Category Archives: Nikon Z6

Shoten announces a new line of Nikon Z lens adapters

By [NR] admin | Published: November 1, 2018

A few weeks ago I briefly mentioned the new Shoten lens adapters for Nikon Z mirrorless cameras (Kipon, MTF and Novoflex already have announced their Z-mount lens adapters). Here are the details on the six new Shoten Nikon Z-mount lens adapters:

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Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens for Nikon Z-mount coming in 2019

By [NR] admin | Published: October 25, 2018

At the 2018 Photokina show Venus Optics announced their new Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens: “Designed primarily for travel photography, Venus optics have managed to compress the size to smallest in its class, less than 10 inch (<10cm) and only 1.1 pounds (<500g). The 102° (18mm) to 130° (10mm) angle of view provides flexibility for […]

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Lexar: “the product availability of XQD has been held up by multiple parties including Sony”

By [NR] admin | Published: October 24, 2018

A quick update on my previous post about Lexar’s XQD memory cards – this is the official statement I received from Lexar: “While Lexar is eager to pursue the XQD technology, the product availability of XQD has been held up by multiple parties including Sony (who owns the IP) which is preventing us from moving forward. […]

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Cambo Actus for Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras

By [NR] admin | Published: October 23, 2018

I already mentioned about the upcoming Cambo Actus version for Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras. Yesterday DC.Watch published some additional information on the new Actus for Nikon Z6/Z7 (Google translation):

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The new Ninja V 5″ 4Kp60 HDR monitor recorder (for Nikon Z7) is now shipping

By [NR] admin | Published: October 22, 2018

The new Atomos Ninja V 5″ 4K HDMI recording touchscreen monitor is now shipping and is currently in stock at Adorama, B&H and Amazon: 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen Display 10-Bit Exterior Viewable Monitor 4K HDMI Input 1000 cd/m² Brightness AtomHDR Mode with 10-Stop Dynamic Range 10-Bit 4:2:2 ProRes & DNxHR Encoding Records to Mini SSDs Supports a […]

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Report: Lexar will not make any XQD memory cards

By [NR] admin | Published: October 22, 2018

The Polish Lexar distributer My Adventure issued a press release indicating that Lexar will not make any XQD memory cards as previously reported. XQD memory cards are currently not listed on Lexar’s website. I have reached out to Lexar for a confirmation/comment. The good news is that the new Delkin XQD memory cards are supposed to start shipping […]

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Nikon Z7 field review

By [NR] admin | Published: October 20, 2018
Think Tank Retrospective in Pinestone with Z7, 24-70mm f4, 35mm 1.8, 70-210 (works in MF only with FTZ adapter, replacing with a 70-200mm f4 AF-SVR). GoPro Hero 4, spare batteries.

Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera field review by Stuart Palley (stuartpalley.com | terraflamma.org | @stuartpalley): TLDR: Mirrorless is the future of working pros in the documentary/journalism/travel realm. It may take another generation or two to fully compete with DSLRs, but it’s coming. The Z7 will not replace my D850 but rather complement it for the many situations where weight and […]

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Most Tokina lenses are compatible with the Nikon Z7 camera (with a few exceptions)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 19, 2018

An update to my previous post about third party lens compatibility with the Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera –  today Tokina published their test results and their current lenses showed no issues in general operations with the following exceptions: Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4 FF lens: compared with general conditions AF speed is slower. Tokina AT-X 70-200mm f/4 […]

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