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).
The Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC fisheye full frame lens with AE Chip for Nikon F-mount is now $160 off as part of B&H Deal Zone (today only). Here is what to expect:
Sony forgot to update the XQD cards pricing on their website
In connection with my post from a few days ago regarding the increased price of Sony XQD memory cards – I can now confirm that Sony officially raised the prices and canceled all dealer’s orders that were placed with the old/lower pricing.
Here is the new XQD pricing Sony sent to dealers (the actual B&H pricing in the links is slightly different):
| Status | Manufacturer Part Number | LIST PRICE |
| New Pricing | QDG32E/J | $91.99 |
| New Pricing | QDG64E/J | $142.94 |
| New Pricing | QDG128E/J | $233.42 |
| New Pricing | QDG256E/J | $501.39 |
Sony XQD memory cards are even more expensive in the UK – as Broxibear noticed a Fuji X-A10 camera with a 16-50mm lens (£299) is cheaper than a Sony 128Gb XQD G card (£329).
MTF graph with TC at 560mm
Chromatic aberration graph with TC at 560mm
Today Ephotozine published their detailed review of the new Nikon Nikkor AF-S 180-400mm f/4 ED TC VR lens ($12,396.95) together with sample photos in addition to the actual/measured MTF and chromatic aberration charts at different focal lengths with and without the TC. Their conclusion:
Nikon introduced a new D850 filmmaker’s kit for the US market that includes:
The price of the kit is $5,496.95 (pre-order at B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon). The total price of all items included in the kit (without the foam inserts) is $6,285.75 – you will save $788.80 by purchasing the kit instead of the items separately.
Additional pictures:
Today only at eBay: 15% off with coupon code PSPRINGTIME ($25 min spend, $50 max discount, valid: Tuesday, March 20th from 9 am to 7 pm PST).
This week only at KEH: 20% off products in the Overstock category and 7% off all other products with code SPRING03A (offer ends on March 25, 2018).
Three days only at Blurb: 40% off photo books with coupon code BLURBDAY4T (valid: 03/18/2018 – 03/22/2018).
I received a report from a US retailer that Nikon is currently in the process of buying back/pulling out all of the KeyMission products including accessories. I am not sure what is the reason behind the buyback and whether this is a nationwide initiative or just an isolated incident, but I will not be surprised if the Nikon KeyMission product line is already dead and a fire sale is coming soon.
Nikon KeyMission already had a big price drop in Europe (almost 50% off). In the US, only the Nikon KeyMission 170 is currently $53 (13%) off, all other models are still sold at full MSRP.
Nikon recently released a firmware update for the KeyMission 360 camera.
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