The new Yongnuo YN 85mm f/1.8Z DF DSM lens for Nikon Z-mount is expected to be officially announced tomorrow


The new Yongnuo YN 85mm f/1.8Z DF DSM lens for Nikon Z-mount is expected to be officially announced tomorrow:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Adorama and B&H are still shipping Nikon Z9 cameras ordered on the day of the announcement


I received several tips from readers that even now, in mid-March, Adorama and B&H are still shipping Nikon Z9 cameras that were ordered on the day of the announcement (October 28). Some unconfirmed reports suggest that the big stores have several thousand Z9 pre-orders…

Amazon removed again their Z9 listing – I think this indicates that they will also be sold out for a while (the listing was available just last week).

Basically, nothing has changed since my last report a month ago:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon Z9 | 58 Comments

New: Irix 21mm f/1.4 full-frame DSLR lens for Nikon F-mount


The full-frame Irix 21mm T1.5 cine lens that was announced last month is now followed by a version dedicated for photographers: today Irix announced a new 21mm f/1.4 full-frame DSLR lens for Nikon F-mount. Pre-orders should be open soon at AdornaaB&H, and the official Irix USA store. Here are the details:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

Two new cine lenses for Nikon Z-mount announced

More and more third-party manufacturers started releasing mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z mount – two new cine lenses were announced yesterday:


Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D S35 cine lens for Nikon Z-mount (more info).


Sirui 75mm T2.9 1.6x full-frame anamorphic lens for Nikon Z-mount (Sirui already has three anamorphic lenses for Nikon Z-mount).

Irix also has several cine lenses for Z-mount.

Posted in Nikon Lenses | Tagged | 39 Comments

Nikon D500 firmware update version 1.31 released


The D500 DSLR camera is already officially discontinued, but today Nikon released another firmware update for that model:

Read More »

Posted in Nikon D500 | Tagged , | 76 Comments

Capture One Pro 22 is now 30% off (ending soon) + 2022 Capture One roadmap / development outlook


The latest version Capture One 22 is currently 30% off at B&H Photo:



The 2022 Capture One roadmap and development outlook can be found here:

Read More »

Posted in Deals | Tagged , , | 38 Comments

Reminder: Nikon price increases coming in Europe on April 1st


Canon, Leica, TTartisan, and today Tokina and Zeiss announced new price increases for their products. This is also a reminder that Nikon also announced a new price increase coming to Northern Europe on April 1st.

My guess is that all those prices increases will slowly propagate also to other countries.

Check Nikon’s prices and availability at one of our Europen sponsors:

Posted in Other Nikon stuff | Tagged , | 22 Comments