Nikon started new lens-only rebates in the US – the details are now online at Adorama and B&H Photo (check also Amazon).
You can get up to $650 off 28 different Nikkor lenses:
The Nikon US DSLR + mirrorless camera rebates for July can be found at Adorama and B&H Photo.
The Nikon EU rebates will end on August 15th: Park Camera, WEX, Amazon UK, Calumet.
Most lenses come with free accessories – check the listings at Adorama and B&H:
→ The “I’m Back” PRO digital back is now listed for sale at Adorama and B&H.
→ Exclusive deal: ON1 Photo RAW 2019.5 for half price (no coupon code is required – you can get this pricing only if you purchase through this link).
→ The Peak Design Travel Tripod, that raised over $12 million on Kickstarter, is now available for preorder at Adorama and B&H.
→ Godox released firmware updates for the Godox V1 flash for Nikon.
Chernobyl Hospital Nursery
Today’s guest post on The Chernobyl Experience is by Brook Ward (Website / Facebook / 500px / Flickr / Instagram):
Long before I’d ever heard of the HBO Chernobyl television series, I traveled to Ukraine to spend 4 days inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Here’s how that happened and what I experienced…..
Believe it or not, my Chernobyl trip started in Detroit Michigan. I got a call from a friend asking me if I’d be interested in going to Detroit with him to photography abandoned buildings. He called me because I’d been to Motown numerous times and he wanted someone with knowledge of the area…and I’m a fun guy. That conversation resulted in a group of seven photographers whom came from different parts of the United States and one person from Europe making the trip in early 2018. While in Detroit, the gentleman from Europe kept telling me about a couple of trips he made to photography Chernobyl. He was connected with a private group via social media who conduct two photography trips per year to Chernobyl. After Detroit, he got me in touch with this group as well.
As it turned out, a few weeks later the Chernobyl Photography group announced their fall 2018 dates, which worked for my schedule….so my son and I booked it immediately. I’ll admit it was a leap of faith transferring money to individuals I’d never met in advance of the trip. In my head, I could see the worst case scenario where we’d show up in Kiev to find no group and that we lost all the transferred money. By the way, this fear was stronger than my fear of anything inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. As it turned out, it was as advertised…..a group of fun like minded photographers who like Urban Exploration photography and wanted to photograph Chernobyl.
Prior to meeting up with the group, my son and I had a few days in Kiev to explore and photograph the city. It happened to be a Ukrainian National Holiday and we got to see Kiev in celebration mode.
Mariyinsky Palace
You can buy this yellow lens cap for Nikon F-mount for $1.25 on eBay.
B&H has different color colors options of the F-mount lens cap for $3.95 (available also at Amazon).
Adorama has the LenzBuddy version for $9.50.
Thanks MacManX!
The latest refurbished and gray market prices on Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras:
The Nikon US rebates for July can be found at Adorama and B&H Photo.
The Nikon EU rebates will end on August 15th: Park Camera, WEX, Amazon UK, Calumet.
The previously rumored DJI Ronin-SC gimbal stabilizer specially designed for mirrorless cameras is now officially announced and is currently in stock at Adorama and B&H Photo. The list of supported cameras and lens configurations can be found on this page – here is a screenshot of the Nikon Z6/Z7 portion:
The rumors I reported about a new Nikon Z8 camera with a 60MP sensor make more sense today after Sony just surprised everyone with a new a7r IV mirrorless camera (product listings: Adorama| B&H, see the press event here). I also reported that Nikon has signed up to purchase the new Sony 61MP back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor (IMX455) that leaked online a few months ago:
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