President Donald Trump’s official portrait was taken with a Nikon Z9 camera and a Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.2 S lens by Chief White House Photographer Daniel Torok:
President Donald Trump’s official portrait was taken with a Nikon Z9 camera and Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.2 S lens
The current Nikon rebates in Europe are ending in 3 days
After the initial extension, the current Nikon winter rebates in Europe (sofortrabatt) are ending in 3 days on Monday, January 27, 2025. You can still save up to €1,000 on selected Nikon cameras, lenses, and binoculars and up to a €200 discount on selected other products:
The current Nikon US rebates can be found here:
Full list of discounted Nikkor Z lenses by Nikon USA for January
Topaz Labs Photo AI is on sale ($30 off)
Topaz Labs Photo AI is on sale for $169 (reg. $199).
The details on the latest released version 3.4.4 can be found here:
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Free online Nikon Z wildlife photography class tomorrow (January 23rd)
The Creative Photo Academy will hold a free online Nikon Z wildlife photography class tomorrow:
The latest Nikon market share in Japan according to BCN: Nikon is moving up
The latest 2025 BCN Awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Here is the latest Nikon ranking:
Digital cameras SLR
- Canon 69.4%
- Nikon 20.9% (was 17.1% before)
- Ricoh 9.7%
Digital mirrorless single-lens cameras
- Sony 35.8%
- Canon 26%
- Nikon 14.5% (not in the top 3 before)
Here is the market share from previous years – Nikon is #3 for the first time in the mirrorless camera category and has gained over 3% in the DSLR category (click for larger view):
See the full list here:
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Weekly Nikon news flash #816
→ Cosina discontinued the following Voigtlander silver lenses for Nikon F-mount (black versions will continue to be sold):
- COLOR-SKOPAR 28mm f/2.8 Aspherical SLIIs silver
- ULTRON 40mm f/2 Aspherical SLIIs silver
- NOKTON 58mm f/1.4 SLIIs silver
- APO-SKOPAR 90mm f/2.8 SLIIs silver
→ The latest data from BCN Retail: December camera sales were up 123.7% (+ list of best-selling models).
→ TTArtisan to annoiunce a new 23mm f/1.8 AF APS-C lens for Nikon Z-mount.
→ Venus Optics is developing a new Laowa 15-35mm zoom probe lens that will be released in Q2/2025. The details can be found here.
→ Photo news roundup week of January 12, 2025.
→ The Nikon Z50II is the best-selling camera for December at Map Camera.
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How to change the lens of the Nikon Z9 camera in space
How to change the lens of the Nikon Z9 camera in space by NASA astronaut Don Pettit:
How to change a camera lens…… pic.twitter.com/JUujYAYSiI
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 18, 2025
NASA astronaut Don Pettit photography from the ISS (mainly with the Nikon Z9 camera)
