurora HDR 2017 may upgrade for $39 ($29 with coupon code NIKONRUMORS)
- New users can purchase Aurora HDR 2018 for $79 ($69 with coupon code NIKONRUMORS)
→ KOBRA Flash Modifier project on Kickstarter.
→ Refurbished Nikon gear on Massdrop:
→ The new TLT ROKR adapters are available also for Nikon F-mount and allow you to turn a medium format Pentax 6×7 lens into a tilt-shift lens (price on Amazon: $182.05).
→ Nikon released firmware update version 1.2 for the Coolpix S9900 camera.
→ Sigma rep: price of the new Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens under $2,000 (for comparison the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED lens is priced at $2,196.95).
→ Nikon introduced new laser rangefinder Coolshot PRO Stabilized.
→ Nine months after the official announcement, the Nikon D850 is still the #2 best selling camera at Map Camera in Japan (the D850 is still out of stock in the three major US stores):
- Sony A7 III (just announced)
- Nikon D850
- Canon EOS Kiss X9
- Sony A7R III
- Nikon D3400
- Canon EOS 6D Mark II
- Canon EOS 5D Mark Ⅳ
- Olympus Tough TG-5
- Nikon D5600
- Sony DSC-RX10M4
→ Several official notices from Nikon Corp:
- New Appointment of Director
- Notice Concerning Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
- Nikon to dissolve a Consolidated Chinese Manufacturing Subsidiary of Imaging Business
→ Video review of the Meike MK-D850 vertical battery grip for the Nikon D850 (it comes with a wireless remote).
