Nikon Rumors

Weekly Nikon news flash #781

By [NR] admin | Published: May 19, 2024

→ The AstrHori 85mm f/1.8 autofocus full-frame lens for Nikon Z mount will be announced tomorrow (Monday, May 20th).

→ 15% off Think Tank Retrospective Travel series of camera bags.

→ New: Photography Lighting Cheat Sheets by PictureCorrect (80% off during the launch sale until May 31).

→ You can get 15% off LensRentals with promo code RUMORS15.

→ It’s the end of an era: the Sigma APO 200-500mm f/2.8 (Bigma) lens has already been discontinued.

→ Topaz Video AI 5.0.2 released (additional information is available here).

→ ON1 announced the new ON1 Effects 2024 with several enhancements, including the AI Style Advisor, which uses AI technology to recommend personalized filter stacks based on user edits (additional information is available here).

→ Photo London X Nikon Emerging Photographer Award 2024 winner announced (pictured above: Charlie Tallott, At least until the world stops going round, 2024).

→ Photo News Roundup – week of May 12, 2024.

In case you missed it: Nikon dominates the 2024 Camera Grand Prix awards

By [NR] admin | Published: May 19, 2024

In case you missed it on PhotoRumors: Nikon dominates the 2024 Camera Grand Prix awards. Here are the 2024 Camera Grand Prix award winners:

Camera of the year: Sony α9 Ⅲ
Lens of the year: Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena
Readers award camera: Sony α9 Ⅲ
Readers award lens: Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena
Editors award R&D: Fujifilm INSTAX Pal
Editors award R&D: DJI Osmo Pocket 3
Editors award technology prize: Nikon Z8 Auto Capture Function
Editors choice lifetime achievement award: Lambda bags

Camera scores for top 5 models:

Sony α9 III: 307 points
Nikon Z8: 126 points
Nikon Zf: 49 points
Fujifilm X100VI: 38 points
Canon EOS R8: 37 points

Lens scores for top 5 models:

Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena: 169 points
Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS: 92 points
Canon RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM: 65 points
Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS | Sports: 58 points
Panasonic LUMIX S 100mm f/2.8 MACRO: 53 points

Top 5 awards by brand:

Nikon: 3 awards
Sony: 2 awards
Canon: 2 awards
Fuji, Sigma, and Panasonic: 1 award each

More awards and best-selling listings:

Posted in Nikon Lenses, Nikon Z8 | Tagged Camera GP award, Camera Grand Prix awards, Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena lens, Nikon Plena, Nikon Plena 135mm f/1.8 S lens with defocus control rumors | 31 Comments

Why the Nikon Zf is the perfect street photography camera

By [NR] admin | Published: May 18, 2024

“Why the Nikon Zf is the perfect street photography camera” by Piero Desopo (Instagram):

Posted in Nikon Zf | Tagged black Nikon Zf camera, Full frame Nikon Zf camera, Nikon Zf, [NR] Guest Posts | 51 Comments

Nikon Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens orders opened again on Amazon with 1-4 weeks wait time

By [NR] admin | Published: May 17, 2024

The Nikon Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens orders are opened again on Amazon with a 1-4 weeks wait time (shipped and sold by Amazon):

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR | 18 Comments

Nextorage NX-F2PRO added to the Nikon approved list of UHS-II SDXC memory cards: Z8, Z6II, Z7II, Z5, Zf, D850, D780

By [NR] admin | Published: May 16, 2024

The Nextorage NX-F2PRO line (Adorama | Amazon | B&H) was just added to the Nikon-approved list of UHS-II SDXC memory cards. See the latest/updated list of supported memory cards for the various Nikon camera models:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged CFExpress, CFExpress memory card, Nextorage | 9 Comments

Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 version 2.37.1 released

By [NR] admin | Published: May 15, 2024

Nikon released Camera Control Pro 2 version 2.37.1 with a single fix:

Fixed an issue that the computer sometimes became low on memory while using Camera Control Pro 2.

Posted in Nikon Software | Tagged Nikon Camera Control Pro | 6 Comments

Thypoch Simera 35 f/1.4 and 28mm f/1.4 lenses for Nikon Z-mount officially announced

By [NR] admin | Published: May 14, 2024

The previously reported Thypoch Simera 35 f/1.4 and 28mm f/1.4 lenses for Nikon Z-mount are now officially announced and available for order at Adorama, B&H Photo and the Thypoch website. Thypoch lenses are also sold on Amazon.