The new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 120-300mm f/2.8E FL ED SR VR lens that was announced in September will be officially introduced “soon”, most likely this month (December) or in early January (I don’t have an exact date, I was just told that it is coming very soon).
The 120-300mm f/2.8 lens will have 25 elements, including a new SR element that is used for reducing chromatic aberration (the full Nikkor lens glossary can be found here).
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:
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:
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):
→ Refurbished Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras:
→ Gray market Nikon Z6/Z7 cameras:
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.
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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