Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Official Nikon Black Friday deals

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2009

The new 6 pages Black Friday circular is out. Nothing out of the ordinary. I could find a better deals on Amazon for each of the advertised cameras. The only interesting part is the $200 instant saving on the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens if you purchase it together with a D5000, D90, D300s or D700 camera. Nikonrebates.com […]

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New Nikon lens(es) in December?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 22, 2009

Over a year ago I received a report about a new, upcoming lens (it was the AF-S 50mm f/1.4). The lens was listed as “new” in a photo store in Germany before it was announced. This is the first post I wrote and the second one just few days later. After a month the AF-S […]

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New Nikon prices in Canada

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2009

As reported previously Nikon Canada did reduce their prices today. I still have not received the full price list but a NR reader copied the prices last night from Nikon’s website and then compared them with the new prices from this morning – thanks Ludwig. Here is the list (lenses only, this list is not official, it may […]

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Eight Zeiss lenses to be updated with electronic CPU contacts for Nikon (ZF.2)

By [NR] admin | Published: November 16, 2009

Focus will still be manual, but now “these new Zeiss lenses support all- important operations such as the automatic mechanisms for time, aperture setting and program. The CPU also supports manual exposure settings, including those for camera casings that are not AI-compatible. Since the lens now transmits the EXIF data such as manufacturer, date, metering system and […]

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Nikon-Rumor mills from around the web

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2009

Bits and pieces of Nikon rumors from around the web: Ellis Vener made a comment on photo.net: “More fast wide angle prime lenses are definitely in the pipeline, but I can’t say more than that.” (from Oct 29, 2009, 09:53 am). If you read his first comment on this thread, Mr. Vener had the opportunity […]

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What about those lenses?

By [NR] admin | Published: October 22, 2009

I will stick with my initial report on the next set of Nikon lenses (done before the D3s announcement): Nikon AF-S 24mm f/1.4 lens: I expect this lens to be announced during the first quarter of 2010. Did not receive a lot of communication on that lens. Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 lens: based on a […]

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It’s a Nikon patents Friday (Nikon mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 16, 2009

I’ve been covering Nikon patents for a while. We have seen numerous times that patents for upcoming products are filed before the official release – check this old post: We should pay a very close attention to this patent (Nikon Micro AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR). Of course not every patent will see the light of day. So […]

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