Meike has a new cheap (price: $110) 50mm f/1.7 full-frame manual focus lens for Nikon Z-mount (and Canon RF mount). Here are the details (more third party lenses for Nikon Z-mount can be found here):
New: Meike 50mm f/1.7 lens for Nikon Z-mount
Weekly Nikon news flash #506
→ Adorama released a new Flashpoint XPLOR 600PRO HSS battery-powered monolight with a built-in R2 2.4GHz radio remote system (Bowens mount).
→ The new Sony Tough high-performance memory cards are now 10% off at Adorama, Amazon and B&H.
→ New Life+Guard protection skin for Nikon Z7/Z6 cameras.
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The Shutdown Stories Project: a photographic essay of 21 people affected by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
The Shutdown Stories Project is a photographic essay of 21 people (21 of 800,000 workers) affected by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The photos were taken with Nikon D850 and 85mm f/1.8 lens.
How the Shutdown Stories Project Unfolded
The portraits you see in this post are from a larger photographic essay of 21 real people – 21 of 800,000 government employees – affected by the longest Government Shutdown in U.S. history. These photographs were created for The Shutdown Story Project.
We are both professional photographers in the Washington, DC area, and after attending a protest, we wanted to do something about the shutdown. Regardless of which side of the political aisle you sit on, it’s safe to say that federal workers have become unwilling pawns in the Shutdown.
Perhaps most dehumanizing is the way the media and certain politicians relegate these great individuals as a blind number, “800,000 federal workers.” Or worse. We only know them as our family members, friends, neighbors and members of our communities.
So we put out a call to affected federal workers in our areas to schedule a photoshoot on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 16 at the Creative Hands Studio in Washington, DC. All parties involved — including the two of us, the studio, and several other photographers and PAs — donated their time and resources to make this happen.
This is the upcoming Techart autofocus lens adapter for Nikon Z-mount
A reader (thanks Liu Anyuan) send me the first picture of the upcoming Techart autofocus lens adapter for Nikon Z-mount.
Update: this is a 2mm adapter ring, not a standalone adapter – it should be used in conjunction with existing Techart Pro autofocus adapters.
This adapter will allow autofocusing for manual lenses on Nikon Z cameras similar to the already existing Techart adapters for Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras:
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XferMax X8-N backup device for XQD/CF/SDXC memory cards now available on Amazon
We have already discussed the XferMax X8-N backup device for XQD memory cards in the past and now you can finally purchase one on Amazon (update: now sold out):
- XferMax X8 is new backup device by DazuInfo.
- Card slots built-in: CF/CFast/SDXC, no external card reader needed
- Copy speed up to 140MB/s, when SSD installed
- Easy to install/uninstall HDD or batteries
- Memory card file format: FAT32 – exFAT (individual file is larger than 4GB)
- USB Port – 1x USB3.0 and 1x USB2.0
Additional information (specifications and videos):
K&F Concept lens adapters for Nikon Z-mount
Nikon presentations at the 2019 CES show (videos)
Nikon USA published over 40 videos from their 2019 CES presentations on YouTube – here are a few: