Another possibility for tomorrow’s announcement: new Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2013
Nikon 58mm F1.4 lens patent

One of the Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 lens patent drawings

Update: the posts referring the AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G lens were removed from Pixelistes website shortly after my post.

The admin of the French forum Pixelistes mentioned few days ago that he held in his hands a new full frame Nikon lens that will be announced in the next few days. In another post later last week he reported that the new lens will be a Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 that would weigh 385g and will have 9 elements in 6 groups with a 9-blade diaphragm. The price is supposed to be € 1,789 (around $2,400) and shipping should start on October 31th.

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Nikon sues Polaroid/Sakar for mirrorless camera design patent and trade dress infringement

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2013



Do you remember the Android based Polaroid IM1836 interchangeable lens camera that looked very much like the Nikon 1 J1/J2 models? Even the 30-110mm lens looked identical to the Nikkor 1 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6. Nikon also thinks that Sakar/Polaroid ripped their Nikon 1 camera design and filed today a lawsuit in the U.S. for design patent and trade dress infringement. Here is the full text of the Nikon’s news release:

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Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.15.0 released with D610 support

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2013

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Nikon released version 2.15.0 of Camera Control Pro ($134). The only modification is support for the D610 camera. The new version can be downloaded here.

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Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens leaked, already listed on Sigma’s website

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2013

Sigma 24-105mm f:4 DG OS lens
Update: the price of the lens is $899.

The Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM is one of the rumored new DSLR lenses to be announced in 2014 and yesterday we got the first picture of the new lens. The basic specs are: 82mm filter, weigh of 885 grams, lens design: 19 elements in 14 groups (for comparison the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 weights 710g and has 17 elements in 13 groups).

I just received information that the Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens is already listed on Sigma’s website:

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Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM specifications:

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Nikon 1 AW1 now shipping in the US

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2013

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The Nikon 1 AW1 underwater mirrorless interchangeable lens camera is now shipping in the US (currently listed as “temporarily out of stock” at Amazon). The user’s manual is available for download here.

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Nikon ViewNX 2.8.1 released with D610 and AW1 support

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2013

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Nikon released ViewNX 2.8.1 with support for the latest D610 and AW1 cameras:

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Back online

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2013

I will be catching up on the latest Nikon stories in the next few days.

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