Monthly Archives: February 2023

Sigma announced their first three mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount

As previously reported, Sigma officially announced their first three mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount (all APS-C): Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Lens Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Lens Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN | Contemporary Lens

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Announced: new Voigtlander NOKTON 55mm f/1.2 SLIIs lens for Nikon F-mount

Today Cosina announced five new Voigtlander lenses, one of which is a new Voigtlander NOKTON 55mm f/1.2 SLIIs lens for Nikon F-mount. Pricing and availability were not revealed. Here are the details:

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Major Nikon meetings scheduled for next month (March 2023) – I think we are getting closer to the Z8 announcement

Nikon Z8

I received this tweet from a reader (thanks): The biggest Nikon dealer told me today that they’ve been called to go and join a meeting next month, she also mentioned that it normally happens before the new product launch. Perhaps it’s going to be the new Z6III & Z8. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼#nikon #z6iii #z8 #nikonz6iii #nikonz8@nikonrumors — […]

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New: Optic Explorer lens simulator/lens database website

This week I will try to catch up on all the latest Nikon patents. Coincidently the folks from Optic Explorer contacted me about their new lens simulator/lens database website: “I thought your readers might be interested to know that when interesting new Nikon (or other photographic/optical) patents emerge, they can use this web application to […]

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Weekly Nikon news flash #716

→ There is a new Camera Sling by Clever Supply Co. crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter that has already raised $86,787 by 375 backers out of a $15,000 goal. → New: Pan’s workflow memory card station hub (additional info available here): Pergear (10% off promo code: MN37G99C8Y65, valid until February 28th) Amazon US (10% off promo code: 10CSQ642, valid until […]

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Photographing Tigers with the Nikon Z9

Photographing Tigers with the Z9 by Des Ong (website | Facebook | Instagram, see also his previous guest posts):

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Released: 492 new DxO Optics Modules, ON1 Photo RAW 2023.1

DxO released 492 new Optics Modules. There are now over 81,000 unique Optics Modules and the performance of supported lenses/cameras can be boosted by processing RAW files with DxO software (PhotoLab, PureRAW, FilmPack, ViewPoint, NikCollection). Additional information is available here. The new ON1 Photo RAW 2023.1 is now officially released and available for download (see the 2023.1 sneak […]

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