→ First Nikon D4 price drop? DigitalRev currently sells the Nikon D4 for $5,399 (no US warranty). For a limited time they also have the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 lens for $1,659 (again, no US warranty).
→ The new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens should be crazy good (Zeiss Otus good).
→ Starting March 14, you will be able to engrave your Nikon Df camera in Japan for ¥4,200 (around $40).
The first focusing screen for the Nikon Df camera are now available in limited quantities from focusingscreen.com (more information on the different models can be found here). As far as I know, those are the only Df focusing screens available today (post a comment to this post if you have any other information).
Nikon Df, 50mm f1.8 , 85mm F1.4D , 17-35 f2.8D
This guest post is by George X. Lin who recently went on a trip to Turkey and Iceland with the Nikon Df camera (click on images for larger view):
Hi [NR], I am Jiayi Chong (Flickr). Outside of work, I do wildlife (mostly birds) photography as my weekend hobby/passion.
There has been much discussion about the new D600 and D800 cameras with regard to capturing birds in flight. Since I use both of these camera bodies regularly, I thought I could provide some useful insight into how these cameras perform when faced with unpredictable, moving subjects.
The guest post “Different angles of Mademoiselle Eiffel” is by Patrik Banas (Web | Blog | Facebook):
If you have only a limited opportunity to take pictures during your occasional travels, do not hesitate and take this as a possibility to train your eye, find more angles, try something new… aka “work it, work it, work it”. Even one and very same object, can be taken in the numerous different ways. Let me share examples from my summer, very short trip to Paris.
In a recent interview with AP, Nikon ensured their commitment to the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera system:
Despite the challenging market, Nikon says it remains committed to the CSC format.
‘I think you can say from the launch of the AW version of the Nikon 1 that we are committed to investing in what could be seen as a niche market,’ continued Gilbert.
‘So, within the flexibility of the Nikon 1 platform we are able to produce products for [different] sectors.’
However, Tanaka would not be drawn on Nikon’s plans for CSC in 2014, only saying that the firm will continue to support this area.
In the latest press release for the production of 85 million Nikkor lenses, Nikon also mentioned their commitment to the Nikon 1 system:
The 32GB and 64GB Lexar XDQ Pro 1100x memory cards are currently listed as discontinued at B&H. Lexar’s XQD cards were just one year old. During the 2014 CES the company did not introduce any new XQD models, but they announced the world’s fastest CFast 2.0 memory card that can reach read transfer speeds up to 500MB/s and capacities up to 256GB. Lexar XQD cards are still listed on their own website, Adorama and Amazon.
