Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35-70mm f/4G ED N lens?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

I am really pissed. The email containing this image was marked as junk mail and was sitting in my spam queue for days (click on image for larger view): My problems with that lens is its size – shouldn’t it be much smaller for a 35-70 f/4? It almost appears to be bigger than the […]

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New Sigma lenses coming soon

By [NR] admin | Published: February 20, 2010

Just a quick update from PhotoRumors.com: five new lenses from Sigma will be announced soon (including a new 85mm f/1.4 lens). Not sure about the details yet, but I expect all of those to be available for F-mount.

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Nikon AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED lens now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2010

The first reported lucky owner is from France. B&H is also now taking pre-orders, which is a clear indication that shipment will start in the next few days (B&H doesn’t put items for pre-order unless they know a shipment is coming).

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Nikon AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens patent

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2010

I did mention this lens briefly yesterday and today we have a patent for it (in English): Details: Patent Publication No. 2009-19945 Published 2010/01/28 Filing Date 7/9/2008 F = 28.80-292.0mm focal length Brightness F = 3.61-5.87 Angle of view 76.3-8.2 ° Focus back 38.84-96.07mm The above patent was filed in Japan and I could not […]

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Nikkor 24-120 f/4 VR will be released this year

By [NR] admin | Published: February 18, 2010

Nikon will announce a new Nikkor 24-120 f/4 VR lens (FX of course) this year. The Google translation said “soon”, but I have no idea how soon that would be. I got this info from one of the forum members I regularly follow on various Asian sites (mainly China and Japan). This time I will […]

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New Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar 90mm F3.5 SL II with F-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: February 17, 2010

Voigtländer released a new lens for portraits/ macro photography today: Apo-Lanthar 90mm F3.5 SL II Close Focus (F-mount): Specs: Focal length / 90mm Relative Aperture / 1:3.5 Minimum Aperture / F22 Lens / 5 set of 6 pieces Angle / 27 ° Number of diaphragm blades / 9 Minimum focusing distance pieces / 0.5m (closed only […]

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Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/4G ED VR?

By [NR] admin | Published: February 11, 2010

Update: this one is BUSTED! This is a PS job. This just in: Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/4G ED VR. Don’t know much about the origin of this picture, still working on it: The golden letters are inconsistent and the lens appears to be too thick around the mount. I am not even sure if this […]

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