The new 2022 5DayDeal Photography Bundle offer is ending today

By [NR] admin | Published: October 17, 2022


The 2022 5DayDeal Photography Bundle offer is ending today. The package offers different photography tools drastically reduced. Several different bundles are available and a portion of the sales will go to charities:

  • Main bundle: $2,200 (discounted 95% or $2,100) pay only $98
  • Pro bundle: $1,400 (discounted 97% or $1,350): pay only $39
  • Complete charity bundle: $1,300 )discounted 97% or $1,250) pay only $29
  • Full set: $5,500 (discounted 97% or $5,300) pay only $166
  • Full set & Spanish bonus: $6,000 (discounted 97% or $5,800) pay only $195

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Weekly Nikon news flash #698

By [NR] admin | Published: October 16, 2022


→ Nitecore announced a new and upgraded BlowerBaby 2 photography duster/blower (additional information available here):


→ The Wandrd Veer backpack is now 50% off.


→ N0w available: Meike MK-EFTZ-B autofocus lens adapter (Canon EF/EF-S lens to Nikon Z camera).


→ Maven color-coded magnetic photography & videography filters already raised over 145k on Kickstarter and most sets are already sold out.


→ Nikon is now making skin/film for airplanes – very interesting technology.

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Meike 50mm f/0.95 lens for Nikon Z-mount review

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2022


Meike 50mm f/0.95 lens for Nikon Z-mount review by Bill Hall (see previous reviews):

Have you heard of a nifty-fifty? A nifty fifty is a fast 50mm lens. Typically it has a maximum aperture of at least f/2.8. A very fast lens might have a max aperture of f/1.2. But this lens will open up to f/0.95. That’s 2/3 of a stop faster than f/1.2. That’s just about as fast as you can get.


Meike, a Chinese lens manufacturer, makes low-cost, simple manual focus lenses at reasonable prices. They are now producing this fast manual focus APS-C lens for the Nikon Z-Mount. It has 5 groups and 7 elements, f/0.95 – f/16, a minimum focus distance of .45m / 1.5 ft., a field of view of 32 degrees, and a 62mm filter mount. At the time of writing, it sells for $249 on Amazon.

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AstrHori will soon announce two new autofocus lenses for Nikon Z-mount (one of them will be a huge super-telephoto lens)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 15, 2022


AstrHori is a new Chinese lens manufacturer (previously known as Rockstar) and their products are sold on Amazon. AstrHori will soon announce two new autofocus lenses for Nikon Z-mount. The first lens is actually interesting based on this not yet release teaser:


This new AstrHori lens will be 385mm in length – as long as the Nikon NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S! I find this interesting since the current Chinese lens offering is usually small prime lenses. This seems to be the first super-telephoto lens coming from a Chinese manufacturer. Stay tuned for details or contact me anonymously if you have any details on that lens.

Update: I was told that the lens will be manual focus and not autofocus as I initially reported.

The second lens will most likely be the already rumored 85mm f/1.8 full-frame autofocus lens:


AstrHori already has several lenses for Nikon Z and other mounts:

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Cosina announced a new Voigtlander Macro APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2 Aspherical lens for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: October 14, 2022




The previously rumored Voigtlander Macro APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2 Aspherical full-frame lens for Nikon Z-mount is now officially announced. Shipping will start in November. Pricing was not released but should be available soon at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H Photo. The technical specifications are next:

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The new 2022 5DayDeal Photography Bundle is now available

By [NR] admin | Published: October 13, 2022


The new 2022 5DayDeal Photography Bundle is now available – as with previous years, you will get a package of different photography tools drastically reduced. Several different bundles are available and a portion of the sales will go to charities:

  • Main bundle: $2,200 (discounted 95% or $2,100) pay only $98
  • Pro bundle: $1,400 (discounted 97% or $1,350): pay only $39
  • Complete charity bundle: $1,300 )discounted 97% or $1,250) pay only $29
  • Full set: $5,500 (discounted 97% or $5,300) pay only $166
  • Full set & Spanish bonus: $6,000 (discounted 97% or $5,800) pay only $195
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Another Nikon Z9 eyepiece option (compatible also with D500/D850/D4/D5/D6 cameras)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 12, 2022



A reader created his own Nikon Z9 eyepiece molded from plastic with black PLA filament and is selling it on eBay (works also with Nikon D500/D850/D4/D5/D6 cameras). The eyepiece fits the NPS rain cover and is also compatible with other covers from different suppliers. The eyepiece is designed in a way that it does not obstruct the proximity sensor for viewing and monitor/viewfinder alternation.

Additional pictures:

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