The one day only eBay deal is back: 15% off up to $50 (coupon included)


The popular one-day coupon savings on eBay is back – you can get 15% off up to $50 on ebay.com and ebay.ca:

  • Use coupon code PREPSPRING at checkout
  • $25 min. spend, $50 max discount
  • Can be used only once today 3/27/18 from 1 pm – 9 pm PT

T&C: This Coupon is a 15% discount valid from 1:00 PM PST March 27, 2018 until 9:00 PM PST on March 27, 2018. Discount applies to the purchase price (excluding shipping, handling, and taxes) of an eligible item(s) of $25 or more on ebay.comebay.ca, and cafr.eBay.ca and will be capped at a maximum value of $50. Eligible items exclude items from the Coins & Paper Money, Gift Cards & Coupons, and Real Estate categories. Only eBay users registered with an address located in the United States, Canada, Latin America, or Caribbean are eligible for the Coupon.

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Tamron also thinks Nikon will launch full frame mirrorless camera “in the near future”


After Sony, Tamron also thinks that Nikon will launch a new full frame mirrorless camera “in the near future” – this is what they said in a recent interview with dpreview:

“Canon and Nikon will launch full-frame mirrorless cameras, probably in the near future. When this happens, we can easily make Canon and Nikon versions of our native E-mount lenses. The same design could work for multiple mirrorless mounts.”

Tamron is probably referring to their latest 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens (pictured above) specially designed for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras (more info available here).

Canon already has two mirrorless full frame cameras registered online.

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Nikon D760 DSLR camera listed in a Slovakian online store *UPDATED*


The Slovakian online store and official Nikon dealer fotovideoshop.sk has a new listing on their website for a Nikon D760 DSLR camera with the following technical specifications:

Update: I received an email from the store that this listing was a mistake (listing now removed).

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New firmware updates for the Nikon D5, Nikon 1 V2 and Nikon 1 V3 cameras


Today Nikon released new firmware updates for the Nikon D5, Nikon 1 V2 and Nikon 1 V3 cameras with some minor bug fixes:

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Weekly Nikon news flash #463


→ Check out the new Spring Tamron lens rebates (additional info available here).


→ New articles published at the Nikkor- The Thousand and One Nights website.


SmallRig is developing a cage for the Nikon D850 camera (SmallRig gear is sold on Amazon).


BorrowLenses has a sale on their used equipment – you can get an additional 20% off when you use discount code “SAVEONUSED” (valid until 3/27).

The video section is next:

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Interesting: St. Nikon the Metanoeite (“The Preacher of Repentance”)



A reader sent me these pictures of a small church in a village on the island of Rhodes, Greece (latitude: 36° 3′ 29.718″ N longitude: 27° 48′ 35.742″ E) dedicated to St. Nikon (“The Preacher of Repentance”):

“Nikon, of Greek origin, was born in Pontus (modern north-eastern Turkey) or in Argos. When he was young, Nikon went to a monastery known as Khrysopetro (“Golden Stone”) located on the borders of Pontus and Paphlagonia. He spent twelve years there, living an ascetic life of prayer and penance, so extreme that his brothers tried to persuade him to lessen his regimen. His abbot, impressed by his spiritual conferences and worried that his newly returned father would draw him from the ascetic life, sent him out into the world to preach. After his departure, he traveled to Asia Minor and preached repentance there for three years before moving on. Following the expulsion of the Arabs from Crete in 961 by Nikephoros Phokas, he became active as a missionary preacher on the island, struggling to return recent converts of Islam back to Christianity. The area had been a Muslim emirate since the 820s, and in that time Christianity in the area weakened, many former Christians having converted to Islam. Even those who remained faithful to Christianity had somewhat lost contact with the living tradition, churches and monasteries having fallen into decay. The people in the region were, quoted from Nikon’s biography, not Islamic, but rather Christians who had been corrupted “by time and long fellowship with the Saracens.” Nikon was forced to change his tactics on Crete, now having to use his wit to lead his listeners to repentance, rather than just preaching the message of repentance. It was there that he acquired the nickname metanoite (Greek for “penitent/repent”) for his habit of using it as a preface to all his sermons.” (Wikipedia)

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Nikon AF-S 180-400mm f/4 ED TC VR first look review and sharpness comparisons by Steve Perry

Nikon AF-S 180-400mm f/4 ED TC VR first look review and sharpness comparisons by Steve Perry

I’ll admit it; curiosity got the best of me.

I’ve been seriously considering adding the new Nikon 180-400mm F/4 lens to my kit ever since the announcement. And that’s the problem – “considering.” I wasn’t 100% sold on it just yet (and, truthfully, I’m still not 100% sure I’m ready to pull the trigger even after testing it, but I’m closer).

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