Monthly Archives: October 2019

Nikon announcement on October 10th: Nikon Z50 with two DX lenses, Z-Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/0.95 lens and maybe the MB-N10 battery pack

Nikon will have a new product announcement on October 10th, 2019 (±1 day because of the time difference, I think for the US the announcement can be expected on October 9th before or around midnight EST). I expect several new products: Nikon Z50 camera with two new lenses (all APS-C) Nikon Z-Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/0.95 lens with […]

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The new Nikon Nikkor Z 24mm f/1.8 S mirrorless lens to start shipping on October 18th

Today Nikon officially released the new Nikkor Z 24mm f/1.8 S mirrorless lens for the Japanese market. Shipping is expected to start on October 18th, 2019: The Nikkor Z 24mm f/1.8 S lens is now available for pre-order at: Adorama B&H Amazon UK: WEX | Park Camera Germany: Calumet Canada: Camera Canada

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Nikon products receive the “Good Design Award”

The Nikon Z-mount system and the Nikon Lasermeister 100A metal processing machine received the “Good Design Award”:

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“Nikon Z 6 Essential Movie Kit” (EU version) unboxing video

Here is the first unboxing video of the new Nikon Z 6 Essential Movie Kit that was recently introduced in Europe: The new Nikon Z 6 Essential Movie Kit is now available for pre-orders at Park Camera UK and Calumet Germany. The US version of the Z6 filmmaker’s kit is slightly different – see the […]

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The Nikon Z50 mirrorless APS-C camera will not have IBIS and could be announced as early as next week

I still don’t have an exact date, but the rumored Nikon Z50 mirrorless APS-C camera could be announced as early as next week. New info: the Nikon Z50 will not have IBIS. Here is a recap on what to expect:

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CIPA’s August report is out

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their August report. For the calendar year to date, the numbers are similar to last month and the month before in terms of year over year percentages, except that mirrorless shipped value is up another 2%. (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view):

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