Category Archives: Weekly Nikon News Flash

ThinkTankPhoto’s new Retrospective line is now available. The new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX DG HSM OS is now in stock. Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar 90mm SL II price announced in Europe: €549 or £487.62 (Nikon mount available). New gizmo: SteadePod, “a patented camera steadying device”. Rayqual will produce adapter for the Sony NEX cameras (Sony E […]

First, a word about our new affiliate sponsor: BorrowLenses.com. The space shuttle Atlantis had its final launch last Friday and I was there to witness this historic event. Since I could not get tickets to the Kennedy space center (6 miles away from the launch pad), my only option was to watch the lift-off from the closest […]

Rare Nikon lenses on eBay: Nikon 300mm 300mm f/2.0 IF-ED lens (more info on this lens available here). Nikon 800mm F/5.6 ED AIS lens (released 1986) Another pro (Karl Grobl) switches from Canon to Nikon – see his posts here and here. Hanson music video was shot on Canon 7D and Nikon lenses (source). Diglloyd.com has […]

The new Lexar Professional Series 300x and 600x CompactFlash cards are now available. Rare lens on eBay: Nikon 11/2000 mm Reflex-Nikkor-C for US $19,950.00. More info available here: “This is the longest reaching and the largest dimension Nikkor optical lens for 35mm photography. It works almost like a optical telescope which projects a compelling 40X magnification of the […]

The winners from the last giveaway: Jay A from the US won the Nikon D3s/x book and Bertrand from Belgium won the Nikon D700 book. Congratulations to the winners! Nikon Instant rebates expire on May 1st (next Saturday). Think Tank Photo giveaway TIPA announcements: Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II is the best professional lens […]

Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF lens for APS-C (Nikon mount) gets priced in the US: $699. Zeiss released a series of compact cinema prime lenses that will be available with Nikon mount. Adobe CS5 is now available for pre-order. Adorama also various rebates on SanDisk (search their site for more). BorrowLenses now has the […]

I received a tip that Amazon shipped some Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM lenses yesterday (still listed as not released). Nikon Learn and Explore iPhone app now available in the UK. DIY (just for fun): how to fit a Nikon IR remote in a Lego block. Update: similar cheap grips are already available […]