The Laowa 12mm f/2.8, 25mm f/2.8 and 100mm f/2.8 lenses from Venus Optics are now also available for Nikon Z-mount


Venus Optics announced today that they are adding Nikon Z-mount variants to three of their most popular lenses (the 12mm and 25mm lenses are already available for pre-order):

Lens specifications and additional information:

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The latest BCN Ranking report

The race to the bottom – all three companies are trending down

While I was offline last week, multiple websites reported that Sony surpassed Canon and Nikon in the full-frame market. Some websites even went further and declared Sony as the winner in the camera wars. The original report came from BCNRanking and claimed that Sony’s full-frame market share went from 31% to 38%, while Canon dropped to 36% from 37.8% and Nikon to 24% from 29.1%:


A similar article was published also by Nikkei.

What many websites forgot to mention is that this data is only from the Japanese market (not worldwide) and is collected only from a fraction of the retailers in Japan that sell photo equipment. The report is also for only full-frame cameras and it doesn’t include other formats like APS-C.


As usual, Thom Hogan has a much better and deeper explanation/analysis of the report in his article “Internet Declares Sony the Winner” – here are a few quotes, but I encourage you to read the full text:

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Nikon Cyber Monday deals


Cyber Monday deals:


→ The Techart PRO autofocus adapter for Sony E-mount lens to Nikon Z-mount is now $50 off.


→ All previous Nikon rebates and discounts are still live (see the details at Adorama and B&H Photo):


Nikon D610 Cyber week deal.


→ Refurbished Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras:

→ Gray market Nikon Z6/Z7 cameras:

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Nikon D610 fire sale for Cyber Monday


The Nikon D610 DSLR camera is now on sale for $897 at Adorama and B&H Photo (not available at Amazon yet) and it comes together with:

BuyDig offers also a free bag, a memory card and Corel software:

More deals can be found here.

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Top 10 NikonRumors posts for November 2019

  
  
 
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Nikon released Windows updates for all of their software packages


Nikon released Windows updates for all of their software products with a fix for an issue with certain anti-virus packages:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #551

I am back online after the Thanksgiving break and catching up on the latest news:


Nikon D850 comparison between monochrome and color version cameras.

Nikon Z50 mirrorless vs. Nikon D7500 DSLR.

Nikon MB-N10 battery pack unboxing.

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