Yongnuo YN 50mm f/1.4N E II lens for Nikon F-mount officially announced

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2018



After the rumored Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 and the just announced Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 F, there is another new lens to report on today – Yongnuo has now officially announced the F-mount version of their new YN 50mm f/1.4N E II lens (I already reported about the Canon version here and here). Pricing and availability of the new lens are not yet available (Yongnuo products are sold at B&H and Amazon).

Update: the new lens is already listed for sale at eBay UK.

Additional information including technical specifications, MTF charts and lens design:

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Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 F full frame autofocus lens for Nikon F-mount announced

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2018


The previously rumored Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 F full frame autofocus lens for Nikon F-mount is now officially announced. For pricing and availability check B&H and Adorama (not available at the time of this post).


You can see the first Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 F lens review over at Ephotozine.

Technical specifications:

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New Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 lens rumored to be announced this year

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2018


A new Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon F-mount (Otus 1.4/100) is rumored to be announced this year:

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New Nikon mirrorless camera teaser video

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2018




There is a new Nikon mirrorless camera teaser video:

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What if the Nikon D3400 gets replaced by a mirrorless APS-C camera with F-mount?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 20, 2018


I have now received tips from two different sources about a potential Nikon D3400 camera replacement coming soon. Here is the previous D3xxx refresh timeline:

  • The Nikon D3400 was announced in August 2016
  • The Nikon D3300 was announced in January 2014
  • The Nikon D3200 was announced in April 2012

We already have a new Nikon camera registered under the code name N1718 that is expected to have the same radio part as the D3400 with only Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi).

This is where it gets interesting – one tipster suggested that the new Nikon D3500 (D3600?) will be announced around Photokina and it will have a grip similar to the D5500/D5600. Another tipster told me today that the Nikon D3400 will be replaced by a mirrorless camera with F-mount – something like the Pentax K-01 from 2012 (see pictures above). There could be several benefits for Nikon if that last rumor about a cheap mirrorless camera with F-mount is true:

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List of Nikon Z-Nikkor mirrorless lenses to be announced next week + Z to F lens adapter info

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2018


Here is the final list of Z-Nikkor lenses we will get next week with the new Nikon mirrorless camera:

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More Nikon mirrorless camera rumors: free adapter, better sensor than the D850, shipping starts in November

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2018


I was told that Nikon will be introducing their new mirrorless cameras to several large distributors and camera chains next week. We can expect new leaks in the next few days. Stay tuned.

Here is another rumor posted here on NR by a reader (note: the source of this rumor is not a Chinese forum as some websites claim, the source is a NR reader who posted this in the comments section yesterday):

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Weekly Nikon news flash #484

By [NR] admin | Published: August 19, 2018


→ In July 2018, the Nikon D850 outsold again the Sony a7RIII camera at one of the biggest camera stores in Japan (Map Camera).


→ Nikkor 6mm f/5.6 fisheye lens listed for sale on eBay for $5,650.


→ New: A.I.Gigapixel from Topaz Labs – Topaz A.I. Gigapixel is a standalone application only (it does not work as a plugin or Topaz Studio adjustment) made for batch resizing your images. It uses the power of Topaz’s proprietary Artistic Intelligence engine to make sharper and clearer upscaled images than traditional upscaling tools.


→ NIKKOR NOCT PL MOUNT 58mm f/1.2 lens: a company called Zero Optik is rehousing old Nikon Noct lenses for the movie industry (via Cinoflex).


→ NJU System has expanded their services: they also now repair Nikonos RS 13mm lens ports that are scratched and not repairable or broken. They also have expanded the adaptors for said lenses to additional underwater housings.

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First look: Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2018


B&H published their first look video on the Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter:

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Lexar is back in business, still looking for a cost-effective solution for XQD memory cards

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2018


Lexar is now officially back in business as reported by CameraJabber. Here is a quote from the company’s CEO Huabo Cai:

“I’m extremely excited to re-introduce the Lexar brand to our worldwide customers. Lexar is dynamic, has superior research and development capabilities, and has a deep understanding of our customer’s needs. At the same time, we are confident that we can expand the Lexar business successfully in different markets globally. For more than twenty years of innovative development, Lexar has been a world-renowned brand in the field of flash memory and trusted by bringing unparalleled storage experience and creating unequivocal value for business users and consumers.”

I contacted Lexar and asked them specifically about their XQD memory cards. This is the response I got:

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