Monthly Archives: January 2019

New: Meike 50mm f/1.7 lens for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2019

Meike has a new cheap (price: $110) 50mm f/1.7 full-frame manual focus lens for Nikon Z-mount (and Canon RF mount). Here are the details (more third party lenses for Nikon Z-mount can be found here):

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Weekly Nikon news flash #506

By [NR] admin | Published: January 20, 2019

→ Adorama released a new Flashpoint XPLOR 600PRO HSS battery-powered monolight with a built-in R2 2.4GHz radio remote system (Bowens mount). → The new Sony Tough high-performance memory cards are now 10% off at Adorama, Amazon and B&H. → New Life+Guard protection skin for Nikon Z7/Z6 cameras.

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The Shutdown Stories Project: a photographic essay of 21 people affected by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history

By [NR] admin | Published: January 20, 2019

The Shutdown Stories Project is a photographic essay of 21 people (21 of 800,000 workers) affected by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The photos were taken with Nikon D850 and 85mm f/1.8 lens. How the Shutdown Stories Project Unfolded The portraits you see in this post are from a larger photographic essay of […]

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This is the upcoming Techart autofocus lens adapter for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: January 18, 2019

A reader (thanks Liu Anyuan) send me the first picture of the upcoming Techart autofocus lens adapter for Nikon Z-mount. Update: this is a 2mm adapter ring, not a standalone adapter – it should be used in conjunction with existing Techart Pro autofocus adapters. This adapter will allow autofocusing for manual lenses on Nikon Z cameras similar […]

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XferMax X8-N backup device for XQD/CF/SDXC memory cards now available on Amazon

By [NR] admin | Published: January 18, 2019

We have already discussed the XferMax X8-N backup device for XQD memory cards in the past and now you can finally purchase one on Amazon (update: now sold out): XferMax X8 is new backup device by DazuInfo. Card slots built-in: CF/CFast/SDXC, no external card reader needed Copy speed up to 140MB/s, when SSD installed Easy to […]

Posted in Nikon D850, Nikon Z6, Nikon Z7 | Tagged , , | 84 Comments

K&F Concept lens adapters for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: January 18, 2019

The new K&F Concept lens adapters for Nikon Z (and Canon RF) mounts will start shipping on January 22nd (see Amazon and eBay listings). Ten different Z-mount adapters will be available:

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Nikon presentations at the 2019 CES show (videos)

By [NR] admin | Published: January 18, 2019

Nikon USA published over 40 videos from their 2019 CES presentations on YouTube – here are a few:

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