Monthly Archives: June 2018

Nikon price increase in Europe

After the last price increase in the UK, Nikon will also increase their prices in the rest of  Europe. I received multiple reports about it, but I am not sure if the price increase already happened or if it’s about to happen. Check the latest Nikon EU prices at Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon ES | […]

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In memoriam David Douglas Duncan

Some readers are probably not aware that photographer David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018) made the Nikon and Nikkor brand names known all over the world when he was covering the Korean war in 1950: “Mr. Duncan shot in black and white, with lightweight Leica cameras and Nikkor lenses, made by the Japanese company Nikon, that he […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #474

→ New eBay coupon code: get 10% off select purchases of $25+ with coupon code “PERFECT10” (ends: Sunday, June 10th at 11:59 PM PST). → Still no news on the Lexar XQD memory cards – the new batch was supposed to ship in June (Lexar XQD listings removed from Adorama, listed as discontinued at B&H). […]

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Photographing Japanese food with a Nikon D750

Photographing Japanese food with a Nikon D750 by Vincent from cecj2.com: I’m Vincent from Paris, France and I created the website cecj2.com in 2008 about Japanese restaurants. As a semi-professional food blogger, I have read many books and articles on how to take food pictures. A tripod, a long distance lens (85mm at least) and a […]

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New Nikon Coolpix A1000 camera registered online *UPDATED*

Nikon registered a new Coolpix A1000 camera with bluetooth.com. The new model will have built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This could either be the long-rumored P900 replacement or a Coolpix A300 replacement. Update: the upcoming A1000 will be a replacement for the current Nikon Coolpix A900 camera. I completely forgot about this model:

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The new version of the Vello BG-N19-2 battery grip for Nikon D850 is now in stock *UPDATED*

The new version (BG-N19-2) of the Vello battery grip for Nikon D850 is now in stock. The old version is currently $20 off. Update – the B&H listing shows that the speed of the new model is 9 fps where the old version supports only 7 fps: I could not find any difference in the specs, but […]

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New Nikon firmware updates for the D850, D750, D500, D7500, D7200, D5600, D5300, D3400, B500 and P900 cameras

Today Nikon released a minor firmware update that has to do with the time zone settings for almost all of their current cameras: Nikon D850 Ver. 1.02 Nikon D750 Ver. 1.13 Nikon D500 Ver. 1.15 Nikon D7500 Ver. 1.01 Nikon D7200 Ver. 1.04 Nikon D5600 Ver. 1.03 Nikon D5300 Ver. 1.03 Nikon D3400 Ver. 1.13 […]

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The Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens is now $360 off

For a limited the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens is $359.96 off or 20% off at Amazon only (shipped and sold by Amazon). Update – the lens is now sold out and is expected to be in stock again on June 11 (the price is still 1,439.99). B&H and Adorama still list the lens at […]

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