Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

75 million Nikkor lenses produced

This just in: Total Production of NIKKOR Lenses for Interchangeable Lens Cameras Reaches 75 Million November 15, 2012 TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR lenses* for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached seventy-five million at the beginning of November 2012. Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first NIKKOR […]

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Pimp your Nikon lens with those new camouflage designs

After the the Nikon D4 and Nikon 1, pimpyourcam.com now offers three new camouflage designs for DSLR lenses. Here are the details:

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Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D lens listed as “end of life”

Two Romanian stores (fotohobbyshop and f64) have listed the AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D lens as “end of life“. The lens is still listed as current on Nikon USA website. Romanian stores have been accurately publishing information on soon-to-be-discontinued products in the past (Nikon D3x and D3s).

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Pricing for new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8, 90mm f/2.8 and Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lenses announced

Tamron announced the prices for their new 70-200mm f/2.8 VC USD and 90mm f/2.8 Macro VC USD lenses that were announced at the 2012 Photokina show: Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 SP Di VC USD lens: $1,499.00 (expected availability after November 30, 2012) Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD lens: $849.00 (expected availability after November 30, 2012) Sigma […]

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Sample images from the new Zeiss Distagon 55mm f/1.4 lens

The guys from PCH were able to snap few images with the new Zeiss Distagon 55mm f/1.4 lens attached to a Nikon D800E during the 2012 Photokina show. The new high-end lens from Zeiss is specially designed for high resolution (over 30MP) full frame DSLR cameras like the Nikon D800 and D800E. Shipping is expected to start […]

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More Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR sample images

In addition to the first set of sample images from the new Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 I published few days ago, here are few more pictures found on flickr:

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DX is next

Nikon DX format DSLR cameras

I believe that the next series of Nikon announcements will be DX related and I do not mean only DSLR cameras – I do expect also some new DX lenses. At the beginning of the year I reported that in addition to the D4 and D800, Nikon will also announce three more DSLR cameras in 2012. So far they […]

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