Weekly Nikon news flash #622


Topaz Labs Image Quality Bundle is now on sale for $149.99 (orig. $259.97). You can get an additional 15% off with coupon code RUMORS15.

Several Nikon products received the “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021”.


→ The NIKKOR Z 50mm f / 1.2 S lens won the Japanese Digital Camera Grand Prix 2021 Gold Award.


→ Two financial notices from Nikon:

→ Pictures of the new TTArtisan 21mm f/1.5 lens for Nikon Z-mount (you can order the lens here with free worldwide shipping).

→ A few videos on the latest Nikon Z firmware updates:

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Nikon is asleep again


Nikon was supposed to release several new Nikkor Z lenses in April, but the announcement was postponed. I received multiple tips describing the same story: Nikon is now concentrated mainly on the Z9 – they want to beat Canon and release their pro camera first (the Nikon Z9 was announced on March 9, the Canon R3 was announced on April 14).

Here are the rumored Nikkor Z lenses that should be announced next:

  • Nikon NIKKOR Z 105mm Micro S lens
  • Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400mm S and/or Nikon NIKKOR Z 200-600mm
  • One or two new APS-C mirrorless lenses to go together with the rumored Nikon APS-C mirrorless camera

Some of the above lenses were initially supposed to be released last year.

In recent interviews from February/March 2021, Nikon executives claimed:

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Coming soon: new 7artisans 10mm f/2.8 fisheye full-frame mirrorless lens for Nikon Z-mount

Here are the first pictures of the new 7artisans 10mm f/2.8 fisheye full-frame mirrorless lens for Nikon Z-mount that will be announced in the next few weeks – look for it in the Photo Rumors Online Store.

 

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Venus Optics Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 APS-C lens for Nikon Z-mount to be announced on Monday


The new Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 APS-C lens for Nikon Z-mount from Venus Optics will be announced on Monday, May 3rd. Here are the rumored lens specifications:

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New releases: Photo RAW 2021.5, Avalanche for Capture One 1.0, several Topaz Labs updates


ON1 released Photo RAW 2021.5 (free for current ON1 Photo RAW 2021 owners) that includes fully customizable keyboard shortcuts, more fine-tuning slider controls, re-editing capabilities between the included Lightroom plugins (Effects, Portrait AI, Resize, HDR), improved batch processing, the ability to sync presets and extras with Cloud Sync, support for external control surfaces like Stream Deck, Loupedeck, Monogram, or similar devices, and more (see the full list of new features here).

Free 14-day trials are available for all ON1 products (no credit card required) – here is the direct link for the ON1 Photo RAW 2021.5 download/free trial. You can also get 20% off on all ON1 products with coupon code NIKONRUMORS.


Avalanche Software released Avalanche for Capture One 1.0 – a new solution for users who want to migrate their Aperture, Luminar 4, Luminar AI, or Lightroom photo catalog/library to Capture One – additional information is available here (the pricing can be found here).



Topaz Labs updated several of their software packages (you can also get 15% off all Topaz Labs products with code RUMORS15):

Free trials are available for Topaz products.

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Another confirmation for the rumored Nikon Z APS-C mirrorless camera (N2016)


Back in February I reported that Nikon will announce a new APS-C mirrorless camera in the first half of 2021 (Nikon Z30?). Today Nokishita confirmed that Nikon registered a new camera under the code name N2016 with Taiwan’s NCC (N2016 was already registered in Russia). Here are the details:

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