Tamron officially released their 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD lens (model A035). As I already reported the US price is $799. The UK pricing is not yet available. The release date for Japan is listed as November 16th. Shipping in the US should start in December.
Pre-order links: B&H | Adorama.
MTF charts, lens design, specifications, press release and product highlights:
B&H is running several specials for the PhotoPlus Expo (see the camera deals & lens deals – some may require promo code PPEBH17):
Adorama’s PhotoPlus specials can be found here.
Adobe released Adobe Lightroom 6.13 with support for the Nikon D850 DSLR camera. New profiles were also added for the following F-mount lenses:
The current Adobe CC plan rates can be found here. You can get a free Lightroom trial on this page. The last three versions of Lightroom can be downloaded here (see also this link for more information).
Nikon Japan issued a second apology for the Nikon D850 DSLR camera still being out of stock worldwide (see the first apology here):
Apology and Notice on “Nikon D 850” Tightness
Thank you very much for your continued patronage of Nikon products.
The Nikon digital single lens reflex camera “D 850”, which we released on September 8, 2017, received orders from quite a large number of customers, far exceeding the expected quantity. We are shipping sequentially, but we still receive your time by the time you receive it at your hand.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and our business partners who wait for products.
We will continue doing our utmost efforts so that we can deliver it as soon as possible so we appreciate your kind understanding.
There is actually also a second apology issued today for the Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter set (also Google translated):
Nikon filed a patent in Japan (P2017-194642A) for a mechanical focal-plane shutter adapted for mirrorless cameras.
It’s coming…
A quick specifications comparison between the new Sony A7R III vs. Canon 5D Mark IV vs. Nikon D850:
In case you missed it – DxO acquired Nik Collection from Google and will continue the software development after Google abandoned it earlier this year:
Breaking: DxO acquires Nik Collection from Google, will continue development
Also, some changes in Macphun and DxO:
Macphun is becoming Skylum, DxO OpticsPro is becoming DxO PhotoLab
Update #1: I just was able to clarify with my source – the tip I received was for the Sony a7r III mirrorless camera that will be announced shortly (2:30 am EST). The camera will be a direct competitor with the D850.
Update #2: Sony a7r III mirrorless camera officially announced (42MP)
Something happened earlier today – I am not sure if it was a joke or it relates to an announcement from another company (maybe the Tamron 100-400 lens?), but we may get something Nikon related (a surprise?) in the next 1-2 hours. I don’t know if it will be a new Nikon product or something from a third party company that can be used with a Nikon camera. I already reported that I don’t expect any major Nikon announcements for the CP+ show, especially since Nikon already got their PhotoPlus press release out. I will stay online for the next 1-2 hours just to make sure we don’t miss anything.
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