Two more Nikon deals worth mentioning:
The regular price of the Nikon D7500 body only is $1,246.95, the lens kit is $1,546.95.
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The Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD full frame lens for Nikon F-mount is currently $200 off at B&H, Adorama and Amazon (price: $399, reg. $599).
See all Tamron lenses for Nikon F-mount with instant savings.
Nikon Japan published a list of all the awards the Nikon D850 DSLR camera got in the past few months:
Yesterday ProGrade Digital announced their new CFexpress 1TB 1400 MB/s memory card. One of the listed benefits of using CFexpress memory cards is the backward compatibility possibility with the XQD format after a firmware update from the camera manufacturer:
Nikon announced the D5600 DSLR camera that contained some minor updates in November 2016. In August of 2016 Nikon also introduced the D3400 with only one major upgrade: SnapBrindge. Since then (in the last 18 months) Nikon has introduced only two DSLR cameras – the D7500 and D850 (and one Coolpix model). Today both cameras (the D7500 and the D850) received the “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018”.
The Nikon D850 camera is still out of stock in the US (B&H | Adorama | Amazon).
Nikon financial results will be published on May 10th and will hopefully provide some information on what’s going on inside the company.
Here is the timeframe of Nikon DSLR cameras announcements since 2016:
Breaking the 30 minute video recording limit without breaking the bank by Leon Watkins (Website | Facebook):
Summary: I’ve built a portable, lightweight rig using a gaming recording device to record a clean HMDI feed straight from the camera for continuous takes of over 30 minutes.
The rig in use
The rig mounted on a tripod and in use
One of the major frustrations I’ve had over the years is people asking me “do you do videos?”; to which I generally answer “no”, and then try to give them the number of someone who can do a decent job. However, there are occasions when I do want to do video, and for me these are usually long, static viewpoint events which last over the magic 30 minutes. For me these are personal events such as school plays or sermons at my church – but I see the need for lecture recording, or presentations amongst over situations. Historically, I’ve kept a firm eye on my watch whilst still trying to enjoy these events, jumping up 5 minutes before the end of the recording period and trying to find a suitable 2-3 second window to stop and restart recording whilst trying not to distract everyone else (including the speaker). It all feels a bit mission impossible and I felt there had to be a better way. I recently did a book launch where I was doing both stills and video which was a little bit of a nightmare of clock watching over a three-hour event.
Let me be clear – I’m not a video pro. I’m not demanding raw output with exotic codecs or doing much post processing, colour grading or any of that sort of thing. There are people who are much better placed than me to make high-quality productions for commercial use – and I will happily pass then work. But for personal and community stuff, all I really want is a clean image with clean sound and I’m happy. It’s for personal use and posting on youtube community groups. So please be aware that this solution is for those needs, not high-end professional output. With all that being said, I was pretty pleased with the results I got from my cheap setup.
Cost. This was my major concern. The sharper-eyed among you will see that the camera I’m using to model this setup is a D850. So, If I’ve got a D850, why wouldn’t I spent another few hundred $/£s on an Atomos Ninja Flame Ninja (B&H link; WEX Link) with SSDs, or get the slightly more affordable new Blackmagic Design Video Assist (HD) (B&H Link; WEX Link) along with associated batteries and mounting rigs? Why not indeed? Because I thought there must be a cheaper solution. It just seemed that jumping feet first into a fully professional setup for something I didn’t do professionally would be a huge leap of both faith and personal resources. So I decided to look for something which would do the job at a consumer/enthusiast level.
→ The new Lomography Naiad 3.8/15 Art lens will be available also for Nikon F-mount.
→ New Meyer Optik APO Makro 105mm f/2.7 lens for Nikon F-mount coming soon to Kickstarter.
→ Nikon spring deals in the UK (see also the new Tamron UK deals).
→ Check out the Think Tank Photo outlet center deals.
→ Nikon History page has been updated.
→ A Rare Nikon AIS Nikkor 360-1200mm f/11 ED manual focus lens is listed for sale on eBay for $16,498.90 (more info here).
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