Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

“Rumor has it… based on a true rumor”

By [NR] admin | Published: September 26, 2009

Based on the stars alignment and the moon phase, I am now 75% confident about a Nikon announcement during the second week of October. Expected is a Nikon D3 refresh (probably called Nikon D3s – not sure yet) and at least a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR lens. I expect the official press invitations […]

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR

By [NR] admin | Published: September 26, 2009

I received this tip several days ago and was trying to gather some more information before publishing it online. This is what we have so far: According to this post on the Japanese site kakaku the user “That’s 235’s” claims that a new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR lens will be release soon. […]

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First Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II lenses started to show up in the US

By [NR] admin | Published: September 14, 2009

A dpreview comment indicates that the new Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II lens already started to show up in stores (in that case in WA state). Also confirmed: Nikon D300 is listed as “discontinued” in B&H. Update: some sample shots and a review available here and another one here.

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Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD Aspherical IF (Nikon mount)

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2009

New lens was announced today: Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD Aspherical IF lens (actually few sites leaked it already yesterday). This is a DX lens with a new Vibration Compensation (VC) mechanism and has 6 years warranty (product web page). Price: US$649 (Amazon is taking pre-orders). Availability: September. Full press release after the break:

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Photoshopped? (Nikon AF-S 10mm f/2.8G ED DX)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 21, 2009

Probably: For comparison here is the Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8:

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New Nikon products availability in Canada (Nikon D300s, lenses, p&s cameras)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2009

This is the product availability for the latest Nikon products in Canada (this sheet was sent to retailers by Nikon Canada; prices in Canadian Dollars) – it is also good to know the dealer cost on those lenses: Nikon pre-order options.

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We should pay a very close attention to this patent (Nikon Micro AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

We should pay a very close attention to Nikon patent 20090190220 (already discussed here and here) for the Nikon AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR lens 😉 Don’t ask me why – just do it… Update: as a reader already noted (quote from the patent application): “An internal focus type MACRO lens having an image blur correction […]

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