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Weekly Nikon news flash #360

→ Several Nikon camera and lens teardowns, reviews and repair guides (both pictures and videos) can be found at fixyourcamera.org. → Refurbished Nikon D800 cameras are now $1,699.95 ($100 price drop from last week). → Laowa 105mm f/2 STF vs. Nikon AF DC-Nikkor 105mm f/2D lenses comparison at venuslens.net. Irix 11mm f/4 lens is coming next Nik Collection […]

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Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E zoom vs. the 500mm f/4E prime lens comparison

Andy Nguyen (website | flickr | facebook) compares the $1,396.95 Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E zoom lens to the $10,296.95 Nikkor 500mm f/4E prime lens: I know from comments on various photography forums that there’s a lot of people wanting to know if the new Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 can live up to the hype, and how it measures up to the […]

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Nikon D5 now shipping, gorilla glass accessory, D5 captures F1 crash

The Nikon D5 camera is now shipping in the US and Europe to both NPS and regular orders. In the US shipping notifications were send from B&H, Adorama, BestBuy and Amazon. The first deliveries are expected on Monday:     The first third party accessories for the D5 also started showing up online: new Gramas gorilla […]

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Nikon SB-5000 Speedlight flash now in stock

The new Nikon SB-5000 Speedlight flash is now in stock at Amazon and Focus Camera (B&H and Adorama should get them in stock soon as well). The SB-500 manual can be downloaded here.

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Nikon D5 manual, NEF Codec now available for download, first D5 sold in Ireland, first unboxing video

The Nikon D5 manual is now available for download (you can change the language on top of the page). Nikon NEF Codec was also updated to version 1.28.0 for Windows 7 SP1/8/8.1/10 with added support for the Nikon D5 (see also this PDF on how to correct the display of NEF/NRW thumbnails in 64-bit Windows […]

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ViewNX-i 1.2.0 and Capture NX-D 1.4.0 released with Nikon D5 support

Nikon released ViewNX-i and Capture NX-D version 1.16.010 with support for the Nikon D5 camera. Here are the direct links: Nikon Capture NX-D version 1.4.0 Nikon ViewNX-i version 1.2.0 Nikon Wireless Transmitter utility 1.6.1 was also released: The D5 and D500 are now supported. The WT-7 and WT-6 wireless transmitters are now supported. Turkish is now […]

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Nikon D5 now shipping, additional coverage (hint: there is a new Lord of Darkness)

The first Nikon D5 cameras are already shipping in Europe (I have shipping notifications but cannot publish them because of privacy issues). Several new Nikon D5 articles and sample photos started popping online, the first one is from Joe McNally: http://blog.joemcnally.com/2016/03/18/live-las-vegas-d5-sb-5000/ Some Nikon D5 dynamic range comparisons with the D4 (hint: there is a new “Lord […]

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