Today Venus Optics announced a new Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D lens for Nikon F-mount. The price is $499 and the lens is currently in stock at the Laowa online store with free international shipping. Laowa lenses are available for sale at Adorama and B&H.
Venus Optics already has a Laowa 14mm f/4 FF RL ZERO-D full-frame mirrorless lens for Nikon Z-mount (see this post for more info):
Here are the details of the new Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D lens for Nikon F-mount:
From the very beginning, I have been getting conflicting information on the sensor size of the upcoming Nikon Z9 professional mirrorless camera. Nikon only told us that it will be a “newly developed high-resolution stacked FX sensor”. The rumor was that three different sensors were tested: 45-46MP, 50MP, and 60MP. The latest info I received is that the Z9 will have a 45MP sensor that will allow up to 30 fps (previous rumors indicated “only” 20 fps). Here is an updated recap of the Nikon Z9 rumored specifications so far:
Last month the Chinese website Xitek published an interview with Nikon regarding the development of the new NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f /2.8 VR S and NIKKOR Z MC 50mm f /2.8 mirrorless macro lenses. There are some interesting points made, for example: the new 50mm f/2.8 MC lens is compatible with the Nikon ES-2 film digitalizing adapter (several readers have asked me about that). Here is a recap of the interview:
Today Nikon updated NX Studio, Wireless Transmitter, Picture Control, and Webcam utilities with Nikon Z fc support and other improvements – here are the details and download links:
The current Nikon summer savings in Europe are set to expire on July 17th, Saturday (up to £360/€400 off on select Nikon Z cameras and lenses):
The current Nikon US rebates can be found here:
At the 2021 P&I photography show/convention in Shanghai, Viltrox displayed on their booth several new lenses, including some of their upcoming AF mirrorless lenses for Z-mount:
Nikon just released new firmware updates for the Z5, Z6 II, and Z7 II mirrorless cameras with a single fix:
Here are the download links:
At the 2021 P&I photography show/convention in Shanghai, Venus Optics displayed several new lenses and many of them will be available for Nikon Z-mount – here is the full list:
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