Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Nikon rumors from around the web

By [NR] admin | Published: December 8, 2008

This is a recap of the online Nikon rumors from the past few days – none of those stories sound promising enough to get their own post. Thanks to everyone that has sent me tips and please don’t get offended if I don’t post your submission – I am still accumulating the leads and once […]

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Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S lens now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: December 3, 2008

Few lucky people have already received their Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S lens and brag about it on dpreview. Bjorn Rorslett has already posted a review of this lens – he rates it 5 out of 5. For now Adorama and B&H are still only taking pre-orders. Update: Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.4G samples available here and […]

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Nikon’s Black Friday sale reveal a new lens?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2008

Go to http://www.nikonusa.com/blackfriday/ and look at the lower right (those are btw Nikon’s Black Friday specials – US only): 16-185 VR? I say this is a typo – 16-85 VR is an existing lens (and this is actually a good deal). If you open the pdf file, the lens is listed as 16-85 VR.

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Intel & Nikon photo competition – AF-S 50mm f/1.4G with Nano?

By [NR] admin | Published: November 24, 2008

Intel & Nikon “Build for Speed” photo competition from down under is now ongoing – here is the link (thanks GT). This promotion provides also a series of tutorials. Of course I watched them all and I found something interesting in the first video: Jasin Boland shows his new Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.4G lens and […]

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Thom Hogan’s 2009 Nikon predictions

By [NR] admin | Published: November 10, 2008

Here are the main points: “Something not called D3x” – in late 2008 or early 2009. Oops, I just wrote in my last post that the next D3 will be called D3x. I still stand behind my sources. New Nikon D60 in spring of 2009. “A limited edition Nikon: likely a D3 sensor in an […]

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Nikkor 17-35mm officially discontinued

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2008

AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED is now officially discontinued according to a Nikon support email: “Lens Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S is discontinued and we don’t have any information about upcoming replacement.” The lens is already removed from the official price list of Nikon UK. Adorama ($1494.95), B&H ($1499.95) and Amazon ($1514.93) still has them […]

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More test photos taken with AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G

By [NR] admin | Published: November 1, 2008

Update (11/23/08): here are some more test photos taken with the new AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G lens. A reader sent me some test shots from a Nikon event taken with the new AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G lens. Please note that this lens may not be the final production version (all pictures taken with D700 at […]

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