Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

More rumors for upcoming summer announcements from Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: May 31, 2010

This Nikon rumor is from an Asian forum member with good previous track record (I briefly covered that rumor last week, but now I have some more details): The two DSLR – one of them will be FX, the one will be DX. The prime lens will be the AF-S 35mm f/1.4 priced at around […]

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Nikon equipment shipments reach the US

By [NR] admin | Published: May 31, 2010

After the Nikon D3s and the new 200-400mm f/4 lens now also the Nikon TC-20E III (2.0x) teleconverter showed up in stock at Amazon (via third party, overpriced). Expect the shipments to reach different US stores in the next few days (today was a holiday in the US).

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Another Nikon rumors recap

By [NR] admin | Published: May 28, 2010

I put together a recap on the information I collected recently from multiple tips: It is possible that key subsidiary Nikon personnel will be traveling to Japan next week. I read somewhere that similar meeting happens in Japan every time before a major announcement.. Nikon even mentioned something similar on their Investor Relations site: “A new Medium […]

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Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II now available in US stores

By [NR] admin | Published: May 28, 2010

Update: Amazon has also shipped the first batch on Saturday (May 29th, 2010). The new Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II lens has made it to the US  – I am told that Acephoto has it currently in stock (their website is not yet updated).

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The latest Nikon rumors

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

This information is from a new source, I have no way to verify the validity of this info: Nikkor 135mm f/2 AF-S G N VRII Both f/1.8 and f/2 versions prototyped No DC feature – apparently most of the subtlety regarding the feature in the existing can be replicated in post. No word what so […]

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Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM gets a price

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

The new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM is priced @ $899 in the US and is currently available for pre-order. Here is a brief specs comparison with the current Nikon AF 85mm f/1.4D IF (I will repeat this comparison once the new Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 lens gets released – hopefully by then we will also […]

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Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 VR

By [NR] admin | Published: May 15, 2010

Update: the picture was removed aprox. 3 hours after I published this post. The picture did not contain any EXIF data. Michel Lammerse has a picture on his pbase stream that is labeled “cropmode, 85mm f/2.2 VR ON”: I cannot think of an existing Nikon lens with 85mm focal length, f/2.2 and VR. In the […]

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