Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Update: Nikon 85mm f/1.4 & 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2010

A quick update on my previous post: Flickr member “Mister Le” posted some more samples from the Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 lens and of course the unboxing video: Another update from a NR reader who purchased the Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S lens from Amazon: “Hello from Amazon.com. We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed […]

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Zeiss Distagon T* 1,4/35 ZF.2 lens announced today

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2010

Today Zeiss announced the previously rumored Distagon T* 1,4/35 ZF.2 lens (Nikon mount): Full press release after the break:

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Nikon 85mm f/1.4 & 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses now shipping (overpriced)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2010

Willoughby’s already got some of the new 85mm f/1.4 & 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses in stock and is selling them overpriced on Amazon. I already mention that this time Nikon is ready to start shipping the new lenses only two weeks after the official announcement (compared to a month in the past). A dpreview member already got his/her hands […]

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Nikon files patents for a new 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 lens and back-illuminated sensor, possibly for their EVIL camera

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2010

US Patent Application 20100214667 from Nikon is for a new 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 lens. Some interesting specs: the lens has a constant length of ~260mm at all focal lengths and possibly 21 elements in 14 groups with 4 ED glass elements (@2, 3, 12 and 15): The current Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED model has 17 elements in […]

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Nikon Coolpix P7000 on September 8th, the rest on September 15th

By [NR] admin | Published: August 27, 2010

It seems that the second round of Nikon announcements before Photokina will also be divided into two: the Nikon Coolpix P7000 (and probably few more Coolpix cameras) will be announced on September 8th, 2010 and the rest (D7000, 200mm f/2 plus the second lens and a new Speedlight) will be announced on September 15th, 2010. Here is […]

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Nikon may announce a new flash and a second lens before Photokina

By [NR] admin | Published: August 26, 2010

In addition to the D7000, the new 200mm f/2 lens and the P7000, Nikon may announce a new Speedlight and a second lens before Photokina. I do not have any details, but the flash could be a replacement of the SB-600 (you probably remember those SB-600 being discontinued reports) but it could also be a replacement of the […]

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More samples from the latest Nikon gear

By [NR] admin | Published: August 24, 2010

I did not want to wait for the weekend to post this, so here are some more samples from the latest Nikon gear: Samples from the new 85 f/1.4 and the 28-300 lenses (you can download the zip files directly here) Wedding shots with the new 85mm f/1.4 Samples from all four new lenses by Lindsay Silverman (Sr. Technical Manager […]

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