
DxOMark published their review of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens ($11,996.95) that includes comparisons to the previous 400mm f/2.8G version ($9,699.99) and the Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM ($9,999): DxOMark’s conclusion:

Nikon announced today that they have produced a total of 95 million interchangeable Nikkor lenses. Here is the timeline of the previous Nikkor milestones: 65 million Nikkor lenses in October, 2011 70 million Nikkor lenses in June, 2012 75 million Nikkor lenses in November, 2012 80 million Nikkor lenses in June, 2013 85 million Nikkor […]

Nikon is rumored to announce a new 200-500mm full frame zoom lens. I am not sure about the aperture – there is a small chance that this could be a fixed aperture lens, but I cannot confirm this right now. In the past few years Nikon has filed several patents for a 200-500mm lens with different variable aperture ranges: […]

Shooting handheld with the Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens by Arturo Cocchi: I’m an Italian journalist and in the same time a photo-enthusiast who has the opportunity to use the best photo equipments available to ”help” my work. My name is Arturo Cocchi. I’m the editor of the travel and art sites in La Repubblica, […]

→ Nikon also has a patent application filed in February 2015 for what appears to be a new 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon 1 lens (probably a replacement for the current model).

The first batch of Nikkor AF-S DX 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lenses was already received by Foto Hans Keuzekamp in the Netherlands. In the US Adorama lists the lens as being currently in stock, Amazon will have them on Monday (July 20th). The new 500mm f/4E FL ED VR and 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lenses are […]